In Conversation with Timothy Snyder Monday, December 14, 2020 at 10am EST

 

In partnership with The Trebuchet, FASPE is proud to present: In Conversation with Timothy Snyder Monday, December 14, 2020 at 10am EST

REGISTER NOW "Our failure during a public health crisis is a sign of how far our democracy has declined." Timothy Snyder Levin Professor of History at Yale University Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University and the author of The Road to Unfreedom, On Tyranny, Black Earth, and Bloodlands. His work has received the Hannah Arendt Prize, the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, and an award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Join FASPE’s Executive Director Thorsten Wagner in conversation with Timothy Snyder, noted historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust, and author of eight groundbreaking books including #1 New York Times Bestseller On Tyranny.  They will discuss Professor Snyder’s latest book, Our Malady, an impassioned condemnation of commercial medicine, America’s coronavirus response, and an urgent call to rethink the connection between health and freedom. Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) challenges graduate students and future leaders to recognize and confront their ethical responsibilities as professionals by analyzing the decisions and actions of Nazi-era professionals. FASPE offers programs for graduate students and professionals, integrating history and contemporary ethical issues. Convisero is an initiative of the higher education consultancy, The Trebuchet, founded by Sherman Teichman. It is the virtual hub and intellectual incubator for the community that evolved over Teichman’s five-plus decades of teaching and activism. Convisero is a call to unite, and seeks to stimulate the thinking and collaboration necessary to confront the world’s most pressing problems. REGISTER NOW