At the 2026 ISHPES Congress in Taiwan, Yoonkyu Song was presented with the ISHPES “Young Scholar Award” by the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPEShttps://www.ishpes.org/). He also delivered a highly acclaimed keynote address at this year’s conference in ...
On July 9, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute (WGI), in cooperation with the Department of Education and Culture in Sport at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Münster, hosted a panel discussion on the topic “Skateboarding and the Olympics: Lifestyle or Competitive Sport?” ...
From June 29 to July 1, 2026, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute hosted the CEREPS Summit 2026 at the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster, Germany. This event, organized in cooperation with CEREPS—a European research network in the field of physical education and school sports—provided the WGI and the Institute ...
Soichi Ichimura (Japan), long-time fellow at the Willibald Gebhardt Institute, has left us forever. The WGI, and Roland Naul in particular, enjoyed a decades-long friendship and connection with Soichi Ichimura. After completing his studies in psychology at the University of Illinois, USA, he became a ...
From June 29 to July 1, 2026, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute will host the CEREPS Summit 2026 at the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster. This event, in cooperation with CEREPS as a European research network in the field of physical education and school sports, offers the WGI and the Institute of Sports Science ...