RESEARCH CROSSING BOUNDARIES Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor The Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship is a co-operation between the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the German Historical Institute London (GHIL), and the Gerda Henkel Professor’s home university. Its purpose is to promote awareness in Britain of German research on the history of the German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic, and to stimulate comparative work on German history in a European context. The first professorship was awarded in 2009. Prof Alexander Nützenadel +44 020 7309 2035 a.nuetzenadel@ghil.ac.uk Alexander Nützenadel is Professor of Economic and Social History at Humboldt University Berlin and the current Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor at the LSE and the German Historical Institute London in 2021/2022. His main research interests lie in European Economic History in the twentieth century. He specialises in financial history, the history of economic expertise, and the political economy of fascism in comparative perspective. He is currently working on three projects: a book on the evolution of economic expectations since the nineteenth century (together with Jochen Streb), a study on banking regulation since the 1930s and a comparative analysis of economic conflict and the rise of right-wing populism in Europe between the two World Wars. He also directs the Priority Program PP 1859 ‘Experiences and Expectations: Historical Foundations of Economic Behavior’ (funded by the German Research Foundation, in cooperation with Jochen Streb). Professor Nützenadel studied for his undergraduate degree in History and Economics at the University of Göttingen, before he was a doctoral fellow at the German Historical Institute in Rome. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 1995 and held visiting appointments at Columbia University (New York), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Wassenaar) and the University of Bologna. He joined Humboldt University Berlin in 2009. Expertise: European History; Comparative Fascism; Economic Populism and Financial History 24.11.2021 INAUGURAL LECTURE Fascism and Finance. Economic Populism in Interwar Europe The Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture 2021, hosted by the German Historical Institute and London School of Economics and Political Science, will be held online and at the GHIL on Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 6.00pm (UK time). This is a hybrid event: invited guests may take part in person at the GHIL but all others should join the talk online via Zoom (join here) After 1918, populist movements regularly appealed to economic conflicts between nations and to a loss of financial sovereignty. By comparing Italy, Germany, France and Britain, this lecture will explore the emergence of economic populism and its transnational dynamics in inter-war Europe. Authoritarian models of financial regulation, often based on a combination of charismatic leadership and technocratic government, gained tremendously ground. They transcended fascist rule and had a lasting impact on economic policy after 1945. The Visiting Professorship is a joint project of the GHIL and the International History Department of The London School of Economics and Political Science and is funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Download flyer (PDF) Online Event RESEARCH PROJECT Economic Populism and the Rise of Fascism in Interwar Europe This project explores the relation between economic conflict and the rise of right-wing populism during the inter-war period. By comparing Italy, Germany, France and Britain, I will ask how democratic polities were challenged by social and economic cleavages and how populist movements mobilized mass media for their political purposes. I will also explore how new forms of economic nationalism pervaded public debates. The project contributes to a comparative history of European Fascism, but also to recent discussions about economic populism. Recent Publications CONTACT Gerda Henkel Foundation: Dr Sybille Wüstemann Tel.: +49 0211 936524 0 E-Mail: wuestemann@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de German Historical Institute London: Dr Michael Schaich Tel.: +44 020 7309 2014 E-Mail: m.schaich@ghil.ac.uk Previous Gerda Henkel Visiting Professors Contact and Enquiries German Historical Institute London 17 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NJ Tel. +44-(0)20 7309 2050 Data Protection and Legal Notice Follow the GHIL Blog Subscribe to the GHIL Newsletter Browse the Library Catalogue