Funding for this research was provided by:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Research Excellent Initiative)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2018
Accepted: 28 January 2019
First Online: 17 May 2019
Authors’ information
: <i>Gijs van Campenhout</i> is a Ph.D. candidate at the department of History at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He conducts his research within the REI granted research project ‘Sport and Nation’.<i>Jacco van Sterkenburg</i> works as an Assistant Professor in the department of Media & Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam.<i>Gijsbert Oonk</i> holds the Jean Monnet Chair in Global History, European Studies and National Identity.He is the founding director of the Sport and Nation network:.
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