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Lecture by Dr. Bartosz M. Rydliński "Illiberal shift of crises"

The Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanites, CU is pleased to invite you to the guest lecture "Illiberal shift of crises" which will be delivered by Dr. Bartosz M. Rydliński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland).

The lecture is part of the lecture series Historical Sociology Confrontations. The lecture will take place at Jinonice, room 2080 (Building A, University Area Jinonice, U Kříže 8, Praha 5 Jinonice), 17.00-19.00, Tuesday, October 15.

Abstract of the lecture:

Some 30 years ago Central and Eastern Europe passed from state socialism to capitalism and democracy during severe economic perturbations. Democratic "Autumn of Nations" was associated with enormous social optimism. Few were aware, that the reality of the market economy is associated with business cycles, which are inherent in the nature of this type of economy. The aim of the course is to show how economic crises have affected the political instability of new democracies and to what extent the popularity of populist groups is a form of response and rejection of the neoliberal status quo.

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.