Berlin Lecture 2025 Jason Stanley: „Neuer Faschismus – eine Gebrauchsanweisung für die Gegenwart“

The Berlin Lecture is an annual event organized by the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt University in Berlin. It focuses on a current socio-political topic from an academic perspective. The Berlin Lecture aims to create spaces for open, critical thinking, lively exchange, and networking between academia and civil society. The keynote address in 2025 was given by Jason Stanley, Professor of Philosophy at the Munk School, University of Toronto. Stanley became known to a wider audience with his book "How Fascism Works," published in German in 2024. His research interests lie in the fields of epistemology, cognitive science, and philosophy of language; his work focuses on the mechanisms of propaganda and the definition of fascist structures. The Berlin Lecture is an annual event organized by the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt University in Berlin. It focuses on a current socio-political topic from an academic perspective. The aim of the Berlin Lecture is to create spaces for open critical thinking, lively exchange, and networking between academia and civil society. The 2025 keynote address was given by Jason Stanley, Professor of Philosophy at the Munk School, University of Toronto. Stanley became known to a wider audience with his book “How Fascism Works,” published in German in 2024. His interests lie in the fields of epistemology, cognitive science, and philosophy of language; his work focuses on the workings of propaganda and the definition of fascist structures.