Gaza and the Politics of Antisemitism | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Oct 27, 2025 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Oct 27, 2025 6:00 pm
450K
Join us for a conversation with scholar of fascism Jason Stanley about Gaza and the politics of antisemitism
We here at Busboys and Poets have been watching with horror as the siege on Gaza continues and the civilian death count rises day by day. In partnership with the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding of Georgetown University, we invite everyone to come and learn more about the history of settler colonialism, violence, and ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Scholar of fascism Jason Stanley is joining us on the Busboys stage alongside Dr. Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at Georgetown University. Stanley’s books will be available for purchase during and after the event, and he will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of ERASING HISTORY and HOW FASCISM WORKS will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will be livestreamed.
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Jason Stanley is a philosopher and public intellectual with an expertise in the study of propaganda and fascism. He is Bissell-Heyd Chair in American Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Previously, he was a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of seven books which have been translated into over 30 languages.
Dr. Nader Hashemi is the Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (Oxford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future (Melville House, 2011), The Syria Dilemma (MIT Press, 2013), Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2017) and a four-volume study on Islam and Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies (Routledge, 2023). His next book project is entitled: “The Global Divide over Israel and Palestine.” He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).
BOOK DETAILS
Erasing History
How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
By Jason Stanley
September 10, 2024 | Hardcover, 256 pages, $28.99
How Fascism Works
The Politics of Us and Them
By Jason Stanley
May 26, 2020 | Paperback, 256 pages, $19.00
