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SUMMARY: Mobilizing Knowledge Against Today’s Totalitarian Trends: Building
  an International Consortium of Concerned Academics
DESCRIPTION: This mini conference will feature 20 presentations by academic
 s on global trends centralizing political authority\, undermining judicial 
 power\, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism\, and pr
 omoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism.
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 /p><p>[buttons][button link_text="Conference Schedule" link_url="https://ww
 w.todaystotalitarianism.com/2024-conference"][/buttons]</p><p>Today's Total
 itarianism presents a mini-conference entitled <strong>"Mobilizing Knowledg
 e Against Today's Totalitarian Trends: Building an International Consortium
  of Concerned Academics"</strong>.</p><p>Featuring 20 presentations by acad
 emics on global trends centralizing political authority\, undermining judic
 ial power\, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism\, an
 d promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism. It will also hold open discussi
 ons and a planning session to better institutionalize the Today’s Totalitar
 ianism consortium. Open to the public.</p><p>Featuring presentations by Pro
 f. <a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/hugh-gusterson/">Hugh Gusterson</a
 > (SPPGA\; <a href="https://anth.ubc.ca/">UBC Anthropology</a>) and Prof. <
 a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/max-cameron/">Max Cameron</a> (SPPGA\;
  <a href="https://politics.ubc.ca/">UBC Political Science</a>).</p><p><em>T
 he event takes place at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs on July 11th a
 nd 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 an
 d Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Connection Pro
 gram.</em></p><p>For more information visit <a href="https://www.todaystota
 litarianism.com/2024-conference">Today's Totalitarianism.</a></p>
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