Born 1952 in Kiel, Germany
University Studies of history, social science and sport science and full exam as High school teacher as well as graduation at Bonn.
Scientific employee in Bonn and Cologne, since 1994 into the work-area "contemporary history of sports" the University Potsdam.
Player, Coach and publications in high level Volleyball.
Since foundation 1987 co-editor of the journal "Social- and contemporary history of sports".
1989 to 1995 executive of the Section for Sport-History of the German Association for Sport Science (dvs).
Lecturer at the German University for Sports Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Koeln) (1991-1993) and Free University Berlin (since 1993). Habilitation (venia legendi) in sport science, especially history and sociology at the Free University Berlin (July 2000).
Visiting Professor (September / Oktober 2001) and member of the steering comittee of the "INTERNATIONAL NETWORK WITHIN HUMANISTIC DOPING RESEARCH", University Odense, Denmark.
Fields of work:
Social- and contemporary history of sports, didactics and methodology of the ball-games, health-education and Public health.
Topics of the last Years:
Sport development and sport science in the GDR and after the political change 1989/90 Transformation processes in the democratically East Germany. Prevention against drugs in sports in cooperation with German Health organization.
Latest book publications:
Spitzer, G. u.a. (Hrsg.): Schluesseldokumente zum DDR-Sport. Ein sporthistorischer Ueberblick in Originalquellen. Meyer & Meyer : Aachen 1998, 338 pages.
Spitzer, G.: Doping in der DDR. Ein historischer Ueberblick zu einer konspirativen Praxis. Genese - Verantwortung - Gefahren. Wissenschaftliche Berichte und Materialien des Bundesinstituts fr Sportwissenschaft. 1998 Bd.
3. [ISBN 3-89001-315-5] Koeln : Sport und Buch Strauss 1998, 434 pages. (Second edition Cologne 2000; last print September 2001).
Spitzer, G.: "Sicherungsvorgang Sport" - Das Ministerium fr Staatssicherheit und der DDR-Spitzensport. Verlag Karl Hofmann : Schorndorf 2002 440 pages (in print) (The Minister of State Security and Ahcievement Sport secotr of the G.D.R.)
Latest publications in books:
Spitzer, G.: Spitzenfuball in der DDR. Kontinuitaeten und Entwicklungsbrueche zwischen Selbstbestimmung und (innen-) politischer Funktionalisierung. In: W. L. Tegelbeckers D. Nilles (Hrsg.): Quo vadis Fuball? Vom Spielprozess zum Marktprodukt. Goettingen 2000, p. 181-228.
Spitzer, G.: Zwischen 1945 und 1952: Drei Nationale Olympische Komitees in Deutschland. In: Nationales Olympisches Komitee fuer Deutschland (Hrsg.): Deutschland in der Olympischen Bewegung. Eine Zwischenbilanz. Muenchen 1999, p. 177-203.
Spitzer, G.: Spaetschaeden [late side-effects] durch Doping bei Sportlern der ehemaligen DDR. In: Mueller-Platz, C.(Red.): Leistungsmanipulation: eine Gefahr für unsere Sportler. Wissenschaftliche Berichte und Materialien des Bundesinstituts fr Sportwissenschaft. 1999 Bd. 12. Koeln 1999, p. 27-46.
Introduction to the anti-doping-network:
The network is formed by a group of researchers in the area "Doping and public policy" that will meet, publish, and contribute to the doping debate on a continuing basis. The provisional steering group committee, consisting of Prof. John Hoberman (University of Texas), Priv.-Doz. Dr. Giselher W. Spitzer (University of Potsdam, Germany), Ass. prof. Verner Mller and Ass. prof. Jørgen Povlsen (both University of Southern Denmark).
The provisional steering committee met in Odense, Denmark January 2002 to plan a series of activities over the next couple of years. These include the conference in Odense, June 2002 and a following one in year 2003 and the inauguration of a schorlarly journal later this year that will publish research on doping from the perspectivies of the social sciences and humanistic disciplines.
The aim of the International Network is to employ the various methods of the humanities and the social sciences to enhance our understanding of the doping phenomenon in the modern world. This research encompasses the various uses of "legitimate" drugs that have achieved social acceptance as well as more controversial drugs that are used by significant numbers of people. This approach to the doping phenomenon both includes and transcends the use of drugs by athletes. Our objective is to study the pharmacological landscape in its entirety. |
