Wolleman Family Lecture: The New Fathers: Authoritarian Leaders In Our Time

Join Members and friends for a timely discussion with Holly A. Case, Associate Professor of History at Cornell, highlighting the revival of authoritarianism. With leaders like Vladimir Putin of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, and Viktor Orbán of Hungary advocating and practicing what Orbán has called "illiberal democracy." Authoritarianism is nothing new, so what makes these leaders different from, say, their interwar counterparts, people like Joseph Stalin or Mustafa Kemal Atatürk? The talk will consider this question in light of how the role of "fathers," both of children and of nations, has changed over the course of the last century.    

Holly A. Case, is a historian of territorial revision and treatment of minorities; WWII; History of European renewal and federative schemes; and the relationship between social policy and foreign relations.  Her first book, Between States: The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea during WWII was published in May 2009.   

6:00-6:30pm cash bar reception, 6:30pm lecture, gratis.  Advance reservations required.  Members and guests are invited to dine with the Wolleman Family and the speaker following the lecture. The cost is $50 per person, inclusive of tax, gratuity, and one glass of wine with dinner. Dinner reservations are required 48 hours prior to the program. Same day cancellations and no shows will be charged.