The Haunting Grounds of Authoritarianism - Monthly Lecture with Katharyne Mitchell
Di 02.06.2026 um 18:00 Uhr
Institute for Human Sciences (IWM),
1090 Wien - Alsergrund, Spittelauer Lände 3
From Donald Trump’s gold-plated triumphal arch and Viktor Orbán’s National Hauszmann Program back to Adolf Hitler’s plans for Germania, authoritarian rulers have long attempted to reconstruct a glorious past to help sustain a grandiose future. Monumental architecture, infrastructures of control, and spatial practices such as drills and rallies help consolidate these visions, holding memory and ...