Physical Cultures of the Body
Virtual Conference, 2024
Physical Cultures of the Body Award Winners
David P. Webster Graduate Student Essay Award and Terry Todd Award for Best Paper by a Working Scholar
Terry Todd (left) and David P. Webster, O.B.E. (right)
The David P. Webster Graduate Student Essay Award was won by Townsend Rowland, The University of Notre Dame, for his essay “A Social History of Protein Supplements.”
The Terry Todd Award for Best Paper by a Working Scholar was won by Emma Pihl Skoog, Södertörn University, for her essay “The Value of the Body in Professional Swedish Strength Sports in the Early and Mid-twentieth Century.”
Below is a list of the 2024 Physical Cultures of the Body conference presentation videos with whom the participants gave us written consent to publish the recording of their presentation. More videos may come so please check back.
Alison Yam Wah So
(Un)Promising Figures?: The Making of Weighty Children’s Bodies in Post-war Hong Kong
Airnel T. Abarra
“Empowerment or Hegemonic Subservience?” Female Bodybuilding in the Developing World
Natascha Louw
Twenty Years of South African Rugby Performace and Institutional Herstories, 2004-2024
Sheng-mei Ma
Din Tao: Wǔ the Body Writ, Wù the Body Rid
Emma Pihl Skoog
The Value of the Body in Professional Swedish Strength Sports in the Early and Mid-twentieth Century
Conor Heffernan
Between Glamour and Grappling: Dissecting 1970s Apartment Wrestling in America
David Chapman
Naked Amazons of the Arena: Female Wrestling in Belle Epoque France
Rachel Ozerkevich
Tracing a History of Erotic Strength Performance: Lisa Lyon through Robert Mapplethrope’s Lens
K. Mitchell Snow
Who was the Unmasked Man? Enrique Ugartechea, Sandow and the Beginnings of Mexican Lucha Libre
Yizhen Cai & Eileen O’Connor
Balancing Mind, Body and Qi: Towards a Social History of Tai Chi in Ottawa, Canada
Joshua Kulseth & David Larmour
Body of Proof: Somatic Transformation in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Analise Pugh
Soccer is Life: Disciplining Citizenship through Girls Youth Club Soccer in San Francisco
Cara Snyder
From Visibility to Opacity: on Brazil’s First Trans Soccer Team and their Representational Strategies
Todd Tuetken
The History of Stress Science and its Influences on Modern Sports Training Theory
Derek Catsam
Run Fast, Study Hard: The Professor Returns to Coaching
Marian Alexandrova
Between Tradition and Innovation: Physical Training in the Russian Imperial Army
Laura J. Mueller
Why Don’t I want to be Fat? Wegovy, Weight Loss, and the Virtues of Wellness
Sara H. Woolwine
Am I Fat? Controversies Over the Meaning & Medical Consequences of Fatness
D. Lance Marsh
Does it Matter if I’m Fat? Re-examing Body-type and Training in the Body Positive Landscape
Townsend Rowland
A Social History of Early Protein Supplements
Peter J. Miller
Rose-Tinted Marble: Physical Culture and Classical Antiquity
Bennett Burek
A Nation Once Again: Hurling and the reinvigoration of Physical Culture in Ireland
Jason Shurley
John Fair: A Weight Lifter Who Likes Weight Lifting and Weight Lifters
John Fair
The Power of Pain
