Resisting Authoritarianism Here and Abroad: Blue City Blues with Anne Applebaum
Join Blue City Blues for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, as she addresses the escalating global threats to democratic institutions and explores pragmatic strategies to counter the rise of authoritarianism. Drawing on her extensive research, Applebaum will discuss findings from her critically acclaimed works, including Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism and her latest book, Autocracy, Inc. offering insight into how free societies can prevent the worst-case scenarios now unfolding across the world. The event will be in-person and livestreamed. Sliding scale $10 - $35.
Anne Applebaum is a prize-winning historian, a staff writer for The Atlantic, and a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Her history books include Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine; Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956; and Gulag: A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. Her most recent books…
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 7:30 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit townhallseattle.org. Dean's Forum | Learning from the Past: How Immigration Policy Affects Communities
Join us on February 26 at 12:00 PM for a conversation between Dean Jodi Sandfort and Evans faculty Dafeng Xu, who brings expertise on U.S. immigration policy, and Catherine Clement, a public historian with expertise in the Chinese-Canadian experience. They will discuss past efforts to curb immigration in North American and how those policies impacted communities, families, labor markets, and social relations.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: evansadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
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