Sport in German History

German History Society www.germanhistorysociety.org.uk

Saturday, 21 October 2006

German Historical Institute, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP

9.30 Coffee on arrival
10.00 AGM Business Meeting
11.00 Wolfgang Behringer (Saarbrücken)
'Sport in the Early Modern Era'
11.30 Franz Brüggemeier (Freiburg)
'A Normal Nation? Germany and the Football World Cup 1954'
12.00 Coffee
12.30 David Welch (Kent)
'Staging the Berlin Olympics: A Showcase for Nazi Germany'
1.00 Discussion
1.30 Lunch
2.30 Chris Young (Cambridge)
'"2 x 36 = 72":Dealing with the Legacy of "Hitler's Games" at Munich
3.00 Kay Schiller (Durham)
'"No Tailcoat Festival": The Politics of Art and Leisure at the 1972 Munich Olympics'
3.30 Coffee
3.45 Jutta Braun (Potsdam)
'Class Struggle in the Spotlight - Sport and German-German Relations'
4.15 Discussion

Last updated: 4th of October 2006