The Twentieth Hugo Valentin Lecture: Johann Chapoutot
- Date: 7 November 2023, 17:15–23:30
- Location: University Main Building
- Type: Lecture
- Lecturer: Johann Chapoutot
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- Organiser: Hugo Valentin-centrum
- Contact person: Olov Simonsson
During the twentieth annual Hugo Valentin lecture, Professor Johann Chapoutot will highlight how a deeper knowledge of National Socialism's normative system can enable us to better understand its seductive appeal in Nazi Germany and Europe in the 1930s and 40s as well as today.
The rise of National Socialism in Germany led to death and destruction in Europe. Nevertheless, tens of millions of people believed that the ideology offered a solution to the problems that modernity had given rise to. Far from being a comprehensive repressive system, National Socialism succeeded in convincing and seducing many with a utopian promise of liberation, wealth and protection. During the lecture, Professor Chapoutot will highlight how a deeper knowledge of National Socialism's normative system can enable us to better understand its seductive appeal in Nazi Germany and Europe in the 1930s and 40s as well as today.
Johann Chapoutot is professor of modern history at the University of the Sorbonne. During his career, he has been active as a visiting researcher at Humboldt University and Freie universität, and is a member of L'Institut universitaire de France.