TLRH | The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Global South

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 7 – 8pm In recent years, there has been a disturbing trend toward authoritarianism in the Global South. For this event, three panellists will describe the factors that led to its rise in Brazil, India, and the Philippines and assess the forces of resistance in each country. They will argue that far from being a coincidence, authoritarianism's rise in different locales has emerged out of a global crisis of neoliberalism. A panel discussion organised by Trinity's Centre for Resistance Studies and supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub. Speakers: Cecilia Pe Lero, University of São Paulo Cecilia Pe Lero was a post-doctoral fellow at the Centro de Estudos da Metrópole at the University of São Paulo and received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame. Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos, Federal University of São Paulo Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos is Professor of Latin American Studies at Unifesp (Brazil) and author of "Power and impotence. A history of South America under Progressivism” (Haymarket: 2020) Aparna Sundar, University of Toronto Aparna Sundar is an Instructor at the Asian Institute, University of Toronto. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/