3177 -- ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR KULTURAUSTAUSCH

• Issue no. 1 deals with sports as a cultural agent without boundaries: Numerous articles discussing sports and the state, sports and identity, and sports and cultures are included.
  
• Issue no. 2 focuses on cultural images and dialogs between Italy and Germany.
  
• Issue no. 3 discusses the 'genetic challenge' - ethical, commercial and cultural aspects of new developments in genetics.
  
• Issue no. 4 discusses the German-French dialog: mutual central questions, French-German cultural aspects vis-à-vis American culture, cultural differences, the search for commonalties, and the influence of education on the relations of the two countries.

Keywords: sports and culture, genetics and culture, Italian-German dialogs, French-German dialogs