CESH Conference 2023
The 26th annual conference of the European Committee for Sports History (CESH) will be hosted by the German Sport University Cologne from 4th to 6th October 2023. It is jointly organised by the Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies and by the Institute of Sport History under the responsibility of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittag and Univ.-Prof. Dr Stephan Wassong.
The conference will focus on people who, as individuals or collectives, are the central actors of sport. In the light of a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach, the conference aims both to take a closer look at the biographical change of professional athletes, officials or coaches as types and personalities of professional sports, and to shed light on the evolution of their environment considering changing fields of activity and profession.
At the same time, the focus of the conference is also on changes in recreational sports and the question of the extent to which changes are emerging in people's lives and frameworks.