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Olympism in Action Forum (Part II): Buenos Aires 5th & 6th October 2018

The IOC`s Olympism in Action Forum took place from 5th to 6th October 2018 in Buenos Aires. Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller and Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong were invited to the forum as members of the IOC`s Commission for Culture and Olympic Heritage and Olympic Education Commission. The forum was also attended by Professor Ian Culpan,...

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Olympism in Action Forum (Part I): Buenos Aires 5th & 6th October 2018

As member of the IOC`s Olympic Education Commission and President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong was invited to attend the IOC`s Olympism in Action Forum which was held from 5th to 6th October 2018 in Buenos Aires. Next to working group meeting of the Olympic Education Commission...

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IOC Commission: Olympic Education

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong has been appointed to the Olympic Education Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the fifth time in a row. The continuity of the appointments since 2014 shows the appreciation of the expertise that Prof. Wassong brings to the Commission. An important project for the IOC...

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4th International Athletes Forum

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong, Chair of the Institute of Sports History and Director of the Olympic Studies Center, was invited as keynote speaker to the 4th International Session for Olympic Medalists or Olympians by the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Olympia. The session, which ran from July 2nd to July 8th 2018,...

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Olympic Day 2018 – Involvement of the Olympic Studies Centre Cologne

The Olympic Day marks the foundation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 23 June 1894. The IOC annually calls all stakeholders of the Olympic Movement to celebrate the Olympic values on this day. In Germany, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) organises the Olympic Day activities and in 2018 cooperates with the Olympic...

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Keynote at Wingate College, Israel

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong was invited as keynote speaker at an international conference on sport and Olympic studies organized by and hosted at the Wingate College in Israel from 7th – 10th June 2018. Prof. Wassong lectured on the objectives of the IOC`s Athletes Commission from a historical and contemporary perspective....

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Liverpool Hope University Revisited

Liverpool Hope University, at which Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong was employed as Associate Professor from 2007 to 2009, organized an international conference from 13th to 20th June 2018. The congress was entitled The Big Hope 2. Young Leaders Congress. It was a reedition of The Big Hope 1 which was organized in 2008 when...

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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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