Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
I research twentieth century French social and cultural history. My manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France's Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime. In investigating physical culture, I address historiographic issues such as the continuity between the Third Republic and the Vichy Regime, the gendered ideology of Vichy sports programs, and the development of collaboration and resistance.
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
Aug 06, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Sports
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish...
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