Democratizing the EU: Is there a need for institutional reform?

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Unmasking Prejudice: Confronting Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Racism Across Europe Lecture Series Lecture led by Farid Hafez daily politics, antisemitism and Islamophobia are often debated as two opposing concepts, though they have much in common. This talk delves into often neglected relationships of anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim racism and opens up horizons for a critical discussion about these phenomena. About the Speaker: Dr. Hafez is an Assistant Teaching Professor of International Relations. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Vienna (2009). From 2014 to 2021, he was a Post-Doc at the University of Salzburg’s Department of Political Science and Sociology. From 2021 to 2024, he was the Distinguished Class of 1955 Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College. In 2017, he was a Fulbright Professor at the University of California’s Center for Race and Gender. Since 2017, he has also been a non-resident Senior Researcher at the Georgetown University’s The Bridge Initiative. Hafez has published more than 150 academic publications. He has been the founding editor of the German-English Islamophobia Studies Yearbook and co-editor of the European Islamophobia Report. In 2015, he received the Bruno Kreisky Award for the political book of the year for his anthology Islamophobia in Austria (co-ed. with John Bunzl, 2009). His latest publications include The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror. Coloniality, race, and Islam (co-edited with Naved Bakali, Manchester University Press, 2022) and Politicizing Islam in Austria. The Far-Right Impact in the Twenty-First Century (co-authored with Reinhard Heinisch, Rutgers University Press, 2024). His main areas of study include politics and religion, far-right parties and movements, and anti-Muslim racism. At William & Mary, Hafez will start to teach classes on far-right populism, Islamophobia, international relations, and terrorism.