Timothy Snyder, Author at Public Seminar

Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine

The philosophical implications of Zelensky’s decision to stay in Kyiv

September 30, 2024 • by Timothy Snyder

This lecture was delivered as part of a benefit conference for the Ukrainian academy that Aaron James Wendland organized in March 2023 at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. The benefit conference was designed to provide financial support for academic and civic ...

Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine

Twenty Twentieth Century European Lessons for Americans to Consider

December 4, 2016 • by Timothy Snyder

I only today came upon this instructive and provocative Facebook post, first posted on November 15th. Here the author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, warns us to carefully consider our presumptions about American exceptionalism and suggests lessons to be considered. -Jeff Goldfarb Americans are no wiser than ...