Video & Audio

This filmed panel presentation features papers reporting on research which has been influenced by James, or is undertaken in the spirit of his approach, investigating the politics of sport in a range of different contexts. The papers & speakers are as follows:

1) 150 Years of Yorkshire Cricket & Its Changing Social Context. Presenter: Lionel Cliffe was a member of Yorks CCC and retired members of the Politics Dept, University of Leeds.
2) Cricket as Black Cultural Politics in the Age of the Post-colonial. Presenter: Ben Carrington, Department of Sociology, University of Texas.
3) A Gentleman’s War. Presenter: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Documentary Artist. The session was chaired by Minkah Makalani.

This programme was filmed by WORLDwrite CLR James project volunteers at The Beyond A Boundary Conference held at The University Of Glasgow in 2013. The conference marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of CLR James’ outstanding classic Beyond A Boundary.