News & Announcements Archives - The New Fascism Syllabus

Why Right-Wing Appropriation of Commemoration Harms the Fight against Anti-Semitism

July 8, 2022 Hijacking Memory Collective 1

This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, Berliner Zeitung We the invited […]

The Catechism Debate

August 20, 2021 Editorial Board 1

In the interest of keeping our recently-curated “Catechism Debate” essays available to the general public, as well as to encourage educators to integrate them into […]

On the Media Coverage of Our Open Letter of Concern

November 3, 2020 Editorial Board 0

Since publishing this past Sunday morning, a number of international news media organizations have reported on our open letter of concern. The following is a […]

How to Keep the Lights On in Democracies: An Open Letter of Concern by Scholars of Authoritarianism

October 31, 2020 Editorial Board 3

Regardless of the outcome of the United States’ election, democracy as we know it is already imperiled. However, it is not too late to turn […]

The New Fascism Syllabus at the German Studies Association’s 2018 Conference

October 12, 2018 Brian J Griffith 0

In September 2018, Jennifer Evans & Elizabeth Heineman delivered a banquet address on the New Fascism Syllabus at the German Studies Association’s 2018 conference in in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. […]

The Nazis Next Door

August 24, 2017 Jennifer Evans 0

This full version of this article originally appeared in the Ottawa Citizen. “We ask ourselves this question each time we are confronted with an […]

US History Is a Pandora’s Box

August 11, 2017 Jennifer Evans 0

This full version of this article originally appeared in The Guardian. In divided cold war-era Germany, the last thing that an eminent historian of fascism […]

Fascism Then and Now? Or Why History Matters

February 7, 2017 Jennifer Evans 0

This full version of this article originally appeared in The Hill Times. Everywhere we turn, people are talking about history. And not just any […]

Jennifer Evans of the New Fascism Syllabus on Ottawa Morning

February 1, 2017 Jennifer Evans 0

On February 1, 2017, Jennifer Evans spoke to Robyn Bresnahan on Ottowa Morning about the inspiration behind the New Fascism Syllabus. Click below to listen to […]

The Dawn of a New Era

November 17, 2016 Jennifer Evans 0

With the election of Donald Trump, everything changed. This research blog, devoted to the rise and appeal of populist movements in Europe and the US, […]