Matthew Brown
@mateobrown
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Professor in Latin American History, Bristol, UK. New book out in 2023: Sports in South America: A History.
Bristol, Europe
Joined July 2009
Muy buena reseña en El Día de La Plata de nuestro libro sobre la nadadora Lilian Harrison . Great review in El Dia of our book on Lilian Harrison the open water swimmer of the 1920s.
eldia.com
Tras un esfuerzo de más de 24 horas unió Colonia con Punta Lara. Dos investigadores, uno platense y otro inglés, Pablo Scharagrodsky y Matthew Brown, reflejaron en el libro aquella experiencia que...
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RT @WarwickHistory: Have you missed us? Back today with a brand new episode. Warwick History Hour feat. Prof Matthew Brown talking about th….
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At the Bicycle Races: Global Sporting Culture and National Belonging at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, 1899–1913 . article I wrote with Nathan Cardon and Martin Hurcombe about bicycles around the world, in the Journal of Sport History.
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What a surprise and delight!.Thank you to all the judges and everyone at the British Society of Sport History. It is such an honour to be awarded this prize!.
Congratulations to @mateobrown for his book Sport in South America: A History on winning the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2024, awarded by the British Society of Sport History @BritSportHisSoc @SouvikNaha @EricaMunkwitz @YaleBooks @BristolUni
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RT @ludopedio: "Esportes na América do Sul: Uma História" tem o objetivo de compreender a produção e a transformação das culturas esportiva….
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looking forward to the ferry and cycling up to Amsterdam with a tailwind on Monday morning, see you there.
We are very excited about our upcoming conference!. Let us know how you're getting on with your trips to Amsterdam by tagging us and using the hashtag #SLAS2024. More information about the conference here:.
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RT @GerardoMunck: Acaban de publicar un libro sobre mi abuela, Lilian Harrison, la primer persona en cruzar a nado el Río de la Plata en 19….
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salió nuestro libro. Nadando contra las corrientes: Lilian Harrison y los cruces a nado en la década de los 1920. por Matthew Brown y Pablo Ariel Scharagrodsky. daré charla sobre el libro en el congreso de @SLASLatAm en Amsterdam. @prometeo_libros.
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Brown, Matthew Nadando contra las corrientes : Lilian Harrison y los cruces a nado en la década de 1920 / Matthew Brown ; Pablo Ariel Scharagrodsky. - 1a ed ...
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Many thanks to everyone @UklahNetwork for last week's excellent gathering of the UK's historians of Latin America in Sheffield. It is brilliant to see the network bringing people together and facilitating new projects and publications.
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UK Latin American Historians Network
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RT @GerardoMunck: I am very happy to share this article by @mateobrown & Pablo Scharagrodsky on my grandmother’s achievements as a swimmer….
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RT @GerardoMunck: Es un placer compartir este artículo de @mateobrown y Scharagrodsky sobre los logros de mi abuela como nadadora y cómo se….
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In 1923 Lilian Harrison was the first person to swim from Uruguay to Argentina across the Rio de la Plata. 48km. 24 hours. 1923. How come?. Pablo Scharagrodsky and I wrote this, out now in @SportinHistory1 to explain.
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Lilian Harrison was a pioneering South American swimmer who established new records for open water distance swimming, and time spent swimming, in December 1923, as she became the first person to sw...
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RT @ToynbeePrize: Out now: @salvalima23 and @mateobrown discuss "Sports in South America: A History" (@yalepress 2023). .
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RT @salvalima23: Thanks a lot to @mateobrown for such an enjoyable conversation about his latest book: Sports in South America. A history a….
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Thank you Pete for this wonderful review of Sports in South America.
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VERY highly recommended!.
New Book Alert!!. Women's Club Football in Brazil & Colombia written by #SLAS member Mark Biram and published by @LivUniPress.
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RT @SLASLatAm: New Book Alert!!. Women's Club Football in Brazil & Colombia written by #SLAS member Mark Biram and published by @LivUniPress.
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We are hosting the book launch of this tremendous publication this Thursday 8 Feb, at 1pm in 3/5 Woodland Road, Arts-1.H020. All welcome.
My book, Paid to Care: Domestic Workers in Contemporary Latin American Culture, is officially out today with @UTexasPress 🎉📚 Here’s a Q&A I’ve answered about it for more info:
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This is tomorrow. I'm very pleased with the guidelines we've developed and hope they will be useful.
Research on drugs issues needs to integrate the different voices affected by illegal drug markets. Join us to launch Best Practice Guidelines for Research on Drugs Issues, produced in collaboration with @BristolUni and supported by @HelloBrigstow .
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