Cricket in the USA Guest Lecture

Cricket in America - Guest Lecture

An expert on sport history will talk about cricket in America at a special University of Huddersfield event.

Professor Jeff Hill, who has written extensively on the history of leisure and sport, will be speaking about cricket in America and the award-winning novel Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.

In recent years, Professor Hill has authored several books, including Sport and Identity in the North of England and Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-century Britain, and has also written many influential articles about cricket history.

And his Huddersfield lecture will be entitled, 'Joseph O'Neill's Netherland and Cricket in America'.

'It will be a great pleasure to welcome Jeff to Huddersfield,' said Cricket Research Centre coordinator Dr Peter Davies.

'He is an acknowledged authority on cricket history and will be talking about a fascinating subject.'

Professor Hill is based in Shropshire and has worked at Leicester De Montfort University since 2001.

He has been a visiting researcher at the University of British Columbia (1994) and Visiting Professor in European Studies at Columbus State University, Georgia, USA (2006).

Dr Davies explained: 'Our Inaugural Lecture in October was a wonderful occasion and we are now looking forward to discovering more about cricket in the States.'

The lecture will take place on Wednesday 9 December, 5.15pm in Room W2/43 - West Building, Queensgate Campus, University of Huddersfield.

Admission is free and there is no need to reserve a place. There will also be a cricket bookstall and exhibition.

The Cricket Research Centre was established this year by Dr Davies and colleagues at the University of Huddersfield.

It holds monthly seminars and an annual conference in addition to the quarterly guest lectures.

Dr Davies and colleagues Dr Rob Light, Duncan Stone, Sean Reid, and Dennis O'Keefe have all published on cricket history.

Contact Dr Davies on 01484 472405 or via p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk. The Centre's website is at http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/history/research/cricket.