Virtual “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women” Lecture with Mary Savig
• May 22, 2024

Join Mary Savig, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, for a lecture about the exhibition “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women”, now on view at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery. The […]

Profs & Pints DC: Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness,” on a growing practice that raises huge ethical questions, with Mark Komrad, M.D., a psychiatrist and medical ethicist on the […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Shores of Tripoli
• May 2, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Shores of Tripoli,” on a famous early overseas test of the U.S. Navy, with Abby Mullen, assistant professor of history at the United States […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Great American Road Trip
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Great American Road Trip,” a look at how long journeys and tales of them have shaped our nation, with Allen Pietrobon, historian and professor […]

Profs & Pints DC: America’s Illiberal History
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “America’s Illiberal History,” an unflinching look at the trampling of individual rights as a driving force in our nation’s past, with Steven Hahn, professor of […]

Profs & Pints DC: When Washington Burned
• April 1, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When Washington Burned,” a detailed look at the devastating 1814 British attack on the Capitol, with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Treason of Benedict Arnold
• March 20, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Treason of Benedict Arnold,” an in-depth look at one of America’s most despised figures, with Richard Bell, professor of history at the University of […]

Profs & Pints DC: Condom Nation
• March 14, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Condom Nation,” on our nation’s history of birth control and debates over its use, with Alexandra Lord, chair and curator of the division of medicine […]

Profs & Pints DC: When the Pacific Became America’s New Frontier
• February 27, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When the Pacific Became America’s New Frontier,” a look at how private ventures summoned naval power to expand U.S. influence across an ocean, with Chris […]

Ciné-Concert: The Blood of a Poet
• January 23, 2024

New score performed live by Matthew Nolan and Erik Friedlander The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d’un Poète), the first part of Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy, is considered one […]