Talk: with Capoeira practitioner and scholar TJ Desch-Obi.

Public talk on Monday, Sept. 24 from 12:00-1:00 pm with Capoeira practitioner and scholar TJ Desch-Obi. Perkins Library 217. Hosted by the Department of Theater Studies, co-hosted by the Dance Program and Cultural Anthropology.Capoeira Masterclass with TJ Desch-Obi, Tuesday, September 25 from 3:05-4:20pm, Hull Ave. Dance Studio. Participants must sign up here: http://dukedance.wufoo.com/forms/q7x3a1/ T.J. Desch-Obi, Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora History, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences, Baruch College. Professor Desch-Obi received his doctorate in African history from UCLA. He is presently completing a manuscript that explores cultural transmissions between Africa and the Americas through the lens of African martial arts. Desch-Obi has competitive credentials in martial arts and thus blends social history with cultural practice. He has been doing research¿including extensive fieldwork in Africa¿on the topic since his days at Harvard. He is West African but specializes in the history of Central Africa and the African Diaspora.