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OSGA Annual Lecture: Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism

Professor Lucan A. Way to give the OSGA Annual Lecture on 9 June

Professor Jacob Ricks, Ian R Taylor Fellow

Find out more about our Ian R Taylor Fellow Professor Jacob Ricks

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Dr Francesca Lessa, winner of the 2023 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America for her highly acclaimed book, The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (Yale University Press, 2022).

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International Politics Summer School 2023

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OSGA Annual Lecture: Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism

Professor Jacob Ricks, Ian R Taylor Fellow