Democracy Bootcamp with Jason Stanley
Date
Friday January 16, 20269:30 am - 10:30 am
Location
Robert Sutherland Hall 202“Democracy Bootcamp" is a special conversation with political philosopher and public intellectual Dr. Jason Stanley, focused on the mechanisms through which democracies erode – and how they can be defended. Open to graduate students in Political Studies, History and Art History.
The conversation with be facilitated by Dr. Oded Haklai, Political Studies Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity.
Coffee and light refreshments will be provided.
This conversation follows Dr. Stanley’s Dunning Trust Lecture “Fascist Erasures” on Thursday, January 15 in Grant Hall ().
Participants must read Chapter 4 of Stanley’s in advance of the discussion. A PDF copy of the chapter will be provided to registered students in advance.
Please RSVP to Bronwyn Jaques (Hub-1 Academic Programs Coordinator) by email: fas-hub1-apc@queensu.ca to receive your copy.
Jason Stanley is a philosopher, whose work ranges over philosophy of language, epistemology, linguistics, cognitive science, and social and political philosophy. Jason is the Bissell-Heyd Chair in American Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and also has an appointment in the Department of Philosophy. In addition to his position at the Munk School, he is a Distinguished Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics. Before coming to the University of Toronto in 2025, he held positions as a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University (2013-2025), Rutgers University (2004-2013), The University of Michigan (2000-4), and Cornell University (1995-2000).
He is the author of How Propaganda Works (Princeton University Press, 2015). In addition to his academic work, Jason writes for a broader audience on the themes of authoritarianism, propaganda, free speech, mass incarceration, and democracy, most frequently for The New York Times, The Guardian, and Project Syndicate. Jason has also published in The Washington Post, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Folha de São Paulo, El Pais and many other outlets across the world.
