This in-person symposium is free to attend, please register on Ticket Tailor. 

Time: 09:00 am - 14:00pm (GMT+1)

Symposium Abstract:

There is growing academic interest in gambling, and the harms it can do, conducted especially but not exclusively by scholars from the social sciences, behavioural psychology and population health. This one-day symposium will explore how perspectives and approaches from the Arts and Humanities can further illuminate what gambling has meant, and continues to mean, for peoples and cultures around the world. 

Agenda 

• 09:00-09:30 - Registration and Coffee 
• 09:30-09:40 - Martin Hurcombe: Welcome  
• 09:45-10:00 - Rohann Irving (University of Queensland, Australia): Sport, Gambling and Masculinity: A Gendered History of Australian Sports Betting 
• 10:00-10:15 - Sharon Martin (University of Bristol): What role can songwriting play in addressing the lived experience of gambling? 
• 10:15-10:30 - Q&A 
• 10:30- 10:45 - Drama Performance part 1 by Moveable Type Theatre 
• 10:45-11:00 - Coffee Break 
• 11:00-11:15 - Martin Hurcombe: A Brief History of Sport and Gambling 
• 11:15-11:30 - Evelyn Welch: Lotteries in Early Moden Italy 
• 11:30-11:45 - Evert Lambrechts, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the University of Antwerp: Worth the gamble? Tourism and the embeddedness of gambling in seaside resorts: the case of Ostend at the Belgian coast (1878-1930)  
• 11:45-12:00 -Q&A  
• 12:0-12:15 - Drama Performance part 2 by Moveable Type Theatre 
• 12:15-13:00 - Interactive discussion led by Martin Hurcombe 
• 13:00-14:00 - Networking and Lunch 

Who is this symposium for?   

• Researchers and academics interested in gambling harms.  

Finding the venue: Humanities Research Space (Rm H20) is in the Arts Complex. The main entrance to the Arts Complex is at 3-5 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UJ. Arts Complex Map

Painting by Salvator Rosa of soldiers gambling (Date c. 1656-8)