Organizer: Dilip Gaonkar
Presenter: Veena Das
Discussants: Piergiorgio Donatelli, Sameena Mulla, and Brighupati Singh
Free and open to the public. On Zoom.
The Dismantling Democracy from Within Summer School advances the twin mission of understanding the critical challenges democracy is facing and developing the democratic agendas that will meet these challenges under variable cultural and socio-economic conditions. Such a mission can only be secured by facilitating a robust dialogue among students, activists, and scholars assembled from all over the world. Students will leave the Summer School with a deeper knowledge of the specific challenges facing democracy in different contexts as well as a global understanding of how they are connected.
Applications are now closed. Once admitted, all costs related to participation will be covered by the organizers.
Co-sponsors:
Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)
Center for Global Culture and Communication (Northwestern University, Evanston, USA)
Open Society University Network
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