Profs & Pints DC: The Presidency at a Crossroads

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Presidency at a Crossroads,” on the evolution and future of our nation’s highest office, with Barbara A. Perry, professor of presidential studies and co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

In the aftermath of one of the United States’ most consequential elections, Profs and Pints brings you an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the presidency, one that goes far beyond slogans, sound bites, and the personalities of individual officeholders to look at the presidency as a political institution that has changed dramatically over time.

The speaker, Dr. Barbara Perry, has extensively interviewed more than 150 White House officials and is the author or editor of 17 books on American politics and law. She’ll take her audience at DC’s Penn Social on a journey through history, shedding light on how there came to be a vast…