Leonard Schapiro Memorial Lecture 2019
Populism in Europe: An Illiberal Democratic Response to Undemocratic Liberalism
The European and Eurasian Studies (EES) Program at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is honored to host the 2019 Leonard Schapiro Memorial lecture at the SAIS Washington campus. This year’s honoree is distinguished Professor Cas Mudde of The University of Georgia (USA) and the University of Oslo (Norway) who will present a lecture on “Populism in Europe: An Illiberal Democratic Response to Undemocratic Liberalism.”
Hosted by SAIS EES Director, Professor Erik Jones, the prize lecture is sponsored by Government & Opposition, one of the world's leading global comparative politics journals.
The lecture will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2019 from 5:30-7:00pm followed by a reception from 7:00-7:30pm.
The event is free but you will need a ticket and an RSVP is required. A government-issued ID or JHU ID is required for entry to the building.
If you have any questions or for special accommodations, please contact saisevents@jhu.edu and cristina.benitez@jhu.edu.
You can access further reading on Populism below.
About Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde is Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in the United States and Professor II at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo in Norway. His broader research agenda addresses the question: how can liberal democracies defend themselves against political challenges without undermining their core values? Most of his work has focused on political challenges from the far right in Europe, but more recent work also looks at settlers in Israel, animal rights and environmentalist activists in western democracies and left and right populists across the globe.