German and ÖGS Interpretation

The organizers Annika Stich, Kathrin Trattner, and Robin Klengel will speak at the opening of the conference on Contemporary Fascism & Possibilities for Resistance. Natascha Strobl will then deliver the keynote address, “Der Neue Faschismus / The New Fascism,” followed by a conversation with journalist Magdalena Berger.

Natascha Strobl, born in Vienna in 1985, is a political scientist and author. She writes for publications including the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Her book Radikalisierter Konservatismus was a bestseller and was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Books (Honorable Mention) in 2021. She is currently working on a new book on contemporary fascism and will give us a first glimpse of it on Friday evening.

Magdalena Berger is a journalist and geographer from Vienna. She works as an editor at the socialist magazine Jacobin.