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