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Two items from the Academic Service archive
Professor Michael Mann (UCLA): Explaining the Rise and Fall of Fascism
The
Birkbeck-Wiener Library joint lecture series cotinued on 15 April 2009
with a lecture by Professor Michael Mann on ‘Explaining the Rise and
Fall of Fascism’. This lecture took place at Birkbeck, University of
London (main building, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, in Room B34) at 7pm.
Professor Michael Mann is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles and a world authority on political theory and history. He is widely well known for his publications on capitalism, nationalism, militarism, globalisation, imperialism, ethnic cleansing and fascism. His major works include ‘Fascists’, a comparative study of fascism in six European countries (2004); ‘The Dark Side of Democracy’ on ethnic cleansing (2004); ‘Incoherent Empire’ on contemporary American imperialism (2003); and the prize-winning series ‘The Sources of Social Power’ (Volume I: A History of Power from the Beginning to 1760, published in 1986, and Volume II: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914, published in 1996).
The lecture is followed by a commentary from Professor Lucy Riall (Birkbeck), who has published widely on European and Italian history. Her most recent book is ‘Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (2007), which analyses the political strategy behind the construction of a popular cult of Garibaldi in nineteenth century Europe.
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Round Table: THE DECLINE AND RISE OF CHINA: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Royal Holloway University of London Department of History
Dr Weipin Tsai: The ‘Self-Strengthening Movement’ Revisited
Dr Chi-Kwan Mark: Negotiating with Communism: Britain and China.
Dr Evelyn Goh: China’s Rise and the Regional Hierarchy in East Asia
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