Author Discussion with Dr. Gerald Steinacher

On Sunday, October 11th, join us in-store with Dr. Gerald J. Steinacher, the James A. Rawley Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an internationally recognized scholar of modern European history. His research focuses on Holocaust and genocide studies, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, antisemitism, and the politics of justice and accountability after war and dictatorship. His work combines archival research with international collaboration and contributes to both scholarly and public debates on twentieth-century mass violence, transitional justice, and memory. Dr. Steinacher will be discussing his latest work, Fascist Legacies: Far-Right Ideologies Then and Now. The world has changed since the 1930s, but human nature has not. What can we learn when comparing far-right populism in the United States to far-right populism elsewhere? How can we better understand the underlying ideas and ideologies that seem to transcend time and place? How can we best address them? How can we communicate what we have learned about these issues to those outside of academia? These are the central questions in the three-part conversation of Fascist Legacies. The first part of the book examines the rise of authoritarianism in Europe, the United States, and Latin America; the second part analyzes aspects of the far right and discusses the best strategies for teaching about fascism; and the third part focuses on the relationship between white nationalism, individual Christian churches in the United States, and antisemitism in the past and present. By discussing different aspects of the current global rise of right-wing populism, Fascist Legacies helps readers better understand what is happening in our societies.