Today’s Totalitarianism presents a mini-conference entitled “Mobilizing Knowledge Against Today’s Totalitarian Trends: Building an International Consortium of Concerned Academics”.
Featuring 20 presentations by academics on global trends centralizing political authority, undermining judicial power, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism, and promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism. It will also hold open discussions and a planning session to better institutionalize the Today’s Totalitarianism consortium. Open to the public.
Featuring presentations by Prof. Hugh Gusterson (SPPGA; UBC Anthropology) and Prof. Max Cameron (SPPGA; UBC Political Science).
The event takes place at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs on July 11th and 12th. It is co-funded by the department of Anthropology, the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs, and the Department of Political Science at UBC, as well as the University of Windsor, Simon Fraser University and Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Connection Program.
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