Oct. 4th! Football and Contemporary History in Germany (English Lecture)
The newcomers’ club invites you to a new English lecture series. The first lecture to come is Football and Contemporary History in Germany (English Lecture
The connection between sports, history and politics might not strike everybody’s eye on the first glimpse, but in fact they are intricately intertwined. For example, recent discussions about the exclusion of the Russian team from the Olympics have way more to it than a mere debate about sports.
When we are talking about sports in Germany, football is definitely the most popular one, so it is not too surprising that in German history, developments in football grounds reflected the political currents of the respective times, but also gave room for opposition against hegemonic bodies of thought.
Together, we will slither through contemporary German history have a look on and off the pitch, on the terraces and current political implications.
speaker: Patrik Stör (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
4th of October, 2016, 6 p.m., vhs club INTERNATIONAL, Friedrichstr. 17, 91054 Erlangen