RevDem Podcast

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 public narratives of citizens' political autonomy.

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 writing essays on the Nazi state from the legal and practical perspective.

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 law and religion, she is the author of the definitive book on the 2008 constitution of Myanmar, titled “The Constitution of Myanmar: A contextual analysis” (2019), which was shortlisted for the Australian Legal Research Awards inaugural book award. Link to “The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis”: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/the-constitution-of-myanmar-9781509927371/ Link to Prof. Crouch’s writings on the military coup on her personal website: https://melissacrouch.com/ Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.