AUBGTalks » Cosmina Tanasoiu https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com Videos from AUBG's guest lecturers Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:56:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 Cosmina Tanasoiu – Politics and Superheroes https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/cosmina-tanasoiu-politics-and-superheroes/ https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/cosmina-tanasoiu-politics-and-superheroes/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:03:03 +0000 https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/?p=1313 (December 9, 2014) Cosmina Tanasoiu talks about one of the essential elements of the modern popular culture – superheroes. Starting with the philosophical concept and the history of superheroes and then moving to their ideological and sociological context, she explains why politics and superheroes are closely tied together. Cosmina Tanasoiu is a Associate Professor in the Politics and European Studies department at AUBG.

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]]> https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/cosmina-tanasoiu-politics-and-superheroes/feed/ 0 The Politics of the Olympics https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/the-politics-of-the-olympics/ https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/the-politics-of-the-olympics/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:26:43 +0000 https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/?p=1055 (February 19, 2014) AUBG Professors Cosmina Tanasoiu and Nicholas Spina discuss the political side of the Olympic Games. Watch and learn how the International Olympic Committee works and what political powers the Olympics have.

Cosmina Tanasoiu and Nicholas Spina, aside from being passionate about sports, are also Professors of Political Science and International Relations at AUBG.

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