The Search for White Identity with professors Daniel Kline, Forrest Nabors, and Wenfei Tong
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The Search for White Identity seeks to clarify the meaning of “white identity" in our current polarizing times. Panelists include Prof. Dan Kline who discusses "Teutonic Knights in 2018", how white nationalists and neo-Nazis attempt to misappropriate medieval literature and culture. Prof.Forrest Nabors addresses "American Codes and Colors" and Dr. Wenfei Tong examines “The Evolution of White Identity”.
Dan Kline is Professor of English and Director of General Education at UAA. He received his Ph.D in Middle English Literature & Literary Theory from Indiana University. Forrest Nabors is Associate Professor & Chair Department of Political Science. He is author of the From Oligarchy to Republicanism: The Great Task of Reconstruction. He received his Ph.D. from University of Oregon. Wenfei Tong teaches in the Department of Biological Sciences at UAA. She received her Ph.D. in Organismic & Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University.
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