WiT: Prof. Daniel Aarão Reis on "Social revolution and democracy: Julius Martov's revolutionary trajectory and its contemporary relevance"
Join us for the next edition of Who's in Town.
- Date
- 26 November 2025
- Time
- 14:00 -15:30
- Location
- Amsterdam University College (AUC)
- Room
- Room 1.02
- Organised by
- Prof. Daniel Aarão Reis
Abstract
This lecture will explore Julius Martov’s pivotal role in the Russian revolutionary movement and the legacy of democratic socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Topics will include:
- Democratic socialism and its modern challenges
- The interplay of autocracy and egalitarianism in Russian history
- The revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and their democratic experiments
- How technological and societal shifts are reshaping democracy today
- The shortcomings and fragilities of modern democratic regimes
Join us to discuss the relevance of these revolutionary developments for contemporary debates on democracy and political change.
Speaker
Prof. Daniel Aarão Reis is full professor emeritus of contemporary history at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and a senior researcher at CNPq. He is visiting professor at the UFF Institute of Strategic Studies and author of numerous influential works, including Dictatorship and Democracy in Brazil, Luis Carlos Prestes, a Revolutionary Between Two Worlds, The Revolution That Changed the World: Russia, 1917, and Running the Risk of Falling.
The lecture will be delivered via Zoom from Rio de Janeiro.
Convenor
This event is co-sponsored by the Diversity Leadership Group (DLG) and Dr Maxim Kupovykh's course How Societies Change: Revolutionary Moments.
