CfA 📢 Gaetano Cozzi Price, Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche
🏆Two prizes for unpublished essays by young scholars on the history of play, leisure, and sport (antiquity–WWII).
⏰16 March 2026
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The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were an intimate affair compared to today. Only 14 nations and around 245 male athletes competed. The largest events were track and field, wrestling, with the marathon as the highlight, won by Greek runner Spiridon Louis.

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Hans Bol (1534-1593), a master of miniature landscapes and everyday scenes, painted the vibrant and often harsh world of the late 1500s.

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