{"533471":{"#nid":"533471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT to Host North American Society for Sport History Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) will hold its annual convention at the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;Hotel and Conference Center\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta Georgia,\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;May 27-May 30, 2016.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u2019s Sports, Society, and Technology program, the School of History and Sociology, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u0026nbsp;are hosting the event. The\u0026nbsp;meeting in Atlanta will be the\u0026nbsp;44th\u0026nbsp;annual convention\u0026nbsp;for NASSH, an organization that encourages and promotes\u0026nbsp;the study, research, and writing of the history of sport. The\u0026nbsp;2016\u0026nbsp;conference will feature\u0026nbsp;an opening reception,\u0026nbsp;numerous scholarly\u0026nbsp;sessions, two keynote addresses, as well as a closing banquet.\u0026nbsp;We are also pleased to announce two special events: A pre-conference workshop co-hosted by SST and NASSH, \u201c\u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX163481951\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/sst\/doing-sport-history\/\u0022\u003EDoing Sport History in the Digital Present\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d which\u202fwill be held on the campus of\u202fGeorgia Tech, May 25-26. Georgia Tech is also hosting a post-conference symposium on May 31, \u201c\u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX163481951\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/sst\/innovations\/\u0022\u003EInnovations in Sport for Development and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d Both events are free and open to the public.\u0026nbsp;For more information\u0026nbsp;about all of these events\u0026nbsp;visit the NASSH 2016 website at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX163481951\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/sst\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/sst\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;contact Dr. Mary McDonald, Homer Rice Chair of Sports and Society\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX163481951\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:mary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) will hold its annual convention at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta Georgia, from May 27-May 30, 2016."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2016-05-06 08:42:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:35","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"533491":{"id":"533491","type":"image","title":"NASSH logo","body":null,"created":"1462809600","gmt_created":"2016-05-09 16:00:00","changed":"1475895317","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:17","alt":"NASSH logo","file":{"fid":"89445","name":"nassh_logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nassh_logo_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nassh_logo_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":39503,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nassh_logo_0.png?itok=98j8k6Vy"}}},"media_ids":["533491"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1270","name":"conference"},{"id":"147521","name":"HSOC"},{"id":"168591","name":"NASSH"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"168592","name":"sports history"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mary McDonald\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}