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Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Sport History & Sport Management 📚 Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games; Soccer Diplomacy; Diplomatic Games; Berlin Sports 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, or traveling somewhere www.dmu.ac.uk/heatherdichter

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · Nov 8

Berlin Sports was a fun book to put together with my excellent co-editor Molly Wilkinson Johnson. I wanted to share what’s inside it. I could just post the TOC but I’ll make a 🧵 instead. The intro from Molly & me addresses sport’s important role throughout Berlin’s history since the 19th c. 1/10 🗃️

Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · Oct 19

Hot off the press & just out this week - I edited a book with Molly Wilkinson Johnson called Berlin Sports - an edited collection with case studies on different sports ⚽️🎾🎽🏇 and more in Berlin from the late 1800s to the present 🗃️

www.uapress.com/product/berl...

Cover of Berlin Sports book shows Brandenburg Gate with marathon runners having run through it and crowds lining the roas

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Matt Taylor @matttayl.bsky.social · 1h

Delighted and honoured to be the new Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at DMU. It is a great place to work with fabulous colleagues in the Centre and the wider History team.
@icshc.bsky.social
#sportshistory @dmuhistory.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social

International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · 9h

We are delighted to announce that Professor Matthew Taylor has been appointed as Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture.
#sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk @matttayl.bsky.social

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 2d

Ewwwww! I’m going to have nightmares Liz!

Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 4d

Great #sporthistory from @canadadeclassified.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️

Canada Declassified @canadadeclassified.bsky.social · 4d

“SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, AND ALMOST IMPORTANT. TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE READING.” World War II Canada – US baseball games, and martinis for the baserunners! Check out the Substack for more of this bizarre exchange and a rare bit of Canadian military, political, and sports history in one place.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 5d

Black russian brownies. Vodka kaluha & black pepper in a chocolate brownie. Really yummy recipe

Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 6d

Fab photos of them all doing their thing (or just posing)

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Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social · 6d

To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.

To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition

I’ll pick a winner next week.

#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 7d

One week left to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 7d

Just make sure to tell them who the Champions of the West are 😊

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 13d

Iran has qualified for the 2026 World Cup. But...

www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/10/2613...

US Bans Iran from World Cup Draw

The United States has denied the Iranian delegation’s entry into the country to attend the draw on December 5 for the 2026 World Cup

www.moroccoworldnews.com

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 13d

35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13d

Altmann wrote to the Manchester Evening News after a protest march of 25,000 people in the city against signing the German footballer. The film "The Keeper" tells a somewhat sanitised version of this story. Good blog from Sue Weston and Susan Rosenbluth
thejewishvoiceandopinion.com/the-keeper-i...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13d

Rabbi Alexander Altmann, a communal leader in Manchester 1938-59. He was responsible for one of the most remarkable acts of reconciliation in the city's history when the German footballer Bert Trautmann, an ex-soldier and former Nazi, signed for Manchester City in 1949, just 4 years after the war

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 13d

Less than 2 weeks to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 14d

Insight into Olympic sponsorship & the (frequently reappearing) idea of rotating hosts

Lisa Riley Roche @lisarileyroche.bsky.social · 15d

What the IOC is reviewing that could impact Utah's 2034 Winter Games #utpol #utoly

www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...

What the IOC is considering that could impact Utah’s Olympics

Changes including possible Games rotation could boost 2034 Winter Games and beyond

www.deseret.com

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Rwany Sibaja @rwanysibaja.bsky.social · 14d

Ok, this is a pretty great way by Adidas to announce the 2026 World Cup ball
youtube.com/shorts/BwXks...

Adidas lit up The Sphere in Las Vegas with every FIFA World Cup ball since 1970 🔥 #fifa #FOXSoccer

YouTube video by FOX Soccer

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 14d

Interesting since 1970 - which is the start of the historical world cup balls displayed at FIFA’s HQ!

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 14d

Sounds exciting! What’s the reading list look like?

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 16d

This #NSHD2025, we’re celebrating the stories stitched into the @leicestertigers.bsky.social rugby jersey collection. From local pride to global ties, each emblem carries heritage worth preserving. Read more 👉 buff.ly/ixhQCMD
#sportshistory @sportingheritage.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk

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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt on the official launch of 'Sport and the British - A Modern History' (second edition) at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London, @bssh.bsky.social. Pictures by ICSHC James Panter. #sportshistory

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 17d

If they are interested in sport they can look at sport heritage especially through the sport museums. TV helped cement ideas of collective memory through some of the major national sporting events in the early 1950s (some good articles on those).

Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 17d

Great Philly history & #sporthistory & #sportheritage - and even better still playing ball there today! 🗃️

Ian S. Pumpkins @icpetrie.bsky.social · 17d

Passed this today (and baseball was being played)

Historical plaque: Jefferson Street Ballparks

The Jefferson Street Grounds and later Athletic Park hosted several monumental games here. Early civil rights activist Octavius Catto captained the Pythians against the white Olympic ball club in 1869 - the first interracial baseball game. The first National League game was also played here in 1876. In operation between 1864 and 1891, the venues saw baseball evolve from an amateur pastime into a competitive professional sport.

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Dr Alexander Jackson @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social · 18d

With it being #Railway200 this weekend, here is a potted look at what @nfmofficial.bsky.social has in its collections related to football and the railways (plus the odd bit from my own research)

All aboard! 🧵🚆

a man wearing a hat is playing with a train set .

ALT: a man wearing a hat is playing with a train set .

media.tenor.com

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 19d

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

A simple sign on a building in upstate New York that that reads “Books & Cake”

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Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · Sep 11

During my research leave I'm trying to read as much as possible, so I thought I could do a thread where I share nice things about the things I'm reading. Let's see how long I keep up with it!

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 21d

TODAY ON TGS: Prof. Lou Moore @profloumoore.bsky.social on John L. Sullivan - America’s first sports celebrity and the man who personally drew heavyweight boxing’s color line.

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