The Long Arc of Fascism

This event is open to the public, yet registration is required. 

This day-long symposium will explore the rise of fascism in the present moment, including its multi-racial and international composition, and its relationships to other forms of state violence like extractivism, enslavement, colonialism, and imperialism. Parallel to the crises of fascism, we will discuss forms of belonging and social solidarity that draw from long histories of collective struggle against politics of fear and hatred.

Speakers include:

• JaNaé Bates, co- director, ISAIAH
• Molly Crabapple, artist and author of “Here Where we Live is Our Country”
• Dana El Kurd, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
• Azad Essa, Senior Reporter, Middle East Eye
• Jeanelle Hope, Lecturer, University of California-Washington Center
• Razia Iqbal, John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Lecturer in SPIA, Princeton University
• Ben Lorber, Senior Research Analyst, Political Research Associates
• Naomi Murakawa, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
• Robert Nichols, Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Shiri Pasternak, Laurence G. Pathy ’56 Distinguished Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies, Princeton University
• KeShaun Pearson, Executive Director, Memphis Community Against Pollution
• Negar Razavi, Associate Research Scholar, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University
• Jakeet Singh, Associate Professor of Politics, York University
• Denzel Sutherland-Wilson,  spokesperson for Git’luuhl’um’hetxw’it, Gitxsan Nation 
• Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor, Professor of African American Studies, Princeton; co-founder of Hammer and Hope

REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM HERE

The public keynote lecture for this event, “Framing the Long Arc of Fascism” with Naomi Klein and Aaju Peter will take place on Thursday, April 9 at 4:30pm in 50 McCosh Hall.

April 10 Symposium Schedule

8:45am: Coffee and Breakfast 

9:00 – 9:05am: Introductions

9:05am – 10:35am: Naming the Moment

• Moderator: Jakeet Singh, York University
• Naomi Murakawa, Princeton University
• Robert Nichols, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Dana El Kurd, University of Richmond
• Negar Razavi, Princeton University

10:35am – 10:50am: Coffee Break

10:50am – 12:20pm: Liberation Struggle

• Moderator: Shiri Pasternak, Princeton University
• JaNaé Bates, ISAIAH
• KeShaun Pearson, Memphis Community Against Pollution
• Denzel Sutherland-Wilson, Gitxsan Nation 

12:20pm – 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm – 2:30pm: Multi-Racial Fascism + Coalitions of Insurgency

• Moderator: Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor, Princeton University
• Azad Essa, Middle East Eye
• Jeanelle Hope, University of California-Washington Center
• Ben Lorber, Political Research Associates

2:30pm – 2:45pm: Coffee Break

2:45pm – 3:45pm: Book Talk – Here Where we Live is Our Country

• Molly Crabapple, artist and author
• In conversation with Razia Iqbal, Princeton University

3:45pm – 4:00pm: Concluding Remarks

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This symposium is organized by Shiri Pasternak, the Laurence G. Pathy ’56 Distinguished Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Council and the University Center for Human Values.