Fascism, Populism and Wannabe Fascism in the Past and Present

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 1 - 2:30pm

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Please join HSS in welcoming Dr. Federico Finchelstein, Professor and Chair of History at the New School for Social Research. 

Dr. Finchelstein will be speaking in the American Democracy Lecture Series—a series which offers the Cooper community a forum for discussion and debate about the current state of American democracy.

This lecture will be held on Wednesday, September 18th from 1:00 - 2:30 PM in the Rose Auditorium. 

Please note this event is open to Cooper Union staff, faculty, and students.

Located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets)

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