The Future of Central Europe - In Conversation with Anne Applebaum

Exploring perspectives
on world events.

Celebrating 25 years of the Wirth Institute!

The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies invites you to attend an event with Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator on geo-politics, Anne Applebaum. Applebaum will examine the challenges and opportunities of global political and economic change through the lenses of world history and the contemporary political landscape. Informed by her expertise in Europe and her years of international reporting, Applebaum shares perspectives on, and the far-reaching implications of, today’s volatile world events.

In July 2020, Penguin published Anne’s book ‘Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism’. She is a Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Agora Fellow in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. For many years, Applebaum wrote a biweekly foreign affairs column for The Washington Post which is syndicated internationally. She is now a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Registration for this event is required. Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis.