From April 01 to 04, 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association on the topic of "Democracy in Crisis: Challenges, Responses and the Future of Governance" will take place in San Diego, California. As part of the panel "Totalitarianism: Pasts and Futures", Co-editor Hanno Berger will talk about "Democracy in Crisis and the Rise of Totalitarianism". Registration is required. Find further information on the event, the registration and the grants here:

https://www.wpsanet.org/important-updates-on-wpsa-2026-conference

Find further information on the lecture here:

https://panel.wpsanet.org/app_panel/browse_person_desc.php?panelid=2026251002075516GRP&year=2026

Prof. Dr. Hanno Berger is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas (Miriam Lewis Barnett Chair) and Co-editor of the new, critical edition of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism / Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft, which will be published in 2026 in an annotated and expanded version as volume 5 of the Critical Edition.