Women Building Peace Award
The winner and finalists of the Women Building Peace Award joined the U.S. Institute of Peace for a discussion on their efforts in preventing conflict and fostering peace in their home count…
114 viewsThe winner and finalists of the Women Building Peace Award joined the U.S. Institute of Peace for a discussion on their efforts in preventing conflict and fostering peace in their home count…
114 viewsPepperdine University professor Loretta Hunnicutt taught a class about baseball during the Great Depression. She looked at the role of baseball in American culture and the origins of sports …
1,267 viewsBishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, delivered the Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Russell Kirk Lecture. Bishop Barron is the author of many books, including To Lig…
410 viewsHeather Dichter, associate professor of sports history at De Montfort University in England, looked at the role soccer has played in foreign relations since 1914. This virtual event was host…
146 viewsJohnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992 - with millions of Americans tuning in each night. Stephen Farnsworth examined Carson’s use of political humor and how it shaped the n…
1,400 viewsFormer Sports Illustrated senior writer Kostya Kennedy, author of “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” talked about the life and career of Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers playe…
508 viewsHistory professor Kristin Du Mez offered her thoughts on the impact popular culture has had on white evangelicalism in America. Southern Festival of Books hosted this virtual program.
518 viewsAuthors Brian Broome, Anjali Enjeti and Nichole Perkins spoke about pop culture, race and identity. Southern Festival of Books hosted this virtual program.
151 viewsOn October 19, 1864, General Philip Sheridan’s timely arrival at the Cedar Creek battlefield helped turn a Union retreat into a resounding victory, effectively ending Confederate resistance …
443 viewsDarrell West, author and Brookings Institution vice president, talked about his book, Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, which looks at the use of artificial …
426 viewsHampden-Sydney College Professor Matthew Hulbert looked at depictions of slavery in Hollywood films ranging from Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind to Django Unchained and Free State o…
399 viewsBruce Goldfarb, author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics, showed several dollhouse-sized crime scenes that are used for traini…
2,802 viewsFilmmaker and author Jon Wilkman discussed his book Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America, which explores the history of American nonfiction films and television f…
894 viewsFord’s Theatre hosted political satirist Mark Russell and former Representative Joe Crowley to discuss the role humor plays in politics, particularly during contentious times. They were join…
362 viewsFrom Thomas Jefferson’s books to Saturday Night Live’s parody of Joe Biden, Tevi Troy talked about how popular culture influences presidents -- and how, in turn, presidents leave their impri…
184 viewsInvestigative reporter and journalist Nicole LaPorte reported on the 2019 college admissions scandal. This virtual event was sponsored by Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California.
390 viewsSports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson offered their thoughts on the political, economic, and social issues facing sports today. This virtual program was part of the 2020 Texas B…
308 viewsUniversity of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Stephen Farnsworth looked at how late-night talk show hosts have responded to the Trump presidency in comparison to prior presidents…
406 viewsCasey Sherman and David Wedge discussed the capture, imprisonment, and death of Boston mafia boss Whitey Bulger. This was a virtual event hosted by Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Massachu…
503 viewsDemocracy Must Be Learned was one of the second-prize high school east division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Lintaro Donovan and Young-Bin Lee, twelfth grade…
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