Dr Alec S. Hurley
Lecturer in Sport Management
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Alec joined Cardiff Met’s School of Sport and Health Sciences in 2023, following the completion of his PhD in Kinesiology – Physical Culture and Sport Studies in 2022 from the University of Texas at Austin (USA). Prior to joining Cardiff Met, Alec worked as an adjunct faculty in the Sport Management department at St. John Fisher University (Rochester, NY, USA). Alec’s teaching focuses on research methods, design, and practice as well as the humanities in the sport industry (history, sociology, and governance). On the research front, his areas of interest include sport, identity, and access through history, sociology, urban studies, media, and international relations.
Aside from academia Alec enjoys a mix of American and European sporting traditions. He has a passion for rowing and has spent the last twenty years as a competitor and coach across the United States and plans to continue doing so in Wales.
Research Publications
Celebrity and Spectacle: Adolf von Guretzki's Influence on Berlin's Early Twentieth-Century Sports Writing
Hurley, A., Sept 2024, Berlin Sports: Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in Germany's Metropolis. Dichter, H. L. & Johnson, M. W. (eds.). University of Arkansas Press, 25 p. (Sport, Culture & Society Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
American Sport in International History: The United States and the World Since 1865
Hurley, A. S., 1 Apr 2024, Journal of Sport History, 51, 1, p. 124-125 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
On the Origins of the Young Men’s Catholic Association as a Response to the Protestant Recreation Ethic in the United States, 1854–1909
Hurley, A. S., 5 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of the History of Sport. 41, 5, p. 398-417 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Turner Ascendency in Rochester, NY through Song, Spirit, and Sport in the late 19th century
Hurley, A., 2024, Turnen around the World. Hofmann, A. R. & Gems, G. (eds.). Lexington Press, (Sport, Identity and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Pull Hard: Finding Grit and Purpose on Cougar Crew, 1970-2020.
Hurley, A., 20 Sept 2023, In: Sport History Review. 54, 2, p. 270-271 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Football and Nation Building in Colombia (2010-2018): The Only Thing That Unites Us
Hurley, A., 27 Mar 2023, In: Sport History Review. 54, 1, p. 156-157 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Wisdom from the Wickets: Cricket Virtues and Colonial Governance in Lord Harris’ Bombay
Hurley, A. S. & Heffernan, C., 21 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of the History of Sport. 40, 4, p. 275-288 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cartoon and satire as source: Jack Nicolle, physical culture, and cartoons in 1920s Britain
Hurley, A. S. & Heffernan, C., 30 Nov 2022, In: Sport in History. 43, 4, p. 442-469 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Between Pints and Performances The Work of George Brosius in the Nineteenth-Century Turner Stronghold of Milwaukee
Hurley, A. S. & Hofmann, A. R., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Sport History. 48, 2, p. 186-200 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in post-war Europe
Hurley, A. S., 5 Apr 2021, In: Sport in Society. 24, 11, p. 1863-1877 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review