The Origins of Trumpism and Paths to an Alternative Future
This panel-symposium brings together four eminent scholars who will use their expertise to illuminate the recent political and moral economy of the United States and the rise of what some have called a new American oligarchy; and others have termed populist authoritarianism. The event will not only discuss how the United States arrived at its current state of politics, but pathways toward an alternative political-economic order.
Speakers are Melinda Cooper (Australian National University), author of Counter-Revolution and Family Values; Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin University), author of Jesus and John Wayne; Joel Suarez (Harvard University), author of Labor of Liberty, forthcoming; and Noam Maggor (Queen Mary University of London), author of Brahmin Capitalism.
Topics include economic elites and governance, labor and the working class, and evangelicals and white Christian nationalism.
Date:
5 June 2025, 16:00
Venue:
Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details:
Seminar Room
Speakers:
Melinda Cooper (Australian National University),
Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin University),
Joel Suarez (Harvard University),
Noam Maggor (Queen Mary University of London)
Organising department:
Rothermere American Institute
Organiser:
Justine Shepperson (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events@rai.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Daniel Rowe (Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Joshua Alexander
