Annual Balzan Lecture: Josiah Ober in Lausanne

Josiah Ober, 2025 Balzan Prizewinner for Classics: Athenian Democracy Revisited, delivered the 2026 Annual Balzan Lecture at the University of Lausanne on Friday 16 October, entitled “How Democracy is reborn: Regime Cycles and Democratic Learning”.

The Lecture was organized by the International Balzan Foundation – Prize and by the University of Lausanne, in collaboration with the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

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