Upcoming Events at Nitze Auditorium
Thu Feb 14, 5:30 PM - Thu Feb 14, 7:30 PM
Nitze Auditorium
Nitze Auditorium, Washington, DC 20036
Community: Washington DC
Description
The European and Eurasian Studies Program (EES) at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is honored to host the 2019 Leonard Schapiro Memorial Prize Lecture at the SAIS Washington campus. Hosted by SAIS EES Director, Professor E
Event Details
The European and Eurasian Studies Program (EES) at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is honored to host the 2019 Leonard Schapiro Memorial Prize Lecture at the SAIS Washington campus. 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 2019 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.” Join us at the SAIS Washington campus on Thursday, February 14, 2019 for the lecture from 5:30-7:00pm followed by a reception from 7:00-7:30pm.
Registration is required to attend the lecture and reception. 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.
Hotel Accommodations. The Kimpton Hotel Rouge (www.rougehotel.com) has a limited amount of rooms available for event participants on the evening of Thursday, February 14, 2019 at a discounted JHU rate of approx $175 USD (subject to change). You may contact the hotel directly or contact World Travel Inc at 1-888-433-2556 and provide code 'TRA0008579.'
The lecture will be webcast live. Those unable to join us in Washington are welcome to register to recieve the webcast link.
Members of the Media: If you require space for recording equipment, please RSVP and also provide notification to cristina.benitez@jhu.edu. Members of the media who bring recording equipment will not be allowed to proceed without prior notice.
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. He was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he got his M.A. and Ph.D. at Leiden University, before embarking on an academic career that has taken him to universities throughout Europe and the United States.
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