Did a game of football start a war?
Learning activity teaching students historical causality by assessing the role of the 1990 “Maksimir riots” in the unfolding of the Yugoslav Wars.
Constant “Jimmy” Cremer: Identity in a State of Empire
Global and local travels of an African football pioneer.
Multiculturalism and representations of national identity
Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.
Seen from the Valley
Football in India arose from the presence of British troops, but the game that could unite, was later eclipsed by cricket. A local story from India.
Rab Howell: Romani in England
Pioneer as the first Roma footballer in England’s national team.
Granit Xhaka: Wanderer Seeking Belonging
Born in Basel he brought Albanian-Kosovar heritage to Swiss national team.
Ernest Wilmowski: A problem of identity
A German-Polish star in the Polish team, and then a player for the Third Reich.
Jack Leslie: Nearly the First
Selected to play for England in 1925, but discriminated away.
Neta Cohen: Young woman saved by Football
A Jewish woman who fell in love with a footballer and escaped the Holocaust.
Raoul Diagne: The first player of African origin to play for France
The first player of African origin for France.
