WELCOME to Leisure Studies Association [LSA] Home Page

The LSA, established in 1975, provides a unique multi-disciplinary meeting and communication forum for researchers, practitioners and students involved in all areas of leisure studies and its many directly and indirectly related areas of interest. This site aims to offer you "everything you ever wanted to know" about LSA: 

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?"	LSA 2011    July 5-7 Leisure in Transition: People, Policy and Places Hosted by Southampton Solent University September 9, 2010 Sport for sport? Theoretical and practical insights in sports development European Sports Development Network in partnership with the Leisure Studies Association, at University of Hertfordshire LSA 2010    July 6-8 Diversity and Equality in Leisure, Sport and Tourism Hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University April 14, 2010   Reflecting on Children, Youth and Leisure Hosted by the School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors, University of Central Lancashire, Preston March 30, 2010   Recording Leisure Lives: Holidays and Tourism in 20th Century Britain Hosted by University of Bolton and Bolton Museum and Archive Service July 7-9, 2009   Leisure Experiences: Participating, Planning, Providing Hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University, UK June 16, 2009   Third Age and Leisure Research, Principles and Practice Hosted by Buckinghamshire New University July 8-10, 2008   Community, Capital and Cultures: Leisure and Regeneration as Cultural Practice Hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, UK March 18, 2008   Recording Leisure Lives: Histories, Archives & Memories of Leisure in 20th century Britain Hosted by the University of Bolton with Bolton Museum and Archive Service July 3-5, 2007   Whatever Happened to the LEISURE SOCIETY ?" Hosted by The Chelsea School, University of Brighton (Eastbourne) May 9, 2007   Leisure Studies and the Social Capital Discourse Hosted by the International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development at London Metropolitan University
"WHAT'S ON OFFER?"	The tangible 'products' of the Leisure Studies Association: Newsletters, LSA Publications, Journal
"WHO'S WHO IN LSA?"	LSA Executive Committee Members, including contact details
"HOW DO I JOIN LSA?"	Information on how to join LSA  as an Individual (UK or International), Corporate or Student Member
"WHY LSA?"	An overview of LSA's 35-year History
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