Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
I research twentieth century French social and cultural history. My manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France's Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime. In investigating physical culture, I address historiographic issues such as the continuity between the Third Republic and the Vichy Regime, the gendered ideology of Vichy sports programs, and the development of collaboration and resistance.
Politics, security and the Seine: where the Paris Olympics’ flashpoints will be
Jul 27, 2024 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Two high-profile assaults on Australians in Paris have raised concerns about security ahead of the Olympic Games. On Saturday evening, a young woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of men. On Monday, two...
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
Aug 06, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Sports
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish...