January 22, 2010

BCU to Host Author Brian E. Fogarty

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Dr. Brian E. Fogarty will present a lecture entitled “Fascism, Real and Imagined, in American Politics” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28 in Meis Recital Hall in Heelan Hall on the Briar Cliff University campus. This free public event is sponsored by BCU’s Department of English and Writing, Department of History and Political Science and Department of Sociology.

In his presentation, Dr. Fogarty will address the cries of "fascism" among the anti-statist elements of American politics. His presentation will include lecture and reading of excerpts from his latest book, Fascism: Why Not Here, which draws parallels between German culture of the early twentieth century and contemporary American culture.

Dr.  Fogarty is professor of sociology at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn. He is the author of War, Peace, and the Social Order and has written for a variety of publications, including the Aspen Institute Quarterly, Peace and Change and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Formerly a professor in the Department of Sociology at Briar Cliff, the author lives with his wife, Cheryl, in St. Paul.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.

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