Note: This course is an online offering that takes place via Zoom. Please ensure that you have access to an internet capable device.
This fall, the argument will heat up—should the United States boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games because of human right violations? This course will explore the current issue and consider the different options available to the United States government and Olympic Committee, as well as take a historical view of the issue by exploring the history of Olympic boycotts, with an emphasis on the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. Join us for an informative and engaging course!
About the Instructor:
Matthew Andrews is a Teaching Professor in the Department of History at UNC-Chapel Hill. He teaches courses on the intersection of sport and politics, with a particular interest in the use of sport arenas as spaces to both bolster and protest the political order. He is a UNC Center for Faculty Excellence Teaching Fellow for the 2019-2021 academic years. In 2016, 2018, and 2019, the Daily Tar Heel named him UNC’s “Best Professor.”