Challenging Authoritarianism: Stories and Strategies of Resistance

Time: April 12, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Strasser Legacy Room, Eggers 220

A three-part, interdisciplinary symposium explores authoritarianism from the end of the Cold War to the rise of extreme nationalism and anti-immigration sentiment today. RSVP by April 5 to Osamah Khalil; include any accessibility accommodation requests.

View or download the event flier here.

Part I: Revisiting Spring 1989
9:30 - 10:45 a.m., Eggers 220
This session examines the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Cold War.

Participants:

• James Graham Wilson (US State Department, Office of the Historian)
• Cheryl Reed (SU Newhouse)
• Robert Terrell (SU History/Maxwell)
• Jeremy Wallace (Cornell)

Part II: Authoritarianism Around the World Today
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Eggers 220
This roundtable discussion focuses on China, Russia, Egypt, India, Turkey, and Bosnia.

Participants:

• Azra Hromadžić (SU Anthropology/Maxwell)
• Christine Mehta (SU Newhouse)
• Brian Taylor (SU Political Science/Maxwell)
• Dimitar Gueorguiev (SU Political Science/Maxwell)
• Latif Tas (SU Political Science/Maxwell)

Part III: Immigration, Resurgent Nationalism, and Authoritarianism
2 - 3:30 p.m., Eggers 220

Participants:

• Janice Dowell (SU Philosophy)
• Andrew Kim (SU Law)
• Jamie Winders (SU Geography/Maxwell)
• Shana Kushner Gadarian (SU Political Science/Maxwell)
• Audie Klotz (SU Political Science/Maxwell)

Supporters include:

• Moynihan Institute
• Office of the VP of Research
• History Department
• Middle East Studies Program
• Syracuse University Humanities Center

Osamah Khalil, History / Middle Eastern Studies