H-Sport Dissertations & Theses In Progress Page published by Heather Dichter on Friday, October 25, 2013 H-Sport maintains a sport humanities theses and dissertations in progress list. This list will help scholars be more aware of sport related dissertations and theses in progress as well as who is working on them and the university with which they are affiliated. The list will updated twice each year to reflect additions, completions, and basic editing of titles, and institutional affiliation. Scholars currently working on a thesis or dissertation in the sport humanities please email the following information formatted as so: Last name, First name M.A / Ph.D. Candidate, Affiliation Thesis / Dissertation Title Please use thesis/dissertation list as the subject of the email to [email protected] Completed dissertations and theses are listed here. Scholars who have completed their degree should send an email [email protected] net.msu.edu with the subject completed degree for dissertation/thesis list and include the year of completion. Dissertations & Theses In-Progress Alahakoon, Thulcy PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing for performance Anxiety among Athletes in Sri Lanka Balram, Rohini Phd Candidate, Western Sydney University "Understanding Indo-Fijian women and sport: redoing gender ​​​in Fiji and in the Diaspora" Bonu, Vinod Kumar PhD Candidate, University of Hyderabad "An Ethnography of Randonneuring: A Study of Hyderabad Randonneurs" Borel-Hänni, François PhD Candidate, University of Lille-2 "Social responsibility of sports media regarding their representation of football referees" Brown, Christopher David PhD Candidate, Emory University Citation: Heather Dichter. Dissertations & Theses In Progress. H-Sport. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2622/pages/2928/dissertations-theses-progress Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Sport "The Playing Fields of Eden: Envisioning the City through Soccer in the Brazilian Amazon, 1914-2014" Brown, David Alexander Ph.D. Candidate, University of Graz "Flares, fans, and finance: the interaction of visual cultures, the economy and football fan protest in the Balkans" Brueggemann, Marc PhD Candidate, Hebrew University Jerusalem/Free University Berlin "The Munich Olympic attack – A transnational comparison of the collective memories of Germany and Israel" Burbach, Elizabeth A. PhD Candidate, Indiana University-Bloomington "'Baseball City': Cultivating Ballplayers in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic" Campbell, Brian PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Beyond the Boundaries: Race, Sport, and Citizenship Abroad in the Black Press, 1920-1950" Correas Apelanz, Ildefonso PhD Candidate, University at Albany "(p)/otrer@s & mujeres pioneras as gendered anthropoi: (re)creating (en)gendered territories, visibility and subversion en el fútbol argentino" Del Vecchio, Michael PhD Candidate, Western University "The Other Great Lakes: Freshwater Fisheries Management in Twentieth Century Ontario" Dettmar, Benjamin PhD Candidate, Michigan State University "Detroit: Olympic City?" Dunkin, Jessica PhD Candidate, Carleton University "Landscapes of Leisure: Space, Sport, and Sociability in the Annual Meetings of the American Canoe Association, 1880-1910" Eichler, Roman PhD Candidate, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg "Urban Sport-Subjects, Sportive Self-Making and Urban Space Beyond Institutional Structures" Einav, Omer PhD Candidate, Tel Aviv University "Both Sides of the Field: Football and the Relations between Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine, 1917-1948" Citation: Heather Dichter. Dissertations & Theses In Progress. H-Sport. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2622/pages/2928/dissertations-theses-progress Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Sport Fabian, Thomas PhD Candidate, Western University "Sportive Cultural Heritage: The Marginalization, Safeguarding, and Revival of Folk Sporting Traditions" Fahnenbruck, Nele Maya PhD Candidate, University of Hamburg "'...reitet für Deutschland': Pferdesport im Nationalsozialismus—zwischen Anpassung, Gleichschaltung und Funktionalisierung" ["'...rides for Germany": Equestrian Sport in National Socialism—between Adjustment, Equalization and Functionalization] Felkar, Victoria PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia "The Built Body: Constructing the Muscular Physique" Fleer, Joshua PhD Candidate, Florida State University "Prophetic Gospels and Pepper Games: Religion and Sport in the House of David" Foisy, Paul MA Candidate, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières "De professionnelle à amateur: la course sur route à Montréal, 1930-1955" Furse, Lydia PhD Candidate, De Montfort University "Women in Rugby Union: A Social and Cultural International History, 1880-2016" García-Arjona, Noemi PhD Candidate, Technical University of Madrid "Integration policies through sport. The examples of Paris and Madrid" Gonzalez-del-Castillo, Javier Phd Candidate, Univesidad Autonoma de Madrid "Los Juegos Olímpicos de Moscú'80 en el contexto internacional" Grundlingh, Marizanne PhD Candidate, University of the Free State "After the Triumph: An Anthropological Study into the Lives of Elite Athletes after Competititve Sport" Hall, Joe PhD Candidate, De Montfort University "An Oral History of England International Rugby Union Players, 1945-1995 Hasaan, Ali PhD Candidate, Estonian Business School, Estonia "Athlete brand: construction and consequences" Citation: Heather Dichter. Dissertations & Theses In Progress. H-Sport. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2622/pages/2928/dissertations-theses-progress Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3 H-Sport Haverkamp, Aad PhD Candidate, Radboud University Nijmegen "Sport, script and biography: representation of Dutch athletes, 1928-2014" Hubbard, Harold MA Candidate, North Carolina Central University "The Boxing Career of James 'the Bossman' Heath" Idels, Ofer PhD Candidate, Tel-Aviv University "Athletes and Pioneers: The Ascent of Modern Sport and the Zionist Body in Palestine, 1918-1939" Job-McIntosh, Christiane PhD Candidate, University of Calgary "Women Changing the Culture of Sport: A Narrative Analysis of Aging Women's Experiences as Athletes" Keegan, Tara PhD Candidate, University of Oregon "The Endurance of the Upriver People: A Karuk Story of Sport and Survival, 1877-1928" Keyes, David PhD Candidate, University of California, San Diego "Making the Mainstream: The Domestication of American Soccer" Klima, Helena PhD Candidate, University of Lausanne "Les membres du Comité international olympique sous la présidence d'Avery Brundage (1952-1972)" ["The members of the International Olympic Committee during Avery Brundage's presidency (1952-1972)"] Kodalle, Rea PhD Candidate, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg "IN FORM(ung). Health Promotion, Mobilisation and Subjectivation in the Activist Welfare State" Koerber, Bennett PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University "Liberal Arts Football: Athletics, Academics, and American Higher Education, 1918-1954" Lakisa, David PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney "Managing Pasifika Diaspora in Australian Rugby League" Leconte, Maxence PhD candidate, the University of Texas at Austin "Masculinity on the Ropes: visual, literary and artistic portraits of boxers in France (1903-1939)" Citation: Heather Dichter. Dissertations & Theses In Progress. H-Sport. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2622/pages/2928/dissertations-theses-progress Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 4 H-Sport Lesnykh, Lidia PhD Candidate, University of Lausanne "International University Sports Movement and Pacifism, 1937-1973" Lieser, Martin PhD Candidate, University of Vienna "Organised football supporters' culture as a post-traditional community in contemporary Japan" Ludewig, Katharina PhD Candidate, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg "Embodiment of Happiness. A Discourse Analytical Study on the Role of the Body in Mass Media Discussions of Happiness" Luitzen, Jan PhD Candidate, Radboud University "NOORTHEY RULES! The import of modern (English) sports in The Netherlands, specifically at the Dutch boys’ boarding school Noorthey, analysed from a cultural-historical perspective" Macrae, Eilidh H. R. PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow "Women, Body Culture, and Physical Recreation in Scotland, 1930-1975" McClearan, Jennifer PhD Candidate, University of Washington "Converging Media and Divergent Bodies: Articulations of Powerful Women in the Ultimate Fighting Championship" Michaeler, Matthias PhD Candidate, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg "Teambuilding - An Ethnography on the Relation between Organisation and Disposition in Professional Volleyball" Mitchell, Robert PhD Candidate, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg "Knowing in Motion: Movement Systems between Bodies and Cultural Discourses" Morales, Manuel PhD Candidate, University of California, San Diego "We Will Conquer These Mountains: Cycling and the Intricacies of Identity in Colombia, 1930-1958" Nardini, Dario PhD Candidate, University of Milano-Bicocca "Living to ride: Un'etnografia del surf sulla Gold Coast Australiana" [English: Living to Surf: Ethnography of the Surfing Culture(s) in the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia)]