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Profs and Pints DC presents: “China, Sports and Power,” a look at the cultural history and political uses of sports in the People’s Republic, with Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States and frequent lecturer on Chinese culture. The international spotlight has fallen on sports in China […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Who Owns Dance Moves?” a look at choreography’s debate over ownership, appropriation, and racial justice, with Jill Vasbinder, who teaches about the history of dance as a senior lecturer in dance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The social media platform TikTok is just the latest site where plays […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Reconsidering Reparations,” on a future-oriented approach to remedying past injustice, with Olúfemi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of political philosophy and ethics at Georgetown University and author of the soon-to-be-released book Reconsidering Reparations. Most theorizing about reparations for slavery and colonialism treats it as a social justice project. The focus is […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “A New War in Europe?” a look at tensions between Russia and Ukraine and U.S. options if they go to war, with Michael Kimmage, professor of history at Catholic University, fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and former U.S. State Department planner for that region. It is not at all […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Implicit Orders, Explicit Violence,” with Kurt Braddock, assistant professor of communications, fellow at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University, and author of Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization. When Donald Trump told an extremist group to “stand back and […]
