The aim of the 16th ISHPES Congress is to provide a forum for the latest research, findings and experiences from the vast field of sport history.

The Congress topic COMING FROM THE PAST, WORKING IN THE PRESENT, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – AIMS, TOPICS AND RESULTS OF SPORT HISTORY is broad and general, allowing every sport historian – academicians, independent researchers, lecturers, PE teachers, coaches and others, as well as graduate and postgraduate students and experts from cognate and adjacent scientific fields from all over the world to participate.

We invite you to prepare your paper in one of the following subtopics:

• Sport and politics in Central and Eastern Europe
• History of Physical education
• Gender in Sport history
• Nationalism and internationalism in sport
• Big sports events in historical (re)thinking
• Olympics and Olympic education
• Sports history and tourism
• Sport history and national identity
• Sport as a ‘big business’ in historical perspective
• Modern and post-modern approaches to sports historiography
• Sport and socialism – modern views on past times
• Place and role of sports history in general historical thinking
• Open Papers