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AudMax - A tudomány is lehet szórakoztató és izgalmasLuxemburgi Zsigmond és a nőkAz Érzelem és politika címűpodcast második vendége E. Kovács Péter volt, a HUN-REN – DE KözépkoriMagyarország és Közép-Európa Hadtörténete Kutatócsoport tudományos tanácsadója,aki Zsigmond király magánéletéről beszélgetett Györkös Attila habil. egyetemidocenssel, a podcast házigazdájával és Novák Ádám tudományos munkatárssal, apodcast műsorvezetőjével.A kutatócsoport honlapja: https://memhung.hu/A kutatócsoportunk Facebook-oldala:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559365926289Epizódunkban az alábbi témákatérintjük:...
2025-07-0950 min
RevDem PodcastTo Do Art, Politics, Critique, and Theory at the Same Time - In Conversation With Viet Thanh NguyenIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Viet Thanh Nguyen – author of the new book A Man of Two Faces. A Memoir, A History, A Memorial – reflects
on the ambiguities and contradictions of growing up Vietnamese-American in the aftermath of what is called the Vietnam War in the US; explains what motivated him to seek a new balance between remembering and
forgetting in his new book; shares his ethical considerations regarding the revelation of secrets; shows why self-representation is not enough; and discusses how his dialectic Marxism wavers between Groucho and Karl.
Viet Thanh Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễ...
2024-01-2522 min
RevDem PodcastTowards a Creative, Empathetic, and Solidaristic Culture of Remembrance - In Conversation With Mirjam ZadoffIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Mirjam Zadoff – director of the Munich Documentation
Centre for the History of National Socialism and author of Gewalt und Gedächtnis: Globale Erinnerung im 21.
Jahrhundert –discusses what motivated her to publish a collection on global memory and which key themes she wanted to address; how the explorations and reflection on key remembrance sites from across the globe have impacted her perspective on German and European trends; why she considers it so important to emphasize transnational and transcultural links; what are the shortcomings of Germany’s often-praised memory culture; and which examples of remem...
2024-01-1949 min
RevDem PodcastUkraine – An Exceptional or a Paradigmatic Case? - In Conversation With Volodymyr IshchenkoIn this conversation with Lorena Drakula and Ferenc Laczó, Volodymyr Ishchenko – author of the new collection, Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War – explains how the study of contemporary Ukraine could contribute to our understanding of globally relevant processes. He reflects on the main political cleavage in the country and how the relationship between the various camps has evolved; and shows what led to the “deficient revolutions” in early 21st-century Ukraine and what have been their main outcomes. Finally, he discusses what he sees as the
driving force behind the authoritarian tendencies in the country.
Volodymyr Ishchenko ...
2024-01-1740 min
RevDem PodcastAn Intimate Portrait of Eastern Europe - In Conversation With Jacob MikanowskiIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Jacob Mikanowski – author of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land – discusses his major inspirations as a writer and how his travels have shaped his perspective; explicates his specific approach to the history of Eastern Europe and what he views as the
distinguishing features of this diverse region; and reflects on whether Eastern Europe might still be a place where nonconformists and their heterodox
ideas can flourish.
Jacob Mikanowski (PhD, University of
California, Berkeley) is a writer, journalist, and critic who has written for The Atlantic and t...
2024-01-1239 min
RevDem PodcastPosttraumatic Sovereignty - In Conversation With Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina WiguraIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura – authors of Posttraumatische Souveränität. Ein Essay – explain why they have centred the concept of posttraumatic sovereignty in their new book and how it might help us account for current trends in East Central Europe; reflect on the prevalence of trauma discourses and the tensions and risks inherent to such discourses; and discuss how
East-West relations in Europe may have been transformed by Russia’s violent escalation and ongoing war against Ukraine and the varied responses to it.
2024-01-1048 min
RevDem PodcastHow Ukraine Has Won Its War of Independence Without Restoring Its Territorial Integrity - In Conversation with Yaroslav TrofimovIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Yaroslav Trofimov – author of the new book Our Enemies Will Vanish. The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence – shows how Ukraine has turned out to be much stronger than hoped whereas Russia has proven significantly weaker than feared; discusses the major crimes Russia has committed in Ukraine and the destruction its war of aggression has wrought; reflects on the experience of reporting on a major conflict in his country of origin; describes the evolving relationship between the Ukrainian leadership and its Western supporters; and shares his assessment of the prospec...
2024-01-0825 min
RevDem PodcastFive Ideas Books in 2023 (Plus Another Five) - by Ferenc LaczóHello, my name is Feren Laczo, I am an editor at the Review of Democracy, and I am also the co-head of the Ideas
section. And it is my pleasure today to share with you a brief list of some of the most impressive publications we have covered this year.
Ideas editors and podcasters have been invited to a continuous feast in 2023: the year has offered an unusual number of original publications of the highest caliber.
Natasha Wheatley’s The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty,
the Vienna-based di...
2023-12-2107 min
RevDem PodcastWho Will Define the International Order of the 21st Century?
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, John M. Owen IV – author of the new book
The Ecology of Nations. American Democracy in a Fragile
World Order – explains what he means by co-evolution and the regime-power dilemma; shows how authoritarian rivals, such as China and Russia, have attempted to engineer their ecosystems; discusses the three historical ages of liberalism and what might replace the currently
dominant form of open liberalism; and reflects on what the emergence of two rather separate but partly overlapping
international ecosystems might imply for the future.
John M. Owen IV is Amb...
2023-12-1139 min
RevDem PodcastTo Free Everybody Through InclusionLeila Farsakh on Settler Colonial Violence and the Palestinian Path to Emancipation.
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó,
Leila Farsakh explains what has been truly novel and devastating about the conflict in Palestine and Israel this fall; discusses how the Israeli occupation has evolved in recent decades and what major consequences that
has had; clarifies why she pleads for prioritizing citizenship rights for Palestinians over the partition paradigm of the last century; reflects on how Palestinian
voices and the Palestinian struggle have acquired greater resonance in the United States; and sketches how a resolution based o...
2023-12-0741 minRevDem PodcastSlovakia’s Path, the Visegrad Group Today, and the Implications for Europe – Miroslav Wlachovský on Current ChangesIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Miroslav Wlachovský – Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia in the recent caretaker cabinet headed by Ľudovít Ódor – discusses Slovakia’s role in the EU and his priorities while in office; analyses the recent Slovak elections and the potential consequences its outcome will have in terms of the country’s foreign policy; and reflects on the relationship between Slovakia and Hungary as well as the future of the Visegrad Four.
2023-11-2022 min
RevDem PodcastPeter Beinart on Resistance and De-EscalationIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Peter Beinart discusses forms of ethical and unethical Palestinian resistance and the complex relationship between condemning and contextualizing mass crimes; explains why he thinks ongoing Israeli military efforts are not only morally wrong but also likely to prove counterproductive; points to ways that Israeli Jews and Palestinians may be brought together now to recognize their intertwined tragedies – and reflects on how he balances his Jewish familial obligations and the universalistic ethical message about the dignity of all people in the current moment of despair and rage.
Peter Beinart is professor of journalism and...
2023-11-1017 min
RevDem PodcastEquality. Darrin M. McMahon on an Elusive and Resilient IdeaIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Darrin M. McMahon – author of the new book Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea – discusses his approach to the intellectual history of equality on the longue durée and explains why we shouldn’t think of this history as a triumphant march of progress; highlights the tensions between difference and sameness and explores the changing relationship between liberty and equality; and reflects on the globalization of our concern with equality – and our human ambivalence towards this resilient idea.
Darrin M. McMahon is a historian, author, and public speaker who acts as the Mary B...
2023-11-0741 min
RevDem PodcastMaximilian Hess on the Economic War between Russia and the WestIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Maximilian Hess – author of the new book Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West – shows how an economic war between Russia and the West has broken out in the 2010s; discusses why Russia’s large-scale invasion and brutal attempt to wreck Ukraine in 2022 has caused such disruption on the global scale; reflects on key features of the relationship between Russia and China today; and considers the future place of Russia in the international economic order.
Maximilian Hess is the founder of the political risk consultancy Enmetena Advisory, a fello...
2023-10-0935 min
RevDem PodcastWhat Makes the Identity Synthesis a Trap? Yascha Mounk on the Emergence, Appeal, and Consequences of a Defining Ideology of Our TimeIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Yascha Mounk – author of the new book The Identity Trap. A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time – discusses how the identity synthesis has been created and gone mainstream; why he considers this synthesis dangerous and counterproductive; what he sees as key advantages of a liberal, more universalistic approach; and whether the ‘battle of ideas’ between the identity synthesis and liberalism is shaping up to be the defining contest of our time. Yascha Mounk is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Fellow at...
2023-09-261h 01
RevDem PodcastThe Darkened Light of Faith. Melvin L. Rogers on African American Political ThoughtIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Melvin Rogers – author of the new book The Darkened Light of Faith. Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought – introduces the thinkers he has studied and explains why he chose to engage with their ideas; discusses the normative vision of African American thinkers and what makes that vision distinctive; clarifies his own approach and analytical vocabulary; reflects on his inspirations and the connections between his recent books; and suggests critical responsiveness as an essential element of democracy.Melvin Rogers is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Cent...
2023-09-2537 min
RevDem PodcastBloodless Murder: Stefano Bottoni on How the Orbán Regime Was Made and What Hungary Has BecomeIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Stefano Bottoni – author of the new Hungarian-language book A hatalom
megszállottja. Orbán Viktor Magyarországa (Obsessed with Power. Viktor Orbán’s Hungary) – discusses how the current political system has been built up in Hungary and which theories might help us analyse this process; reflects on the Orbán regime’s sources of legitimacy and internal contradictions; and explores the changing relationship of the country to the European Union and to Putin’s Russia.
2023-09-0656 min
RevDem PodcastThe Freedom to Stay: Eva von Redecker on Positive Ecological Freedom and the Need for a New Temporal LiteracyIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Eva
von Redecker – author of the new German-language book Bleibefreiheit (The Freedom to Stay) – shows what it means to think of freedom in terms of time rather than space; explains
what implications it has that we are actually “born unfree but not alone”; reflects on the personal experiences and intellectual influences that inspired her; and sketches what the realization of positive ecological freedom might look like.
2023-09-0444 min
RevDem PodcastA Betrayal of Liberalism: Samuel Moyn on the Mistaken Path of Cold War LiberalsIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Samuel Moyn – author of the new book Liberalism Against Itself. Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times – discusses
what motivated him to explore the Cold War liberal betrayal of previous liberal traditions; what their redefinition of the liberal canon and silences about crucial developments in their own lifetime may reveal about Cold War liberals; why the liberal establishment has failed to reexamine Cold War liberalism since
1989–91; and what would be minimally needed to make contemporary liberalism “credible enough for salvation.”
2023-08-2946 min
RevDem PodcastA Savage War of Russian Decline: Serhii Plokhy Discusses the Russo-Ukrainian WarIn this conversation co-hosted by Marta Haiduchok (Visible Ukraine) and Ferenc Laczó (the Review of Democracy), Serhii Plokhy – author of the new book The Russo-Ukrainian War – discusses why Ukraine was so crucial to the Soviet collapse and how Ukraine and Russia diverged subsequently; explains what made Ukraine a focal point of competition in the post-Cold War decades and which factors enabled the current devastating war; dissects the origins of Russian imperialism and Russia’s current war aims; reflects on the state of Ukrainian Studies and suggests new questions concerning Ukrainian nationalism and Russian imperialism; elaborates on the stages of the unf...
2023-06-3053 min
RevDem PodcastGermans and Genocide after the Holocaust. Andrew Port Discusses How Germans Have Responded to the Global History of Mass AtrocitiesIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Andrew Port – author of the new book Never Again. Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust – describes and compares the German responses to mass atrocities in Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda; explains which were the consensual and the most contested issues in German debates; discusses the “softer,” societal responses connected to German memory work and how these mass atrocities across the globe may have impacted the interpretations of Germany’s own past; and reflects on what might be most striking about the rather conflicted German response to Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.
2023-06-2154 min
RevDem PodcastHow Europeans Live Now: Ben Judah on Capturing the Arc of Life in Our TimeIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Ben Judah – author of the new book This is Europe. How We Live Now – discusses what motivated him to tell stories on a continental scale, which authors and books have inspired him the most, and what has been his approach to narrating. He also reflects on key themes have emerged from his extensive travels and reportage and on what he sees as the most consequential new aspects of how Europeans live now.
2023-06-1434 min
RevDem PodcastNested Stories of Persecution: Ari Joskowicz Discusses the Asymmetrical Entanglements of Jews and Roma in History and MemoryIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Ari Joskowicz – author of the new book Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust – discusses the ways Jewish and Romani histories have been entangled and what motivated him to write a relational history of the two groups; illuminates why he considers
it essential to explore the conditions of knowledge production and how to try to avoid reproducing injustices; shows what it has implied in concrete setting that the stories of persecution of one group of people have been nested within those of another; and reflects on what has truly changed in me...
2023-06-0552 min
RevDem PodcastDanielle Allen on Power-Sharing LiberalismIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Danielle Allen – author of the new book Justice by Means of Democracy – discusses
her proposal of a power-sharing liberalism and explains why she calls herself a “eudaemonist democratic pragmatist”; shows why it is essential to foster a connected society and measure that society by the principle of “difference without domination”; reflects on what a paradigm change in political economy could look like and which model of citizenship would be most suitable for our times.
2023-05-2416 min
RevDem PodcastThe Curse of Russian Imperialism: Martin Schulze Wessel on Imperial Optics, False Dichotomies, and the Need to Reconsider East European HistoryIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Martin Schulze Wessel – author of the new book Der Fluch des Imperiums. Die Ukraine, Polen und der Irrweg in der Russischen Geschichte (Imperial Curse. Ukraine, Poland, and the False Paths in Russian History) – traces the ideas that have shaped Russian
imperialism and reflects on their devastating contemporary force; explores key moments in the parallel and entangled histories of Poland and Ukraine and how those histories have been shaped by Russian imperialism across the centuries; dissects what he calls Germany’s “imperialism of a second order” and emphasizes the urgent need to revise Russ...
2023-05-2031 min
RevDem PodcastCan the Center Hold? Thomas Biebricher on the International Crisis of ConservatismIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Thomas Biebricher – author of the new book Mitte/Rechts: Die international Krise des Konservatismus (Center/Right: The International Crisis of Conservatism) – discusses conservatism’s various types and how each relates to the political center and to authoritarianism; illuminates the contemporary crisis of the center right in three major European countries; explains what has driven the culturalization of politics and the redrawing of enemy images, and why the authoritarian right has been a prime beneficiary of those trends; and reflects on how his approach and special emphases relate and add to other contrib...
2023-05-1858 min
RevDem PodcastThe Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: George Steinmetz on French Sociology and the Overseas EmpireIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, George Steinmetz – author of the major new monograph The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought. French Sociology and the Overseas Empire – sketches the manifold entanglements of French sociology with the French Empire and colonialism; discusses the key ideas and innovations that have emerged in this context; dissects how indigenous scholars fared within the vast network of French institutions over time; illuminates his own approach to intellectual history he calls a historical socio-analysis of the social sciences; and reflect on how contemporary agendas of decolonization could be made more convincing and fruitful, not lea...
2023-05-1145 min
RevDem PodcastA World Without Democracy: Quinn Slobodian on jurisdictional cracks and the crackpots who made capitalism as we know itIn this conversation with Ferenc Laczó and Vera Scepanovic, Quinn Slobodian – author of the new book Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy – discusses the unusual legal spaces and peculiar jurisdictions that have multiplied in recent decades and the libertarian ideas that propelled their rise; dissects the relationship of such zones to existing states and their sovereignty; shows how legal unevenness of contemporary globalization relates to earlier forms of imperial and colonial rule; and reflects on the more normative elements of his critique and on the future of the zones in an age of ‘de-globa...
2023-04-2553 min
RevDem PodcastBe Realistic, Demand Significant Change! Daniel Chandler on What a Progressive Liberal Society of the Future Could Look LikeIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Daniel Chandler – author of the new book Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? – discusses key principles that a better and fairer society could be based on; shows what makes John Rawls’ ideas so exceptionally relevant today and how they could help improve the democratic process; explains how placing questions of power, control, dignity, and self-respect at the center of liberal economic thinking would foster new economic arrangements; and discusses where egalitarian liberalism has already been practiced and with what consequences.
Daniel Chandler is an economist and phi...
2023-04-2150 min
RevDem PodcastAakar Patel on His New Toolkit to Protest and Peaceful ResistanceIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Aakar Patel – author of The Anarchist Cookbook. A Toolkit to Protest and Peaceful Resistance – discusses why he considers dissent essential to improving society; what lessons we can draw from successful recent examples of protest; which options activists have to amplify and maximize their efforts; and how egregious laws on the book, practices of denying rights, and the extreme disparities of Indian society have shaped activists’ possibilities and agenda.
2023-03-1331 min
RevDem PodcastReacting to Globalization’s Discontents: Tara Zahra on Anti-Globalism and Mass PoliticsIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Tara Zahra – author of the new monograph Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars – discusses the common features of anti-globalist agendas between the 1910s and the 1930s; explains what the main phases of anti-globalism looked like and how its various forms related to globalization; shows why centering women – as key actors as well as objects – and focusing on Central Europe amount to fruitful approaches; reflects on the long-term consequences of interwar anti-globalism – and how our present predicament may help us reconsider this history.
In cooperation with Lucie
2023-03-0933 min
RevDem PodcastDemocracy First: Shadi Hamid on Why and How to Support Democratic ChangeIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Shadi Hamid – author of the new book The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea – addresses democratic dilemmas that cannot be wished away; explains how he distinguishes between liberalism and democracy and why he proposes a democracy-first strategy; assesses the democratic record of Islamist political movements and parties; and discusses how the US could use its leverage in the Middle East to support or even foster democratic change.
2023-02-1339 min
RevDem PodcastFantasy and Trauma: Dan Stone on Writing the History of the HolocaustIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Dan Stone – author of the new book The Holocaust: An Unfinished History – discusses various ways the history of the Holocaust has been misunderstood; addresses the challenges of narrating the Holocaust and clarifies his own interpretative framework; sketches the European dimension of the genocide and how German and non-German perpetrators interacted to execute it; and reflects on how perspectives on the Holocaust have changed over time and what studying it meant in the current moment.
Dan Stone is a professor of Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and direc...
2023-02-0640 min
RevDem PodcastBeverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover and the American CenturyIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Beverly Gage – author of the new biography G-Man. J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century – discusses how Hoover built and shaped the FBI and what made him enjoy such an exceptional and long-lasting career; dissects his contradictions, reflecting on the sources of his popularity and why his reputation got so badly damaged; and explains what original sources and innovative scholarship a new biography of him can utilize and what placing him at the center of the American Century can teach us.
Beverly Gage is Professor of 20th-ce...
2023-01-1328 min
RevDem PodcastNew Year SpecialIn a special edition of the RevDem podcast, our editors Laszlo Bruszt, Oliver Garner, Kasia Krzyżanowska, Ferenc Laczo, Michał Matlak, and Renata Uitz discuss their favorite RevDem content, best books and articles they have read, most important political events of 2022 and more. At the end of the episode, they are joined by the authors of the most popular piece of 2022 published by RevDem: an op-ed by Elżbieta Krzyżanowska and Pavel Skigin “The discourse of privilege: Western Europe and the Russian War against Ukraine.”
2023-01-1150 min
RevDem PodcastEmancipating Jews from Narratives of Victimhood and Redemption: Susan Neiman Discusses Germany’s Current Memory CultureIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Susan Neiman dissects what has made the articulation of universalistic Jewish commitments increasingly difficult in the German public sphere; explores why debates concerning global colonialism and the Nazi-colonial connection tend to be so fraught in the country; explains what post-colonial criticisms misunderstand about the intellectual heritage of the Enlightenment; and shows how both ignorance regarding Eastern Europe and social solidarity with the victims have shaped German responses to the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
2022-12-0255 min
RevDem PodcastLiberalism Hasn’t Provided Adequate Answers to Today’s Major Crises: Luke Savage on Contemporary Liberalism and Its Democratic Socialist CritiqueIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Luke Savage – author of The Dead Center. Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History – discusses key aspects of his critique of contemporary liberalism; reflects on the role of generational experiences in shaping the search for a political alternative; offers a detailed assessment of Joe Biden’s ongoing presidency; and ponders whether democratic socialists have managed to challenge the hegemony of liberal ways of thinking and transform the political conversation.
2022-11-2359 min
RevDem PodcastWhy Do Autocracies Last? Lucan Way on the Longevity of Revolutionary RegimesIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Lucan Way – co-author, with Steven Levitsky, of the new book Revolution and Dictatorship:The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism – introduces what revolutionary autocracies are; explains why they tend to prove much more durable than other kinds of authoritarian regimes; discusses how the revolutionary sequences so crucial for the emergence of such regimes have played out in the various cases across the globe; and reflects on the contemporary relevance of the book’s findings concerning autocratic longevity.
2022-11-0330 min
RevDem PodcastThe Trouble with Fortune: Zsuzsanna Szelényi on Hungary’s Tainted DemocracyIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Zsuzsanna Szelényi – author of the new book Tainted Democracy. Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary – analyzes the main characteristics of the Orbán regime and the techniques Hungary’s current rulers have employed to establish their dominance over the country’s economy; reflects on the dilemmas and strategies of the Hungarian opposition; examines the role of gendered practices in Hungarian politics; and discusses the reasons behind the sharp democratic reversal and decline of the early 21st century.
2022-10-2939 min
RevDem PodcastWhy Waste Our Data in Online Malls? Ben Tarnoff on Democratizing the InternetIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Ben Tarnoff – author of the new book Internet for the People. The Fight for Our Digital Future – discusses how the internet was created and how it has been privatized; how its current version fuels inequality and the rise of the political Right; why finding the right metaphors is crucial; and why the ongoing anti-monopoly push is not enough.
2022-10-2645 min
RevDem PodcastDemocracy as a Way of Facing Obstacles: Lilia Moritz Schwarcz on Brazilian Authoritarianism and the Unfinished Project of Full CitizenshipIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz – author of the book Brazilian Authoritarianism – contrasts mythological and critical-realistic versions of Brazilian history; discusses the main facets of authoritarianism in the country; compares the Bolsonaro phenomenon with the Trump one; and elaborates on her vision of democracy and full citizenship.
2022-10-2133 min
RevDem PodcastBuilding Majorities is the Essence of Democracy: Timothy Shenk on His New Biography of American DemocracyIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Timothy Shenk – author of Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy – discusses what motivated him to explore the making of majorities and key members of the democratic elite who made those majorities; how the strongest and strangest coalition in American history – the New Deal majority – was assembled; what a study of the parallel maturation of the civil rights revolution and the liberal establishment may reveal about the making and unmaking of that coalition; and why it has become so difficult to sustain majorities today.
2022-10-1829 min
RevDem PodcastTill van Rahden on Conceptual History and Liberal DemocracyIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Till van Rahden – author of the new Vielheit. Jüdische Geschichte und die Ambivalenzen des Universalismus (Multitude. Jewish History and the Ambivalences of Universalism) – discusses why the relationship between equality and difference is so crucial from the liberal democratic point of view; what new insights conceptual history can offer that take us beyond the social scientific ideal of analytical precision; how examining the relationship between the particular and the universal helps us reconsider European history; and how de-naturalizing our dominant political concepts can open spaces for timely reflections.
Till van Ra...
2022-10-0831 min
RevDem PodcastGaia Vince: How to Best Manage the Unfolding Crisis of EverythingIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Gaia Vince – author of the new book Nomad Century. How to Survive the Climate Upheaval – sketches the transformations climate change and the accompanying rise in global average temperature are likely to bring in the coming decades; reflects on the most promising innovations when it comes to mitigating temperature rise and moving towards a circular economy; discusses ways to plan for lawful and safe mass migration at a time when large parts of the Earth are becoming uninhabitable; and addresses the key political questions of how to set the right priorities at the g...
2022-10-0645 min
RevDem PodcastA Path to Democracy Without Destabilization: Joseph Wong Explains the Types of Development and the Patterns of Uneven Democratization in Modern AsiaIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Joseph Wong – co-author with Dan Slater of the new monograph From Development to Democracy. The Transformations of Modern Asia – discusses when and why regimes have chosen to democratize in modern Asia; how come types rather than levels of development have shaped country’s democratic prospects; why Singapore and China remain significantly less democratic than one might expect; and how studying the patterns of modern Asia can help us rethink democracy promotion today.
2022-10-0435 min
RevDem PodcastThe Way Europeans Stop Migration is Absolutely Horrific: A Conversation with Sally HaydenIn conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Sally Hayden – author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route – discusses the various detention centers across Libya and sketches the profiles of the people detained in them; reflects on her ambition of centering the voices of the victims and her dilemmas concerning what to release and what not to release about their cruel treatment; addresses the role and responsibility of the European Union in the emergence and maintenance of these lawless environments, and how media and politicians have related to the results of her detailed inves...
2022-09-2641 min
RevDem PodcastAmbiguous Tests of Loyalty: Franziska Exeler about the Second World War and its Long Shadow in BelarusIn this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Franziska Exeler – author of the new monograph Ghosts of War: Nazi Occupation and Its Aftermath in Soviet Belarus – discusses the extremely violent history of Belarus during the Second World War; analyses the various choices people made under the dire constrains of the Nazi German occupation and the challenges of drawing on Soviet sources to analyze those choices; zooms in on the issue of Soviet retribution and its ambiguities; and reflects on how the partisan experience and narrative has continued to shape the country.
2022-09-211h 14
RevDem PodcastHow Socialism Went Global – and Why It Withdrew. An Alternative Global HistoryIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, three authors of the new collective monograph Socialism Goes Global. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation, Péter Apor, James Mark, and Steffi Marung, dissect the relationship between eastern Europe and the extra-European world in the age of decolonization; explain how key East European traditions of relating to the extra-European world have evolved over time; analyse the extent to which long-standing civilizational and racial hierarchies were overcome, or perhaps reproduced, via East–South connections during the Cold War; show how the study of this alternative form of globa...
2022-09-121h 21
RevDem PodcastDemocracies Proved More Successful at Breaking Promises. Fritz Bartel on the End of the Cold War and the Rise of NeoliberalismIn this conversation with RevDem section heads Vera Scepanovic and Ferenc Laczó, Fritz Bartel – author of the new The Triumph of Broken Promises. The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism – explains how the notion of breaking promises cancapture developments of the late Cold War period and why democracies proved more successful at doing so; argues that a structural explanation of the rise of neoliberalism is more convincing from a historical point of view; discusses how the U.S. empire came to pay for itself and with what consequences; and reflects on how his arguments about break...
2022-09-0849 min
RevDem PodcastWiedemann: Repairing the Damage to Our Ethical CategoriesIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Charlotte Wiedemann – author of the just released German-language volume Den Schmerz der Anderen begreifen. Holocaust und Weltgedächtnis (To Grasp the Pain of Others. Holocaust and Global Remembrance) – explores the inequalities of the reigning “economy of empathy”; discusses ways to connect the histories of National Socialism and global colonialism to each other; reflects on problematic aspects of German memory culture today; and suggests paths through which more pluralistic and inclusive memory cultures might be fostered.
2022-09-0153 min
RevDem PodcastFabio Wolkenstein on the Dark Side of Christian Democratic History and PoliticsIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Fabio Wolkenstein – author of the new book Die dunkle Seite der Christdemokratie. Geschichte einer autoritaeren Versuchung (The Dark Side of Christian Democracy. The History of an Authoritarian Temptation) – sketches the broad variety of Christian politics across modern Europe; discusses the types of political Catholicism and explains how Christian Democratic attitudes to liberalism and democracy have evolved over time; and reflects on how Christian Democracy may have changed over the past half a century – and whether parties like Law and Justice in Poland or Fidesz in Hungary might be seen as representing new forms o...
2022-07-0742 min
RevDem PodcastDemocracy Depends on Those who Are Harder to Fool: Daniel Treisman on the Changing Face of DictatorshipIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Daniel Treisman – co-author, with Sergei Guriev, of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century – discusses how ‘spin dictatorships’ differ from ‘fear dictatorships’; why such a new form of dictatorship has emerged and spread in recent decades; what might explain the at times notable popularity of such regimes and whether they are likely to represent the wave of the future; and why an informed citizenry should be seen as crucial to the defense of liberal democracy.
2022-06-2232 minRevDem PodcastA Global History of Hungary:
In Conversation with Ferenc Laczó, Bálint Varga, and Dóra VarghaIn this conversation with Bence Bari and Orsolya Sudár, editors Ferenc Laczó and Bálint Varga and contributor Dóra Vargha discuss the new volume Magyarország globális története, 1869-2022 (A Global History of Hungary, 1869-2022). The conversation focuses on some of the innovative questions posed by trying to reconceptualize the history of a Central and Eastern European country in a global frame; how the subjects of the volume’s one hundred chapters have been selected; the relation of this new book to other narratives of Hungarian history; and the more political stakes of releasing such a publicat...
2022-06-201h 05RevDem PodcastFree Speech, Equality, and Tolerance Are Mutually Reinforcing: A Conversation with Jacob MchangamaIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Jacob Mchangama discusses central ideas of his new monograph Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media. The conversation reflects on how to write a global history of this subject; contrasts egalitarian and elitist conceptions of free speech; explores facets of the free speech recession experienced in the early 21st century; and explains why the counterintuitive principle of free speech should be seen as essential.
2022-06-1732 min
RevDem PodcastWolfgang Merkel: How to Avoid Further Escalation? A Conversation on the Scholz Government and German Foreign Policy TodayIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Wolfgang Merkel describes key decisions and non-decisions of the new German government led by Olaf Scholz and addresses the question of continuities with the Merkel era; he discusses the main issues and dilemmas that have been raised in the German debates regarding the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and reflects on the reasons that led him to sign the recent Open Letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz; and considers the perceptions and attitudes that guide Germany in its complex international environment but also the blind spots and mistakes of the country’s recen...
2022-06-0835 minRevDem PodcastBrazilian Intellectuals and the French Social Sciences: Ian Merkel on Writing Anti-Diffusionist Intellectual HistoryIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Ian Merkel – author of Terms of Exchange: Brazilian Intellectuals and the French Social Sciences – discusses why Brazil in the 1930s offered such a precious opportunity to innovate in the social sciences; shows the ways in which Brazilians were crucial interlocutors for French social scientists; explores how the terms of exchange between French and Brazilian scholars evolved over time; and reflects on the broader implications of these fascinating encounters for the writing of global intellectual history.
2022-05-2739 min
PartizánItt vannak a megszorítások? Extraprofitadó és leállított beruházások | Spartacus #27A választás utáni levegővételnek vége: miniszterek és államtitkárok kinevezve, kezdődik az új ciklus. Az ötödik Orbán-kormány első komolyabb intézkedése a honvédelmi és a rezsialap létrehozása, a kabinet különböző extraprofitot felhalmozó szektorok megadóztatásával igyekszik saját szavaival élve megvédeni a családokat. Mit jelent ez valóságban? Elég a gazdaság rendberázásához az a 800 milliárdos összeg, amit az alapoktól remélnek? Nem rakódhatnak rá a terhek a fogyasztókra? Elemzőinkkel Pogátsa Zoltánnal és Zsiday Viktorr...
2022-05-261h 26RevDem PodcastThe First Revolution Born in Oxford: Simon Kuper on the Tory Elite’s “Betrayal by Mistake”In conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Simon Kuper – author of the new book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK – discusses why Oxford University was so crucial to the formation of the current Tory elite; how this highly influential generational cohort of Tories may be placed into the long continuum of British history and what might make it rather distinct; and which ideas and concerns shaped their attitude and relationship to the European Union on the path to Brexit. The conversation also reflects on how Simon Kuper’s insider-outsider status has helped him paint t...
2022-05-2213 min
RevDem PodcastBoyd van Dijk on the Making of the Geneva Conventions: The Most Important Rules Ever Formulated for Armed ConflictIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Boyd van Dijk – author of the new monograph Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions – discusses what makes the Geneva Conventions such defining documents when it comes to formulating rules for armed conflict; how he has managed to trace the making of these documents and come to challenge their previous interpretations; how key parties to the drafting process may be compared; and how ideas of state sovereignty and of humanity came to shape the outcome in 1949. The conversation touches on urgent questions regarding the key achievements, shortcomings, and omissions of “t...
2022-05-1835 minRevDem PodcastRealist Thought Between Empire-Building and Restraint: Matthew Specter on Why a Flawed Tradition EnduresIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Matthew Specter discusses key concepts and tropes in the language of realism; the comparisons across the Atlantic that have defined the realist tradition over the generations; the broad appeal of this manner of thinking despite its notable intellectual weaknesses; and the more normative elements of his critique.
2022-05-0654 minRevDem PodcastGary Gerstle on the Neoliberal Political Order: An Elite Promise of a World of Freedom and Emancipation (Part II)In this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó published in two parts, Gary Gerstle discusses key questions tackled in his new The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era.
In Part II, Gerstle discusses opposed moral perspectives and their compatibility with the neoliberal political order; why the neoliberal order used the coercive power of the state to incarcerate millions; and the ways in which we can observe the retreat of neoliberal hegemony today.
2022-04-2936 minRevDem PodcastGary Gerstle on the Neoliberal Political Order: An Elite Promise of a World of Freedom and Emancipation (Part I)In this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó published in two parts, Gary Gerstle discusses key questions tackled in his new The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era. Part I covers Gerstle’s interpretation of the longue durée history of liberalism; his encompassing approach to the study of political orders; how the neoliberal order became hegemonic in the US; and why the Soviet Union is crucial to the history of the US.
Gary Gerstle is Paul Mellon Professor of American History Emeritus and Paul Mellon Dire...
2022-04-1946 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 97: Invincible Orbán and post-election Hungary*** Please support us to keep bringing you in-depth coverage. Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope.eu ***This episode features a discussion with Andrzej Sadecki, a senior fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw. Together with Andrzej, we summarize the parliamentary election in Hungary which took place on April 3rd and coincided with a nationwide referendum. Andrzej provides his assessment of why the ruling party of Fidesz won the election big time and gained the supermajority in the Hungarian Parliament although pre-election polls and experts’ predictions suggested such a scenario was unlikely. Andrzej and Maciek also di...
2022-04-1350 minRevDem PodcastMark R. Beissinger: Revolutions have succeeded more often in our time, but their consequences have become more ambiguousIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Mark R. Beissinger introduces his unique global dataset and probabilistic structural approach to revolution; analyzes the prevalent form of revolution in our age he calls “urban civic”; dissects how the consequences of revolution have shifted over time; and reflects on how revolution may be changing again today.
Mark R. Beissinger is Henry W. Putnam Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton. His main fields of interest are social movements, revolutions, nationalism, state-building, and imperialism, with special reference to the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states. In addition to numer...
2022-04-0856 minRevDem PodcastPeter Osnos: George Soros’ philanthropy is completely based on valuesIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Peter Osnos discusses his new edited volume George Soros: A Life in Full. Osnos introduces the concept of the volume, reflects on Soros’ remarkably complex character, addresses his path-breaking philanthropy and special commitment to education, and dissects his profound and fraught connection to Hungary and the post-Soviet world.
Peter Osnos has had a long and distinguished career as a reporter, editor, and publisher. He worked for The Washington Post and then at Random House until he founded Public Affairs in 1997. He has published a host of major authors and public fig...
2022-04-0124 minRevDem PodcastDunstan: Black thinkers have contested the principles of democracy in ways that are central to the experience of these democraciesIn this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó regarding her new monograph Race, Rights and Reform, Sarah Dunstan maps the landscape of Black activist thought across the French Empire and the United States from World War One to the Cold War; shows how gender operated in tandem with the dynamics of race and class; underlines how the end of empire connected rights to national belonging; and reflects on how positionality continues to define the canon in ways that need to be critically examined.
2022-03-0957 minRevDem PodcastDimitar Bechev: The competitive element in competitive authoritarianism is still very pertinentIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó regarding contemporary Turkey, Dimitar Bechev discusses how the Justice and Development Party has evolved into a personality cult; how Erdogan pro-active, remilitarized foreign policy has probably reached its limits; how leverage now goes both ways in EU-Turkey relations while Europeanization may also mean a turn to xenophobia; as well as the promising signs of democratic health and political competition.
2022-02-2236 minRevDem PodcastKiran Klaus Patel: The European Union has unexpectedly become too important to ignoreFerenc Laczo discusses with Kiran Klaus Patel his latest book "Europäische Integration. Geschichte und Gegenwart" (European Integration: History and the Present Day).
2022-02-1845 minRevDem PodcastRoosevelt Montas: Why liberal education is the bedrock of modern-day democracyIn this conversation, hosted by RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Roosevelt Montás* discusses his recent book Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation; why liberal education for citizens is vital in today’s world; how he moved on from his youthful crush on deconstruction and postmodernism and discovered the enduring importance of self-reflections by Plato, Saint Augustine, Sigmund Freud and Mahatma Gandhi; the key concepts behind Columbia University’s Core Curriculum; and how the Columbia’s liberal arts program may be adapted to different cultures around the world.
2022-01-2656 minRevDem PodcastDirk Moses: The Problems of Genocide [Part II]Dirk Moses in conversation with Ferenc Laczo on the Diplomacy of Genocide and the Deeply Sinister Ambition of Permanent Security.
2021-12-2751 minRevDem Podcast2021's End of Year SpecialOur editors Laszlo Bruszt, Oliver Garner, Kasia Krzyżanowska, Ferenc Laczo, and Michal Matlak discuss their favorite RevDem content, as well as the year's highlights and the most significant developments of the year.
2021-12-2442 minRevDem PodcastDirk Moses: The Problems of GenocideDirk Moses in conversation with Ferenc Laczo on the language of transgression and the Genocide Convention in context.
2021-12-2047 minRevDem PodcastTurda: The idea of race across centuries and our current moment of reckoningMarius Turda in conversation with Ferenc Laczo about "A Cultural History of Race", a series of six books tracing history on the long term, from antiquity all the way till contemporary times.
2021-12-1650 minRevDem PodcastEmily Greble: European History via the Experience of MuslimsIn conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Emily Greble discusses what foregrounding Muslims’ agency implies for the writing of European history; what were key legacies of the Ottoman Empire and how Muslims became a distinct legal minority; in what ways they related to the major political movements of the twentieth century; and how focusing on their experiences can help us reconceptualize questions of secularism and citizenship.
2021-11-2754 minRevDem PodcastEmily Levine on the Hard Compromises behind Academic InnovationIn conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Emily Levine (Stanford University) discusses key ideas in her new book Allies and Rivals: German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University. Allies and Rivals is a transatlantic monograph that draws on extensive historical research and applies sociological theory to study how the academic social contract was repeatedly renegotiated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The conversation addresses the rise of modern research universities and its alternatives, questions of meritocracy and democracy, academic freedom and hard compromises, the global exchange of ideas and academic innovation in the twenty-first century.
2021-11-1640 minRevDem PodcastGeert Mak: The Price of OptimismIn this wide-ranging conversation occasioned by the release of his The Dream of Europe. Travels in the Twenty-First Century, Geert Mak discusses with Ferenc Laczo why he chose to write a sequel to In Europe. Travels Through the Twentieth Century; how interconnections have led to new tensions; how the European and the democrat in him have quarreled; how he traces undercurrents in society; and how important it is to understand the sources of despair.
2021-11-0654 minRevDem PodcastGábor Tóka: Márki-Zay would be a Never Trump Republican in AmericaIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Gábor Tóka discusses the recent opposition primaries and ongoing political developments in Hungary. The conversation explores the mobilizatory successes of the opposition forces with a focus on the most surprising elements of the primaries; the unexpected rise of Péter Márki-Zay and his character as a politician; the opportunities and challenges the united opposition faces and will continue to face going forward; and the ongoing transformation and slide of the Orbán regime. The transcript of the conversation will follow soon.
2021-10-301h 04RevDem PodcastThe Chancellor. Ferenc Laczo in conversation with Kati Marton about Angela MerkelAs part of a special symposium on the past and present of Christian democracy held on September 24, 2021, just ahead of this year’s German elections, the Review of Democracy has interviewed Kati Marton about her forthcoming book The Chancellor. The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Simon & Schuster, 2021). This new book, which will appear in fifteen languages in the near future, draws on years of research and direct access to key individuals to paint a human portrait of the first female chancellor of the Federal Republic. The conversation conducted by Ferenc Laczó focuses on Kati Marton’s motivation to paint a hum...
2021-10-2541 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 80: Orbán’s Hungary as a poster child for conservative politics?*** Support this podcast! Become a Patron here: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneuropeIn this episode, Talk Eastern Europe returns to Central Europe and discusses recent political developments in Hungary. Following Viktor Orbán’s debut on American prime time with his interview with Tucker Carlson, Adam catches up with Ferenc Laczo, a political and intellectual historian at Maastricht University, and an editor with the CEU’s Review of Democracy. They explore Orbán’s attempts to build himself as a leader of right-wing politics, the current situation in the country, and what might we expect ahead of next year’s parliame...
2021-10-0354 minRevDem PodcastKarolewski: Will the EU survive the rise of democratorships within?Ferenc Laczo interviews Ireneusz P. Karolewski on the book he co-authored with Claus Leggewie “The Visegrád Connection”on the gradual erosion and steep decline of democracy in the four Visegrád states – Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
2021-09-211h 11RevDem PodcastJonathan Holslag on World Politics Since 1989Our editor Ferenc Laczo interviews Jonathan Hoslag (Free University Brussels) on his book "World Politics Since 1989" (Polity Press).
2021-09-1743 minRevDem PodcastLaTosha Brown: Culture will eat strategy for breakfastRevDem editor Ferenc Laczo interviews LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the voting rights group Black Voters Matter whose work is credited with significant voter registration and get out the vote efforts in several elections, including the 2020-21 state elections in Georgia. In this podcast conversation, LaTosha Brown discusses her motivation to co-launch Black Voters Matter and some of the key activities of her organization; strategies they use to reach marginalized communities; the unprecedented political mobilization in 2020 in the shadow of the pandemic as well as her current plans.
2021-09-1630 minRevDem PodcastKonrad Jarausch on Realistic ProgressRevDem editor Ferenc Laczo interviewed historian Konrad H. Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about his latest book Embattled Europe: A Progressive Alternative, a rich and finely balanced portrait of contemporary Europe.
2021-09-1055 minRevDem PodcastSamuel Moyn on the US’ Attempt to Humanise its Imperial BurdenFerenc Laczo in conversation with Samuel Moyn (Yale University) about his book "Humane. How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War".
2021-09-0648 minRevDem PodcastRising Inequality in Egalitarian Societies: Revisiting the Post-Communist Transition with Mitchell OrensteinIn conversation with our editor Ferenc Laczo, Mitchell Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses post-communist transitions.
2021-08-2543 minRevDem PodcastContesting German Memory Culture. A Conversation with Jennifer Evans on the Catechism DebateFerenc Laczo talks with Jennifer Evans (Carleton University) about the new Holocaust memory debate.
Jennifer Evans curated a series of articles in the New Fascism Syllabus (NFS) responding to a paper written by historian Dirk Moses in the Swiss history journal Geschichte der Gegenwart [History of Today]. In “The German Catechism,” Moses (UNC-Chapel Hill) argued that remembering the Holocaust was considered a moral foundation of the Federal Republic and that comparing it to other genocides was heresy. Moses suggested that it was time to abandon this catechism. His article sparked a very spirited discussion. “The Catechism Debate” reached...
2021-07-2342 minRevDem PodcastSiegelberg: Statelessness and the Global Political OrderFerenc Laczo discusses with Mira Siegelberg her latest book "Statelessness", the story of a much-contested legal category.
2021-07-1536 minRevDem PodcastHow the US decided to lead the world. Stephen Wertheim on the transformation of American internationalismRevDem editor Ferenc Laczó spoke to Stephen Wertheim, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School, about his new book, Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Diplomacy. The book explores the moment in which the US decided to lead the post-war world and become the global hegemon – a pivotal decision in the origins of our time.
2021-06-1544 minRevDem PodcastConway on Western European democracy in the postwar decadesDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Ferenc Laczo discuss with Martin Conway his latest book "Western Europe’s Democratic Age 1945-1968" (Princeton University Press 2020).
2021-05-2841 minRevDem PodcastLawrence and Laybourn-Langton: Remaking politics in response to the assault on the natural worldRevDem Editor Ferenc Laczo is discussing the book "Planet on Fire. A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown" by Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton with its authors.
2021-05-2034 minRevDem PodcastBickerton on the new logic of democratic politicsChris Bickerton (University of Cambridge) is discussing his latest book “Technopopulism” (co-authored with Carlo Invernizzi Accetti) with Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University).
2021-05-1443 minRevDem PodcastStasavage: Democracy requires continuous effortDavid Stasavage (New York University) in conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) about his recent book “The Decline and Rise of Democracy”, which presents the global history of democracies since ancient times.
2021-04-2321 minRevDem PodcastFinchelstein: From Fascism to Populism and Back Again?RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) talks with Federico Finchelstein (New School for Social Research, New York) about his two recent books: “From Fascism to Populism in History” and “A Brief History of Fascist Lies”
2021-04-1644 min
PhDs for Dummies#3 - Ferenc Laczó and his research on Hungarian Jews during World War IIAn interview with Ferenc Laczó, historian and assistant professor at Maastricht University. In this episode, we discuss the unique position of Hungarian Jews during World War II and talk about Ferenc’ his work as a PhD alumni.
Ferenc his research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Ferenc-Laczo-2139414499
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2020-11-1635 min
Department of Gender StudiesA választás nélküli döntés: Munkácsi Ernő könyve angolulLaczó Ferenc a Maastrichti Egyetem adjunktusa beszél Pető Andreának Munkácsi Ernőről, a Zsidó Tanács prominens figurájáról, akinek most jelent meg How it Happened. Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry, (McGill-Queen University Press, 2018) címmel angolul a naplója. Hogyan értékeli utólag írt naplójában saját és a Zsidó Tanács szerepét, mikor kezdődött az üldöztetés, és szerinte mi volt a magyar hatóságok szerepe a deportálásokban?
2018-12-0624 minHungaryA választás nélküli döntés: Munkácsi Ernő könyve angolulLaczó Ferenc a Maastrichti Egyetem adjunktusa beszél Pető Andreának Munkácsi Ernőről, a Zsidó Tanács prominens figurájáról, akinek most jelent meg How it Happened. Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry, (McGill-Queen University Press, 2018) címmel angolul a naplója. Hogyan értékeli utólag írt naplójában saját és a Zsidó Tanács szerepét, mikor kezdődött az üldöztetés, és szerinte mi volt a magyar hatóságok szerepe a deportálásokban?
2018-12-0624 minCEU PodcastsA választás nélküli döntés: Munkácsi Ernő könyve angolulLaczó Ferenc a Maastrichti Egyetem adjunktusa beszél Pető Andreának Munkácsi Ernőről, a Zsidó Tanács prominens figurájáról, akinek most jelent meg How it Happened. Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry, (McGill-Queen University Press, 2018) címmel angolul a naplója. Hogyan értékeli utólag írt naplójában saját és a Zsidó Tanács szerepét, mikor kezdődött az üldöztetés, és szerinte mi volt a magyar hatóságok szerepe a deportálásokban?
2018-12-0600 minWorld War II / Második világháborúA választás nélküli döntés: Munkácsi Ernő könyve angolulLaczó Ferenc a Maastrichti Egyetem adjunktusa beszél Pető Andreának Munkácsi Ernőről, a Zsidó Tanács prominens figurájáról, akinek most jelent meg How it Happened. Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry, (McGill-Queen University Press, 2018) címmel angolul a naplója. Hogyan értékeli utólag írt naplójában saját és a Zsidó Tanács szerepét, mikor kezdődött az üldöztetés, és szerinte mi volt a magyar hatóságok szerepe a deportálásokban?
2018-12-0624 min
New Books in Genocide StudiesFerenc Laczo, “Hungarian Jews in the Age of Genocide: An Intellectual History, 1929-1948” (Brill, 2016)For non-specialists, the Holocaust in Hungary is a history both familiar and murky. Many Americans have read memoirs like Elie Wiesel’s Night and Judith Magyar Isaacson’s Seeds of Sarah in high school or college and have some sense of their experience. But the actual history of Hungary and the Holocaust remains opaque.
Ferenc Laczo aims to change this. Laczo, an associate professor of history at Maastricht University, has produced a fascinating examination of a series of dialogues unfamiliar to most historians. His new book Hungarian Jews in the Age of Genocide: An Intellectual History (Brill, 2016) exam...
2017-02-151h 05
De Gruyter Brill on the WireFerenc Laczo, “Hungarian Jews in the Age of Genocide: An Intellectual History, 1929-1948” (Brill, 2016)For non-specialists, the Holocaust in Hungary is a history both familiar and murky. Many Americans have read memoirs like Elie Wiesel’s Night and Judith Magyar Isaacson’s Seeds of Sarah in high school or college and have some sense of their experience. But the actual history of Hungary and the Holocaust remains opaque.Ferenc Laczo aims to change this. Laczo, an associate professor of history at Maastricht University, has produced a fascinating examination of a series of dialogues unfamiliar to most historians. His new book Hungarian Jews in the Age of Genocide: An Intellectual History (Brill, 2016) exam...
2017-02-151h 05