Christian Wacker

Christian Wacker (2018)

Christian Wacker (* 1966 in Munich ) is a German classical archaeologist , museologist and sports historian .

biography

Christian Wacker studied Classical Archeology and Ancient History at the University of Munich and the University of Freiburg . The doctorate took place in 1996 with Ulrich Sinn at the University of Würzburg with a thesis on Gymnasium in Olympia . He gained practical archaeological experience in Cyprus, Greece, Germany and Brazil. In 2008 he led a research group with Norbert Müller and Reinhard Senff to find the racecourse in Olympia. On the occasion of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , he curated an exhibition on Pierre de Coubertin in the Olympic city . He is also a member of the teaching staff of the International Olympic Academy.

In April 2005, Wacker was appointed director of the German Sport & Olympia Museum in Cologne, which he took up in June of that year. On November 1, 2008, he moved to the Sports Museum of Qatar in Doha as founding director , which he was responsible for building up. From November 2014 to March 2018 he was scientific project manager at the Freiburg Academy for Museum, Exhibition and Collection Knowledge (FRAMAS) at the University of Freiburg. From April 1, 2018 to May 31, 2020 he was the director of the Karl May Museum in Radebeul, founded in 1928 .

Wacker is a co-founder of the German Society for the History of Sports Science, a member of the Advisory Board of the German-Qatari Society , a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sports Museum Switzerland and, since 2012, Vice President of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH). Since March 21, 2015 he has been chairman of the German Pierre de Coubertin Committee.

Wacker is married to the Brazilian sports historian Marcia De Franceschi Neto-Wacker .

Fonts

• The Gymnasion in Olympia. History and function. (= Würzburg research on antiquity . Volume 2). Ergon, Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-928034-97-9 (= dissertation)
• Palairos. A historical geography of the Plagia peninsula in Akarnania. (= Studies on the History of Northwest Greece . Volume 3). Oberhummer Society, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-934137-01-6 .
• Olympia. A cultural and historical tour. Munich 2004, ISBN 3-934137-06-7 .
• Editor: Pierre de Coubertin et le miracle grec. Lausanne 2005, ISBN 3-934137-08-3 .
• Editor with Robert Marxen: Olympia - Ideal and Reality. Festschrift for Norbert Müller on his 60th birthday. (= Studies on the history of sport . Volume 5), Lit, Berlin and Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1208-9 .
• with Marcia de Franceschi Neto-Wacker: Brazil goes Olympic. Historical fragments from Brazil and the Olympic movement until 1936. (= Olympic Studies . Volume 11). Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-89784-985-3 .
• Editor with Andreas Amendt, Stephan Wassong: Olympics. Past and Present. Prestel, Munich. London and New-York 2013, ISBN 978-3-7913-6412-4 .
• Editor with Stephan Wassong, Natalia Camps Y Wilant: Olympic and Paralympic Discourses. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2017, ISBN 978-3-89784-983-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecourse discovered in ancient Olympia after 1,600 years
2. ↑ Personal details: Dr. Christian Wacker
3. ↑ Dr. Christian Wacker becomes the new director of the German Sport & Olympia Museum .
4. ↑ The Sheikh's call of attraction .
5. ↑ FRAMAS: Exhibitions as spaces for learning and experience .
6. ^ Sächsische Zeitung, online edition, January 5, 2018
7. ^ Silvio Kuhnert: Encrusted structures: boss of the Karl-May-Museum throws down. In: Dresdner Latest News . May 8, 2020.
8. ↑ Portrait ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the German-Qatar Society (English).