Date: Thursday, October 23rd

Time: 6 pm, Reception to follow

Location: UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at 570 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Talk

Timothy Snyder, Chair in Modern European History is giving a public lecture at UCLA CNSI on the topic, The Truth about Freedom: How Lies Oppress and How Facts Liberate. He is supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies Director and is involved with Public History, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University of Toronto. Additionally, Synder is the bestselling author of “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” and “On Freedom”. Copies of Timothy Snyder’s book “On Freedom” will be available for purchase and signature.

Panel

The talk will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic of Global Lessons on Authoritarianism and Resistance, featuring

Ju Hui Judy Han, Associate Professor, Gender Studies, UCLA

Shannon Speed, Director, American Indian Studies Center, Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs, Professor, American Indian Studies, Anthropology and Gender Studies, UCLA

Moderated by Jessica Cattelino, Director, UCLA Barbra Streisand Center