Author: Stijn Knuts

The First Miles of a Double-Edged National Sport:
Cycling, Society and (sub)National Identity Construction during the Belgian Belle Époque.

Posted by Stijn Knuts | Apr 27, 2022 | Archival Research, Cycling, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016 | 0

Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sport and Leisure on the Eve of World...

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Pillars for goalposts: socio‐political movements wrestling sports in twentieth century Belgium

Posted by Stijn Knuts | Oct 4, 2018 | Sport & Leisure History, Videos | 0

Presented by Stijin Knuts Two distinct developments determined twentieth–‐century Belgium....

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Belgian Pride, Flemish Lion, Local Hero: Cyriel van Hauwaert and Identity Construction in Cycling

Posted by Stijn Knuts | Aug 9, 2018 | Cycling, Videos | 0

Presented by Stijn Knuts In 1907, Cyriel van Hauwaert wins the prestigious Bordeaux-Paris bicycle...

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‘All that is pleasant and noteworthy’. Claiming legitimacy and popularity in the early Flemish sports press: Sportwereld, 1912-1914

Posted by Stijn Knuts | Feb 8, 2018 | General, Videos | 0

Presented by Dr Stijn Knuts, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium – at the SpLeisH...

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Celluloid Dreams. What photographs tell us about the history of Belgium’s vibrant cycling culture

Posted by Stijn Knuts | Oct 25, 2017 | Cycling | 0

‘Hold still, please.’ The shutter clicks. The 1905 photograph that results from this action...

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