Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:30-5pm
George Mason University
Founders Hall multipurpose room at Mason’s Arlington Campus
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Basketball great, author and social activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen in a conversation-style interview at Mason’s Arlington Campus in January.
“Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of today’s leading public intellectuals,” said Cowen.
Abdul-Jabbar, a U.S. global cultural ambassador, has written books of fiction and nonfiction on such topics as African American achievement, World War II and the Harlem Renaissance. His latest is “Mycroft Holmes,” written with Anna Waterhouse, a mystery novel featuring Sherlock Holmes’ older brother.
Abdul-Jabbar’s interview takes place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Founders Hall multipurpose room at Mason’s Arlington Campusopens PDF file , 3351 Fairfax Dr., Arlington. The 90-minute event is free and open to the public but registration is strongly recommended at this site.
Abdul-Jabbar’s appearance is part of a series called “Conversations with Tyler.” Previous guests interviewed by Cowen, who is chair and general director of the Mercatus Center at Mason, include PayPal founder Peter Thiel, economists Jeffrey Sachs and Luigi Zingales, and others. Past conversations, located here, have been viewed more than 100,000 times.
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