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Conference Program

 

(Provisional)

Saturday, 24 April 2010

   
08.45-09.30 Arrival and Registration
09.30-09.40 Welcome and Opening Remarks
  Marie Louise Stig Sørensen (University of Cambridge)
   
09.40-13.15 Session 1: The Olympics as Heritage
   
09.40-10.20 Keynote: Christopher Young (University of Cambridge)
  TBA
   
10.20-10.40 Otto J. Schantz (University Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
  Coubertin’s Lost Legacy: How Communication Technology Has Transformed the Olympic Heritage
   
10.40-11.00 Jürgen Weishäupl (Zhdk Zürich, Austria)
  Olympic Ceremonies: A World Ritual
   
11.00-11.30 Coffee
   
11.30-11.50 Eleana Yalouri (Panteion University of Social and Political Studies, Athens)
  Fanning the Flame: Transformations of the 2004 Olympic Flame
   
11.50-12.10 Harry H. Hiller (University of Calgary)
  Public Opinion as Heritage: Exploring the Response of Host City Residents to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games
   
12.10-12.30 Natalie Heger (University of Kassel, Germany)
  The Genesis of a Concept: How Munich Capitalised on the 1972 ‘Happy Games’ as a Motive and Motor for Urban Development and Architectural Innovation
   
12.30-13.15 Discussion
  Discussant: Mark Turin (University of Cambridge)
   
13.15-14.00 Lunch
   
14.00-15.30 Session 2: The Impact of the Olympics on Heritage
   
14.00-14.40 Keynote: Iain MacRury (UEL and London East Research Institute)
  Before, During and After: London, Heritage and 2012
   
14.40-15.00 Elizabeth Filippouli (We Media, Ltd.)
  Spectacle and Impact - Athens: A Case Study
   
15.00-15.20 Afroditi Chatzoglou (University of Cambridge)
  The Impact of the Olympics Games on the Urban Fabric of Athens
   
15.20-15.40 Jialing Luo (University of Cambridge)
  Rupture and Continuity: Hutong as Cultural Heritage in the Context of the Beijing Olympics
   
15.40-16.00 Coffee
   
16.00-16.20 Nick Bateman and Frank Meddens (Museum of London, MoLAS-PCA)
  Shifting Sands: A Changing Environment and the Archaeology of the 2012 Olympic Park
   
16.20-16.40 Stella Jackson (University of York)
  Designating the Olympics: London 2012, a National Heritage Asset?
   
16.40-17:30 Discussion
  Discussant: Roy Panagiotopoulu (University of Athens)
   
17.30 Acknowledgements, Conference End