Projektbeschreibung
Wie sich der europäische Sport in den Zwischenkriegsjahren veränderte
In den europäischen Zwischenkriegsjahren durchlebte der Sport große Veränderungen. Diese Zeit ist für die Geschichte des Sports sogar von besonderer Bedeutung. So hat der Amateurbereich beispielsweise Platz für nationale und soziale Ideale gemacht. Die Welt des Sports wurde außerdem extrem politisiert. Bisher wurde dieser Wandlungsprozess auf nationaler geschichtlicher Ebene untersucht, jedoch nicht im transnationalen Umfang. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt Training People wird die Veränderungen des Sports in Europa aus transnationaler Perspektive betrachten und dabei Ähnlichkeiten sowie nationale Unterschiede aufdecken. Es wird sich auf drei Hauptaspekte des europäischen Sports in Verbindung mit der Wahrnehmung von Hygiene- und Gesundheitskampagnen, der Politisierung von Sportveranstaltungen und der zunehmenden Ablösung des Amateurwesens durch den Profibereich konzentrieren.
Ziel
This project will explore the changing nature of European sport in the interwar period from a transnational perspective, combining cultural, political and social history. Based on the German, French, Italian and British cases but with reference to other countries, this innovative work will permit the writing of a standard work to fill a major gap in the subject which has been dominated by national histories.
The interwar years were a critical period for the development of sport in Europe: the traditional ‘amateur ideal’ gave way to athletes who embodied new national and social causes. The flourishing development of physical culture (German Turnen and games, Swedish/Danish gymnastics, ‘English’ sports…) was marked by the powerful politicising of sport as well as the expansion of the press and broadcast media, which influenced people and governments to an unprecedented degree. The ideal of the ‘New Man’ best exemplified this change. This research will bring to the fore the similarities that have been obscured as well as striking national differences. In taking Europe as a point of departure, this work will focus on three areas. (1) Hygiene: how the post-war body was to be (re)educated: (1.1) national health campaigns and (1.2) new school curricula. (2) The politics of sport: as expressed through (2.1) the nature and extent of institutionalisation and (2.2) the growing importance of ‘mega events’, especially the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. (3) The increasing specialisation of sport: (3.1) how amateurism came under threat from professionalism and (3.2) how scientific research into physical culture was expanded.
The researcher brings all the necessary qualities and maturity to realise this highly ambitious project. She will be hosted in a major German university by a world-leading professor recognised for his scientific excellence and dynamism in the field. The project’s sources are held in various European libraries and institutions already known to the researcher.
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