The Cricket Society 

CRICKET AND COMMUNITY:
LOCAL, NATIONAL & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES



NOW BOOKING

A Major International Conference Organised by the University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre Thursday 8 & Friday 9 September 2011, Castle Hill Suite, University of Huddersfield

We welcome proposals for conference papers on the following themes:


 *   Community, communities and imagined communities
 *   Competition
 *   Identity
 *   Gender
 *   Race and religion
 *   Work and leisure
 *   Class and status
 *   Geography and topography
 *   History and memory
 *   Patronage, sponsorship and commercialisation

We'd also be very happy to consider papers in other related areas

If you would like to give a paper at the conference, please email an abstract to Dr Peter Davies, Director, Cricket Research Centre via p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk or telephone 01484 472405.

The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Keynote: Dr Boria Majumdar - Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire:
‘World Cricket at the Crossroads - Lessons from World Cup 2011’
Dr Dean Allen - Cricket in Colonial South Africa
Dr Tony Bateman - Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, International Centre for Sport History and Culture, De Montfort University – James Joyce and Cricket
Dr Peter Davies - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre – Cricket and Public Houses
Dr Rob Ellis - University of Huddersfield – Cricket and Madness
Dr Andrew Hignell -Heritage Officer, Glamorgan CCC – Cricket in Wales
Paul Kitchin - University of Ulster, & Dr David Howe - Loughborough University – Community Cricket and Disability
Dr Rob Light - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre - Cricket and Popular Urban Culture
Dr Boria Majumdar - Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire – Cricket in India
Dr Jack Williams -Liverpool John Moores University - Cricket and Community in the North of England 1900-39
Tom Fletcher - Leeds Met University – British Asians and Cricket
Brian, Malcolm & Freda Heywood – Cricket in Todmorden
Russell Holden - Afro Caribbean Cricket in England and Wales
Bob Horne - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre – Cricket in Brighouse
Douglas Midgett - University of Iowa - Cricket and Nationalism in the West Indies
Dennis O’Keefe - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre – Cricket and Religion
Sean Reid - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre - Cricket in 19th Century Ireland
Andrew Smith - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre – Tom Emmett and Early Cricket in Halifax
Duncan Stone - University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre – Club Cricket in Surrey
Paul Widdop - University of Manchester – Cricket and Sport Consumptio


Special Visit
At the end of proceedings on Thursday 14th April we will visit the historic Lascelles Hall CC, Huddersfield, known as the ‘Hambledon of the North’ – see http://www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk/southkirklees/lascelleshall/clubhome.htm.

Refreshments
The conference fee covers morning/afternoon tea/coffee/biscuits and lunch on both days. On the night of Thursday 8th September we will adjourn to a local restaurant for the conference dinner – this should cost £15-£20.

Cost
£50 – Institutional
£25 – Individuals/Concessions
To book:
Please send a cheque made out to UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD to

Dr Peter Davies,
Director,
Cricket Research Centre,
University of Huddersfield,
Queensgate,
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH.

Accommodation
We recommend Cambridge Lodge, 4 Clare Hill, Huddersfield HD1 5BS Tel: 01484 519892.

Stalls
We are hoping that a number of local and national cricket organisations/cricket book dealers will have stalls at the conference.

Contact
Dr Peter Davies, Director, University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK HD1 3DH
01484 472405 – p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk.

See
http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/history/research/cricket
and www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk.