RevDem Podcast

RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo interviewed historian Konrad H. Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about his latest book Embattled Europe: A Progressive Alternative , a rich and finely balanced portrait of contemporary Europe.

Ferenc Laczo in conversation with Samuel Moyn (Yale University) about his book "Humane. How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War". 

In conversation with our editor Ferenc Laczo, Mitchell Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses post-communist transitions.

Ferenc Laczo talks with Jennifer Evans (Carleton University) about the new Holocaust memory debate. Jennifer Evans curated a series of articles in the New Fascism Syllabus (NFS) responding to a paper written by historian Dirk Moses in the Swiss history journal Geschichte der Gegenwart [History of Today]. In “The German Catechism,” Moses (UNC-Chapel Hill) argued that remembering the Holocaust was c...

Ferenc Laczo discusses with Mira Siegelberg her latest book "Statelessness", the story of a much-contested legal category. 

Do populists pose a threat to constitutional democracy? Are populists always the villains in our tales about democracy? Bojan Bugarič answers these questions in a conversation with Kasia Krzyżanowska. He also talks about his recent book on the relationship between constitutionalism and populism, co-authored with Mark Tushnet.

Elias Buchetmann talks to Till van Rahden about his latest book 'Demoracy: A Fragile Way of Life', which focuses on the history of democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany and raises fundamental questions about the nature of democracy around the world. 

RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó spoke to Stephen Wertheim, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School, about his new book, Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Diplomacy. The book explores the moment in which the US decided to lead the post-war world and become the global h...

In an interview with our assistant editor Bence Bari, Vera Mérő, Hungarian journalist, media researcher, human rights activist, founder and host of the Facebook page and foundation “ Nem tehetsz róla, tehetsz ellene ” (“You are not responsible for it, but you can respond to it”) discusses the questions of representation, popularization, internal conflicts and successes, challenges and leeways prov...

Petr Agha (University of Copenhagen) discusses the clash between populism and antipopulism, and the implications for Europe, in conversation with Oliver Garner.

What is the societal dimension of the rule of law? How can we improve democracy on the European Union level? Is there a place for citizens engagement in design of the Conference on the Future of Europe? Paul Blokker, an associate professor at the University of Bologna, in a conversation with Kasia Krzyżanowska, unpacked all these issues.

In an interview with our assistant editor Bence Bari, Lili Rutai, Hungarian feminist journalist and podcaster, co-founder and co-host of the popular podcast series "Vénusz Projekt," discusses the representation and the popularization of feminism in Hungary - all of which must be done in opposition to popular misconceptions, the hostile rhetoric of the Orbán government and the restrictive measures...

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Ferenc Laczo discuss with Martin Conway his latest book "Western Europe’s Democratic Age 1945-1968" (Princeton University Press 2020).

RevDem Editor Ferenc Laczo is discussing the book "Planet on Fire. A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown" by Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton with its authors.

Chris Bickerton (University of Cambridge) is discussing his latest book “Technopopulism” (co-authored with Carlo Invernizzi Accetti) with Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University).

Markus Patberg (University of Hamburg) in his recent book argues that we should not see the master of the Treaties in member states but in citizens. In this episode, Patberg, a research fellow in political theory at the University of Hamburg, talks to RevDem editor Kasia Krzyzanowska on how we could envision a different theory of constituent power within the EU, based on the already existing publi...

Professor Gabor Halmai (EUI) discusses with Theodora Miljojkovic the constitutional backsliding in Poland and Hungary, as well as their relationship with the EU.

In this episode Kasia Krzyżanowska talks to Douglas G. Morris, a legal historian and practicing criminal defense attorney with Federal Defenders of New York, about his newest book on Ernst Fraenkel. Fraenkel's most famous work is "The Dual State, but he did not limit himself to scholarly work only. We discuss Fraenkel's resistance that encompassed defending politically persecuted, as well as writi...

David Stasavage (New York University) in conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) about his recent book “The Decline and Rise of Democracy”, which presents the global history of democracies since ancient times.

RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) talks with Federico Finchelstein (New School for Social Research, New York) about his two recent books: “From Fascism to Populism in History” and “A Brief History of Fascist Lies”

In the newest episode of the RevDem podcast Giancarlo Grignaschi interviews Luiza Bialasiewicz (University of Amsterdam) and Prof. Oskar Josef Gstrein (University of Groningen). They discussed the latest proposal of the European Commission – vaccination passports (or certificates).

In this conversation with Assistant Editor Gaurav Mukherjee, Melissa Crouch discusses the rapidly evolving situation involving the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021. Prof. Crouch is Professor and Associate Dean Research at the Law School, University of New South Wales, Syndey. While Prof. Crouch’s research contributes to the fields of comparative constitutional law; law and society; and...

Professor Nandini Ramanujam (McGill University) discusses with Oliver Garner the connection between academic freedom and the Rule of Law,  contemporary and historical challenges, and prospects for the future. Supported [in part] by a grant from the Open Society Foundations

Kasia Krzyżanowska interviews Michael Zeller (Central European University) on the far-right demonstration campaigns and how are demobilized by the counter-activists. We talk also about the last year BLM mobilization, and why demonstrations are still better than the social media campaigns. 

Oliver Garner interviews Professor Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen) on Member State legal action against backsliding Member States to enforce the Rule of Law in the EU. Supported [in part] by a grant from the Open Society Foundations