Authoritarianism in America
February 26, 2025 | 5:30PM - 7:00PM
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Location | Online via Zoom
Democracy in the United States faces its gravest threat since the Civil War. Backed by the richest men on the planet, the Trump administration is radically transforming the American political system. What lies ahead? How did we get here?
Join us on Wednesday February 26, as historian Timothy Snyder and political scientist Lucan Way discuss the future of the world’s oldest democracy and the origins of the current crisis.
Speakers
Timothy Snyder
Chair in Modern European History
Supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies
Lucan Way
Distinguished Professor of Democracy, Department of Political Science and Co-Director, Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Munk School
Janice Stein
Moderator
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science and Founding Director, Munk School