Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer prize-winning historian (for Gulag: A History) and journalist, analyzes the personal and ideological motives behind the current appeal of populist, nationalist and authoritarian regimes that have swept the world. She discusses her fresh understanding of the dynamics of public life with Elif Shafak, award winning British-Turkish novelist, essayist, freedom of speech campaigner, and TED Global speaker. Shafak’s current book is the powerful and uplifting How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division.
This event will be brought to you with the generous support of Leigh and John McNairy and James and Pat Marino.