Rebekka Von MallinckrodtRebekka von Mallinckrodt is professor of early modern history at the University of Bremen. She has worked in the fields of religious studies, the history of the body, postcolonial and slavery studies. From 2015 to 2021, she is leading the ERC onsolidator Grant Project "The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and its Slaves." With regard to sports and physical exercise she has published Bewegtes Leben - Körpertechniken in der Fru]hen Neuzeit/Life on the Move - Body Techniques in the Early Modern Period (Harrassowitz, 2008), Sports and Physical Exercise in Early Modern Culture (with Angela Schattner, Routledge, 2016), and numerous articles on the cultural and social history of running, swimming, and diving. Read More Read Less