Academic Lecture: The Red Stain: Political Repression and the Diffusion of Ideology

On November 21, 2025, HCAAO was delighted to host Professor Elias Dinas, European University Institute, Florence, who gave an insightful talk on “The Red Stain: Political Repression and the Diffusion of Ideology”, at the Munk School for Global Affairs, in collaboration with the Departments of Politics at York University and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. The day before, Elias presented his European Research Council-funded project “POSTNORM - Post-authoritarian norms and the ideological legacy of dictatorships” to a graduate seminar at York University.