Hitler's Olympics - Berlin 1936 - Lecture Programme

Thursday 31st May 2012

The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece 1 (Neil Faulkner)

Friday 1st June 2012

The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece 2 (Neil Faulkner)

Coffee

Robert Dover's English Olimpicks (John Sutton)

Lunch

Merrie England (John Sutton)

Evening: Visit to Dovers Hill Games which finish with fireworks and torchlight procession to Chipping Camden

Saturday 2nd June 2012

Writing the Olimpicks: Annalia Dubrensia and other poems (Stephen Roberts)

Coffee

The Puritan attack on merrie England (John Sutton)

Lunch

Visit to Chipping Camden for Scuttlebrook Wake

Dinner

Hitler's Olympics 1: Introduction and Film (Andrew Lacey)

Sunday 3rd June 2012

Hitler's Olympics 2: National Socialist uses of the Olympic Ideal (Andrew Lacey)

Coffee

Plenary session with all speakers and conclusion

June 7th 2011

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