Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism. Presentations by Audrey Truschke and Ivan Kalmar – 3 June 2025

Audrey Truschke is Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Ivan Kalmar is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Anti-Muslim Racism (en), Audrey Truschke (en), Authoritarian Populism (en), Eastern Europe (en), Europe (en), Fascism (en), Hindu Supremacism (en), India (en), Islamophobia (en), Ivan Kalmar (en), South Asia (en), The Far Right (en), The Far Right in South Asia (en)

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