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2018 Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sport History

OSC Cologne staff member Dr. Jörg Krieger was a speaker at the 2018 Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 25-28, 2018. The Conference took place at the Fort Garry Hotel and was attended by almost 200 sport history experts and sports scholars from around the world....

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Olympic Chair Henri de Baillet Latour & Jacques Rogge

Professor Stephan Wassong has been invited as Visiting Professor to the endowed Olympic Chair Henri Baillet Latour & Jacques Rogge at the Université Catholique de Louvain. This guest professorship is awarded annually to an internationally recognised scholar within the field of the Olympic Movement. During his stay at the...

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4th On-site Module Week of the M.A. Olympic Studies Intake 5

From 11 – 17 March 2018, the 5th intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies came together for the 4th time to undertake the module week Governance, Policy and Olympic Organisations. Led by the M.A.’s partner university, Loughborough University, U.K., the team of Dr. David Howe, Dr. Borja Garcia and Dr. Jamie Kenyon travelled to the...

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Commencement of the M.A. Olympic Studies Intake 6

From 25 February – 3 March 2018, the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne (GSU) played host to the first module week of the 6th intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies. The week began with an opening ceremony which brought together the 25 new participants, coming from 22 different countries, alongside...

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Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong: President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee

Professor Wassong has been elected President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC) on 20th January 2018 in Lausanne. The CIPC, which is an officially recognized organization of the IOC, was founded in 1975 and since then has continuously developed its profile in the areas of Olympic Education and research on...

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Commission Week of the IOC

The members of the 26 Commissions of the IOC met during the week of 5th to 12th November, 2017 in Lausanne. Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong represented the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne (GSU) as member of the Olympic Education Commission. Together with Prof. Zintz from the Université catholique...

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Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies

The Olympic Studies Center (OSC) at the German Sport University Cologne has co-founded the electronic journal Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies with the OSCs of the University of Christchurch's in New Zealand and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal’s publishers are Prof. Stephan...

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Japanese – German Business Association

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong was invited by the Japanese – German Business Association to deliver a keynote speech at the traditional Asa no Kai event held at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt on 26th October. The specific reason for his invitation was that they desired his Olympic expertise on account of the upcoming...

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M.A. Olympic Studies - Ongoing financial support of the IOC

The international part-time study programme M.A. Olympic Studies, which is organized by the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the GSU, has been granted a continuation of its ongoing financial support provided by the IOC for the years 2017 and 2018. In addition to this, the IOC has allocated the M.A. eight Olympic Solidarity...

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South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation

Since 2014, the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne (GSU) has supported the establishment and development of an OSC at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Within the scope of this collaboration, a special edition of the South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and...

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