Our closing night event is, appropriately, with the “leading interpreter of our dark times” (The Guardian): acclaimed Yale historian and New York Times bestseller Timothy Snyder speaks with CBC’s The Current’s Matt Galloway. His work has offered startling reinterpretations of political collapse while fighting authoritarianism and inspiring others to do the same. In his latest philosophical tour-de-force, On Freedom, he helps us see exactly what we’re fighting for. Drawing on works and conversations from philosophers, political dissidents, and contemporary thinkers, he identifies the “habits of mind” that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish: a project at the forefront of minds across the globe. This brilliant keynote is as kind as it is cerebral, as urgent as it is unmissable. 

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Matt Galloway

MATT GALLOWAY is the host of The Current on CBC Radio One. He has been with CBC Radio for more than 15 years, and has anchored CBC Radio’s coverage of the Olympic Games on several occasions.

Timothy Snyder

TIMOTHY SNYDER is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. His books, which have been published in over forty languages, include Bloodlands, Black Earth, On Tyranny and The Road to Unfreedom.