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Guest lecture by Dr. Bartosz M. Rydliński "Neoliberal transition in Central Europe as a source of illiberal tensions"

The Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, CU is pleased to invite you to the guest lecture "Neoliberal transition in Central Europe as a source of illiberal tensions" which will be delivered by Dr. Bartosz M. Rydliński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland).

The lecture is part of the lecture series "Milestones of European historical development in historical and sociological context". The lecture will take place at Jinonice, room 2071 (Building A, University Area Jinonice), 14.00-15.20, Monday, October 14.

Abstract of the lecture:

30 years ago in Central Europe the system of real and authoritarian socialism collapsed and in its place entered a liberal democracy married to free market capitalism. In many cases it was the most radical, neoliberal version of this system, which was associated with a huge economic advancement of the few and the loss of many social groups. During the classes we will try to find the answer to the question to what extent the practices of contemporary governments undermining the sense of liberal democracy have a restorative character for those who lost to systemic transformation and whether the new generation of voters in Central Europe is guided by economic motivations at the elections.

Dr Bartosz M. Rydlinski holds a doctorate in political science from Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (2013). Rydlinski teaches at the Institute of Political Science at CSWU and works as a project manager and expert with the "Amicus Europae" Foundation of former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski.

Dr Bartosz M. Rydlinski is a member of the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN) and former EASI-Hurford Next Generation Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rydlinski was a visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) during 2014.