Trump: Geopolitics and the Future of Globalization
Amidst concerns over what the re-election of Donald Trump will mean for the international system, Prof. Dr. Jan Aart Scholte will give a Cleveringa Lecture titled ‘Trump, geopolitics and the future of globalization’ on 28 November 2024.
Every year, on or around 26 November, Dutch institutions around the world organise a Cleveringa Lecture in honour of Professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa and his actions in defence of Jewish colleagues being removed from their posts by occupying forces in 1940. This year, Professor Dr. Jan Aart Scholte has been invited to give the Cleveringa Lecture for Leiden Alumni in Paris, France.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House signals to many a further rise of geopolitics and an accompanying setback for, if not the definitive death of, globalization. This Cleveringa lecture, however, argues for a more nuanced analysis in which geopolitics and globalization are not inherently opposed. At this moment, it is not so much about the end of global relations but more about a political shift from liberal to mercantilist approaches to global challenges. The lecture discusses the consequences of this turnaround and asks whether there are ways to free ourselves from the age-old liberalism-nationalism debate.
Language: Dutch
Interested? You can find a full list of the Cleveringa Lectures happening world-wide this year here and information on how to participate.
About the Cleveringa Lecture
Every year on (or around) 26 November, the university commemorates the protest speech given by Leiden law professor Rudolph Cleveringa in 1940. On that day, Cleveringa spoke out in a public lecture against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague Eduard Meijers. After the speech, Cleveringa was arrested by the German occupiers and Meijers was deported first to Westerbork and then to Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he would survive the war. Other Leiden professors including law professor Ben Telders, physician Ton Barge and theologian Lambert van Holk also openly protested against the Nazis. Of these professors, Telders did not survive the war.