Location: Bronte Hall Room 222, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QW

Dr. Thomas Fletcher is a Lecturer in Events Management. In 2007 Tom won a Centenary PhD Studentship to study at Leeds Metropolitan University. Tom's PhD, which he completed in June 2010, examined the construction and contestation of white and British Asian identities in Yorkshire cricket. Tom has a strong background in sport and leisure. In 2005 he achieved a 1^st class BA honours degree in Sport, Health and Exercise from The University of Durham. In 2006 Tom completed his MA in Sport in Popular Culture at Sheffield Hallam University and, in 2007, a P.G.C.E. at the University of Huddersfield.

Before joining UKCEM in January, 2011 he taught widely in sociology and socio-cultural aspects of sport and leisure at Leeds Metropolitan University. Tom's research interests relate to sport, social identities and issues of equity. Tom's current research examines the role of sports events in raising the interests of minority ethnic communities in sports clubs, the role of sports events for expressing cultural identities and the long term impact of sports events for regenerating communities.

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Fletcher, T. (in press) "All Yorkshiremen are from Yorkshire, but some are more 'Yorkshire' than Others": British Asians and the myths of Yorkshire cricket, to be published by Sport in Society, 2011.

Fletcher, T. (submitted) "Does he look like a Pakistani?" An exploration of identity, positionality and reflexivity in inter-racial sports research, under review by Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise.

Fletcher, T. (2011) "Aye, but It Were Wasted on Thee": Cricket, British Asians, Ethnic Identities, and the 'Magical Recovery of Community'. Sociological Research Online, 16(4).

Fletcher, T. (2011) "The Making of English Cricket Cultures": Empire, Globalisation and (post) Colonialism. Sport in Society, 14(1): 17-36.

Fletcher, T. (2011) "Who do 'they' cheer for?" Cricket, hybridity and divided loyalties amongst British Asians. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. DOI: 10.1177/1012690211416556.

Book Chapters

Fletcher, T. (in press) 'Yorkshire, Cricket and Identity: An Ethnographic Analysis of Yorkshire Cricket's Imagined Community', in Hughson, J., Skillen, F. and Palmer, C. (eds.) Sport and Social Identity: Studies from the field, Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press.

Fletcher, T. (in press) Sport and 'Race' in the British Isles. In J. Nauright Sports Around the World: History, Culture and Practice, to be published by ABC-CLIO.

Fletcher, T. (2011) 'Common Cricket Cultures? The British Empire, Homogenisation and Post-Colonial Reinventions', , in J. Long., H. Fitzgerald and P. Millward (eds) Delivering Equality in Sport and Leisure, LSA Publication No. 115. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association, 49-68.

Fletcher, T. (2010) "Being Inside and Outside the Field". An Exploration of Identity, Positionality and Reflexivity in Inter-racial Research, in D. Chatziefstathiou and L. Mansfield (eds) Leisure Identities and Authenticity, LSA Publication No. 107. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association.

Co-authored book chapters

Spracklen, K., and Fletcher, T. (2009) '"They'll never play rugby league in Kazakhstan": expansion, community and identity in a globalised and globalising sport', in J. Caudwell (ed.) Tourism and Leisure: Local Communities and Local Cultures in the UK (LSA Publication No. 105). Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association, pp. 121-142.

Other publications

Fletcher, T. (in press) 'Imran Khan'. In J. Nauright Sports Around the World: History, Culture and Practice, to be published by ABC-CLIO.

Fletcher, T. (2009) 'Three Lions on your [Imagined] Shirt?' Fandom and Diasporic Identities, Leisure Studies Newsletter, 83, October.

Koens, K., and Fletcher, T. (2010) Issues of access: beyond the insider-outsider perspective, Leeds Metropolitan University New researcher Journal.

Conference/Seminar Papers

Fletcher, T. (2011) “Aye, but it were wasted on thee”: ‘Yorkshireness’, cricket, ethnic identities, and the ‘magical recovery of community’. To be presented at the Leisure Studies Association Conference, Southampton Solent University, July.

Fletcher, T. (2010) 'Who do they Cheer for?' Cricket, British Asians and Divided Loyalty, paper presented at the 3^rd Sport, Race and Ethnicity Conference, The University of the West Indies: Barbados, July 15^th.

Fletcher, T. (2010) 'Common Cricket Culture?' Cricket, Homogenisation and Globalisation, paper presented at Leisure Studies Association conference, Leeds Metropolitan University: Leeds, July 7^th.

Fletcher, T. (2010) 'Clearing the Boundary': British Asians, Yorkshire Cricket and Exclusion, paper presented at the Political Studies Association conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, February 26^th.

Fletcher, T. (2010) 'Doing Away with Indigenous Cricket Cultures? Playing Styles, Rationalisation and Homogenisation', paper presented at The University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre seminar series, Huddersfield, February 17^th.

Fletcher, T. (2009) "Being Inside and Outside the Field". An Exploration of Identity, Positionality and Reflexivity in Inter-racial Research, paper presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference, Canterbury Christchurch University, Canterbury, July 7^th.

Fletcher, T. (2009) 'Three Lions on your [Imagined] Shirt?' Fandom and Diasporic Identities, paper presented at The University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre seminar series, Huddersfield, September 8^th.

Spracklen, K., and Fletcher, T. (2009) '"They'll never play rugby league in Kazakhstan": expansion, community and identity in a globalised and globalising sport', paper presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 9^th July.

Organisation Membership

Leisure Studies Association - Executive Committee Member

General Teacher Council for England - Member

University of Huddersfield Cricket Research Centre - Member