Guest Lecture-Can Democracy Survive: Democratic Breakdown and the Path Forward

Tue Apr 14 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

Kimberly Public Library | Kimberly

Kimberly Public Library
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Guest Lecture-Can Democracy Survive: Democratic Breakdown and the Path Forward
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Presentation Description: Around the world, democracy is facing growing pressure, from the slow erosion of norms and institutions to moments of sudden political breakdown. Drawing on historical examples, this lecture explores what democratic backsliding and collapse is and why it happens, and the conditions under which democracy has survived, and the choices citizens and communities still have in shaping democracy’s future.
About the Speaker: Clif Ganyard is Associate Professor of History, Humanities, Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. He earned his BA, MA, and PhD in History from SUNY at Buffalo. His research and teaching interests include German, European, and American history and culture, and he has published work on German political culture. He loves teaching, and he is currently studying radical politics in Germany and the United States in the 1920s.
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