The fragility of American democracy.
UPOP'Arles, L'université populaire du pays d'Arles, invites you to a lecture by Hélène Harter on the United States.
From migrant deportations to the withdrawal of federal grants to universities, Donald Trump's second presidency is reminiscent of the early 1950s, the time of McCarthyism. Beyond the figure of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who gave his name to this phenomenon, the aim is to look back at this period of internal divisions when, in the name of the hunt for communists, the United States, in the midst of the Cold War, led an anti-communist crusade right to the heart of its country. It's a period that reveals some of the fragilities of American democracy, which have probably not disappeared.
A convivial aperitif will be served after the lecture.
Hélène Harter is a historian and Professor at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is the author of Présidents américains (Tallandier, 2022, with A. Kaspi), D'Eisenhower, le chef de guerre devenu président (Tallandier, 2024), Les Etats-Unis (Calype, 2024).
From migrant deportations to the withdrawal of federal grants to universities, Donald Trump's second presidency is reminiscent of the early 1950s, the time of McCarthyism. Beyond the figure of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who gave his name to this phenomenon, the aim is to look back at this period of internal divisions when, in the name of the hunt for communists, the United States, in the midst of the Cold War, led an anti-communist crusade right to the heart of its country. It's a period that reveals some of the fragilities of American democracy, which have probably not disappeared.
A convivial aperitif will be served after the lecture.
Hélène Harter is a historian and Professor at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is the author of Présidents américains (Tallandier, 2022, with A. Kaspi), D'Eisenhower, le chef de guerre devenu président (Tallandier, 2024), Les Etats-Unis (Calype, 2024).
