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Dark Sides of Sport (2019)
Dark Sides of Sport is the title of a new publication by the Institute of Sports History and the Olympic Studies Centre. The editors are Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong and Dr. Jörg Krieger, who has taken up his new position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University (Denmark) in April 2019....
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IOC's Olympic Education Commission: Renewed appointment of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong
Appointments to the commissions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are decided annually by the IOC President. For 2019, Dr. Bach once again nominated prof. Wassong for the Olympic Education Commission. An important basis for this decision constitutes that of the commission project Database on Olympic Studies, which...
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3rd On-Site Module Week of M.A. Olympic Studies Intake 6
In the week from 17.03.2019 to 23.03.2019 the 6th Intake of the Olympic Master had its 3rd on-site module week on the topic of 'Media and Commercialisation of the Olympic Games'. The week took place at the Olympic Studies Centre Cologne’s (OSC) partner institution the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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March 2019: International Pierre de Coubertin Committee
On 9th and 10th of March, the annual general assembly and the board meeting of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC), officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee, took place in Lausanne. Therein, Mr. Wassong reported on the activities and projects that he had initiated and already realized in...
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Meeting with IOC-President Thomas Bach
On March 8, 2019, a meeting between Mr. Bach and Stephan Wassong took place in Lausanne. In a one-hour talk, Mr. Wassong first informed the President of the IOC about the research and teaching priorities of the Center for Olympic Studies at the German Sport University. Mr. Bach showed great interest in the ongoing research...
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IOC`s Olympic Education Commission: Final Report
The annual meeting of all of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) commissions took place from 11.01. - 20.01.2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. At the meeting of the Olympic Education Commission, Prof. Wassong together with Prof. Zintz (Université Catholique de Louvain) presented the final report on the development of the...
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Hinkelien Schreuder - The Role of Athletes in Olympic Governance
Hinkelien Schreuder, a former gold and silver Olympic medalist in swimming (2008 and 2012) and current President of the Dutch National Olympic Committee’s (NOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC), was invited to the GSU to hold a presentation on the role of athletes within Olympic governance on 11th January, 2019. The highly engaging...
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M.A. Olympic Studies Intakes at the Olympic Studies Centre
The 5th Intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies undertook their 5th and final on-site module week of the program at the German Sport University Cologne from 2nd – 8th September, 2018. The week commenced with the participants, staff of the GSU’s OSC, and guest lecturer Prof. Keith Gilbert gathering together for an opening social...
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25th International Seminar on Olympic Studies for Postgraduate Students of the International Olympic Academy
From 1 September - 30 September, 2018, the Olympic Studies Centre’s Katharina Neumann participated in the 25th International Seminar on Olympic Studies for Postgraduate Students of the International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, Greece. Therein, over 30 selected students from all over the world gained knowledge and...
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Database on Olympic Studies: Degree Programmes, Courses, Seminars & Workshops
Prof. Stephan Wassong and Prof. Thierry Zintz (Olympic Chair – Université catholique de Louvain) conduct a study with the objective of collecting information on all regular Olympic Studies programmes, courses, seminars and workshops at and beyond the university level around the world. A central research tool is an online...
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