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The National Sporting Library and Museum Symposia include international scholars and draw capacity crowds. Topics have included polo, dog breeds, fly fishing and conservation, and artist Sir Alfred Munnings.

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The National Sporting Library and Museum Symposia include international scholars and draw capacity crowds. Topics have included polo, dog breeds, fly fishing and conservation, and artist Sir Alfred Munnings.

Symposia sponsored by the NSLM have been one-day events featuring international panels of scholars. Topics have included: The Evolution of Polo, 2012; Lives of Dogs: Origins and Evolution of Hunting & Sporting Breeds, 2010; A River Never Sleeps: Conservation, History and the Fly Fishing River, 2009; and Reflections on a Life of Art and Sport: A Symposium on the Art of Sir Alfred Munnings, 2008.

Scholars and prominent leaders have included Horace A. Laffaye, M.D. , John H. Daniels Fellow, former polo player and authority on the history of polo; Michael H. S. Finney, Maryland racing historian and sporting art dealer specializing in equine art; Dennis J. Amato, Ph.D. polo historian, and collector of printed polo material and ephemera; Joseph Muldoon III, 5-goal polo player and founder of the Potomac Polo School; have included James Serpell, Ph.D, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Emma Griffin, Ph.D., Lecturer in History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England; Martin Wallen, Ph.D., Professor of English, Oklahoma State University and Daniels Fellow; Harriet Ritvo, Ph.D., Arthur J. Conner Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benjamin H. Hardaway, III, Joint Master of the Midland Fox Hounds (Georgia) and Past President of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America; James Prosek, fly fishing author and artist, Easton, Connecticut; Hoagy B. Carmichael, author, film-maker, and historian, New York; Samuel Snyder, Ph.D., Anchorage, Alaska, and Daniels Fellow; Diane Roe, Administrator and Curator, Sir Alfred Munnings Museum, Dedham, Essex, England; Angus Trumble, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut;  Mitchell Merling, PH.D., Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia.

Symposium Programs

The Evolution of Polo in America: A Symposium on History, Art, Women’s Teams, and Current Issues Read more. Facebook

Lives of Dogs: Origins and Evolution of Hunting & Sporting Breeds, 2010 Read more.

A River Never Sleeps: Conservation, History, and the Fly Fishing River, 2009 Read more.

Reflections on a Life of Art and Sport: A Symposium on the Art of Sir Alfred Munnings, 2008. Read more.