CWCTP to welcome Reihan Salam, Executive Editor of the National Review
The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy is pleased to welcome , executive editor of the National Review and a National Review Institute Policy Fellow. He is a contributing editor of National Affairs, a member of the board of New America, and an advisor to the Energy Innovation Reform Project and the Niskanen Institute. Previously, Salam was an associate editor at The Atlantic, a producer for NBC News, a junior editor and editorial researcher at the New York Times, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a reporter-researcher at The New Republic. With Ross Douthat, Salam is the co-author of Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (Doubleday, 2008).
Reihan Salam will be addressing campus in a public interview on October 26th, 2017, entitled "Two Kinds of Patriotism: Immigration, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism" where he will examine competing narratives of patriotism espoused by the right and the left. RSVPs are recommended to ensure adequate seating. In addition to his public talk, Reihan Salam will also visit classes in Communications and International Affairs, as well as present to student groups and the CWCTP biweekly faculty seminar.
This visit was made possible through the collaboration of Assistant Prof. of Ethnomusicology , who will be interviewing Reihan Salam at his public lecture on October 26th. Benjamin Teitelbaum is a scholar of music, neofascism, and radical nationalism in the Nordic countries, topics featured in his publications include white nationalist hip hop and reggae, the listening habits of Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, the rise of anti-immigrant political parties in Scandinavia, and the ethical dilemmas facing researchers of organized racism. Teitelbaum's commentary on music and politics has appeared in major European and American media outlets, in addition to scholarly venues. He has contributed as an expert for NPR, Swedish Radio, Norwegian Radio, the BBC, Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Helsinge Sanomat and Berlingske, and he has authored op-eds in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Dagbladet and the Wall Street Journal. The CWCTP is extremely grateful for the collaboration with Prof. Teitelbaum, which has made this visit possible.