Herrenhausen Discussion

TUES 10.6. 19:00 SCHLOSS HERRENHAUSEN

FORUM FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS

“RAHN SHOULD SHOOT FROM THE BACK…”

FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONCHIPS: SPORTS – POLITICS – MYTHS

DIALOGUE

Football world championships are crystallisation points reflecting national and international politics and economic, social and cultural history. To what extent do world championships become the plaything of national political intentions in the host nations? What is here the role of the media? And what repercussions can the Football World Cup 2014 have for Brazil and the entire world? The Forum for Current Affairs, a series of events organized by the Volkswagen Foundation, focuses on historical events in the light of topical affairs, discussing the significance for the present and the future in dialogue with experts and contemporary witnesses.

LECTURES

NO MIRACLE OF BERN – THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 1974 IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

PROF. DR. KAY SCHILLER Durham University, UK

PASSIONS – FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN

LATIN AMERICA BETWEEN DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

PROF. DR. STEFAN RINKE Freie Universität Berlin

DISCUSSION BETWEEN TWO CONTEMPORARY WITNESSES WITH

BERND FRANKE Member of the German national team at the WM 1986

AND PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN KOLLER Bangor University, UK

DURATION ca. 90 minutes / no interval

ADMISSION FREE*

* ADVANCE RESERVATION AT forum@volkswagenstiftung.de

An event by the Volkswagen Foundation in cooperation with the KunstFestSpielen Herrenhausen