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The Rise of Hitler in the 1930s: Are There Parallels to Our Time?

August 10, 2020March 7, 2021 By Eli Karetny Archive / Podcast

Episode Sixteen of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now.

For Episode Sixteen, John Torpey, Ralph Bunche Institute Director, brings in Benjamin Hett, Professor of History at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, for a discussion about the conditions that led to Hitler’s rise to power and the possible parallels to today’s political situation.

You can listen to it on iTunes here, on Spotify here, or on Soundcloud below.

Ralph Bunche Institute · The Rise of Hitler in the 1930s: Are There Parallels to Our Time?

You can also find a transcription of the interview here.

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John Torpey is Presidential Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author or editor of ten books, on topics ranging from East German dissidents and intellectuals, the invention of the passport and state practices in its use, reparations for historical injustices, transatlantic relations, and social and technological change throughout history. His writings have been translated into German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish. He has served in leadership positions for the Eastern Sociological Society, on the editorial boards of Theory and Society and the Journal of Human Rights, and as editor of a book series on “Politics, History, and Social Change,” as well as on review committees for many grant awards and book prizes. He writes a regular column for Forbes.com [forbes.com], and has commented for NPR’s “On the Media,” The Hill, OpenDemocracy, Huffington Post, the BBC, and many others.