- Sport and religion, sport as a religion
- Olympism and sporting ethics
- Sports heritage, sport in the collective memory
- Social and cultural history of sport
- The body and sport in colonial and postcolonial contexts
- Expressions and affirmations of identity
- Minorities and minority groups
- Sport, integration and migration
Researchers involved in this theme observe, analyze and interpret sport from the point of view of the human and social sciences. The objective is to understand how sport, participation in sport, the organization of sport, the staging of sport and representations of sport have modeled and model individuals (images of the body, of gender and of “race”; ethical values, relations with the Absolute, etc.) and social groups (physical education, youth movements, “associationism”, “fandom”, etc.) and the way individuals and social groups have constructed and construct sport, participation in sport, the organization of sport, the staging of sport and representations of sport. Addressing these questions provides insight into how physical activities and people who do them contribute to fundamental historical processes (nationalism and collective identification, colonialism, geopolitical relations, etc.) and to the transformation of the societies from which they emerged. By conducting fundamental research into these issues, our group develops the expertise needed to ensure the responsible management of the sporting environment.
Researchers working on this theme:
Institute of Sports Sciences:
- Nicolas Bancel - Associate professor
- Jérôme Berthoud - Doctoral student
- Patrick Clastres - Associate professor
- Grégory Quin - Assistant professor
- Lucie Schoch – Assistant teacher
- Quentin Tonnerre - Lecturer
- Philippe Vonnard – Lecturer
Faculty of Arts
- Anne Bielman - Full professor (Archeology and Antiquity section)
- Michael Gronenberg - (Philosophy section)
- Philippe Kaenel - Associate professor (Art History section)
- Dominique Kunz Westerhoff - Associate professor (French section)
- Karl Reber - Full professor (Archeology and Antiquity section)
- François Vallotton - Full professor (History section)
Faculty of Theology and religious Sciences
- Olivier Bauer - Full professor (Lemanic Institute of Practical Theology)
Publications on this research theme:
- Clastres, P. & Edenz, M. (2022). Les préfets et le sport : Pour une histoire sportive du corps préfectoral (XIXe-XXIe siècle). La documentation française.
- Quin, G. (2022). Entre quête de l'or blanc et essor des stations de sport d'hiver. Une histoire des camps de ski depuis les années 1940. Art+Architecture en Suisse, (3), 44-51.
- Quin, G., & Mayencourt, G. (2022). L'essor d'une presse institutionnelle nationale de gymnastique: Le Gymnaste (1859-1887). Revue Historique Vaudoise, 129, 81-93.
