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Athletes and Resistance Panel - Sports, Power, and Resistance Obermann Arts & Humanities Symposium
Sep 23, 2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Iowa City Public Library, Rooms A, B, and C
123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Panel #3: Athletes and Resistance
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Adrian Burgos (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): "In Clemente's Wake: Afro-Latino Ballplayers and the Quest for Respect"
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Noah Cohan (Washington University, St. Louis): “Raising a Glass Helmet: How Black Athletes and Artists Resist Football’s Head Gear”
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Jaime Schultz (Penn State University): "Consumed: On Women, Distance Running, Disordered Eating, and Illness Narratives"
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Moderated by Glenn Houlihan, a PhD student in American Studies at the University of Iowa
This event is a part of the Sports, Power, and Resistance: Legacies and Futures Obermann Arts and Humanities Symposium.
Free and open to all.
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