The 2024 Olympic Games are an opportunity for the Willibald Gebhardt Institute (WGI) in Münster (Germany) to organise a seminar on the Olympic Games. The WGI is an institute affiliated to the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Münster and an official Olympic Studies Centre (OSC).

The seminar is being organised in cooperation with the following partners: Junior Professor Dr Helga Leineweber (Department of Education and Culture at the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Münster), Professor Dr Annette Hofmann (University of Education in Ludwigsburg, Vice-President of ICSPE, Vice-President of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) and Deputy Chairwoman of the German Olympic Academy), European Committee for Sports History (CESH), Professor Dr Daphné Bolz (University of Rouen Normandy, CETAPS UR 3832), President of the European Committee for Sports History CESH).

The lectures begin on 8 April and end on 8 July 2024, from 4.15pm to 6pm. Participation is possible via Zoom or in person in seminar room Ho 101 of the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Münster.

Use the following link to access the programme and the language of the papers, and to register: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/6wgYa4jvrEMPe

A presentation in English is available here: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/TVu5nvIeoj9y2

Best wishes,

Prof. i.R. Dr. Michael Krüger (Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Universität Münster, Germany)