Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series & Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
Adolphus Busch Hall at Cabot Way
27 Kirkland St.
Cambridge
Wed., Apr. 8, 2026, 2 – 3:15 p.m. 
Join us for discussion of Giovanni Capoccia's current project Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies examining the conditions under which democrats can successfully counter emerging illiberal challenges and democratic backsliding. Capoccia will focus on the temporal dilemmas democrats face when confronting illiberal executives or rising illiberal oppositions, the trade-offs between early action and effective coordination, and the ways in which information and institutional legacies shape the prospects for democratic resilience over time.
Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Giovanni Capoccia, Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations; Fellow Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, Steven Levitsky, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, Harvard University, Chair Daniel Ziblatt, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center d University
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
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