Where the Monsters Are Born
Since late-September 2018, I have been living in Rome on a Fulbright Research Grant completing my dissertation research and manuscript. As soon as my family […]
Articles by Brian J Griffith
UCSB’s The Current on My Interwar Crisis Course
Recently, I sat down with Jim Logan at University of California, Santa Barbara’s news and announcements blog, The Current, to discuss my current summer course, […]
Interwar Crisis: Europe, 1918-1939
Dear friends and colleagues: Today I begin teaching my summer course “Interwar Crisis: Europe, 1918-1939” at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB History Department). During the next […]
The New Human Rights Movement
On November 8, 2017, Peter Joseph — director of the Zeitgeist documentary trilogy and founder of the Zeitgeist Movement — will be coming to University […]
The New Fascism Syllabus
In the aftermath of the United States’ 2016 presidential election, both scholars and citizens began asking themselves “How could this happen?!” How could someone like […]
Scholars of Authoritarianism on the Trump Administration: A Collection of Recent Opinion Pieces and Interviews
During the seemingly endless months leading up to 2016’s presidential election in the United States, a number of historians of twentieth century authoritarianism — scholars […]
An Interview with UCSB’s Graduate Division
Recently, I was approached by UCSB’s Graduate Division regarding a possible interview for their website’s “Graduate Student Spotlight” series. I agreed. And during our discussion […]
“The Whole World Is Our Homeland,” Zapruder World 1 (2014)
I recently joined an international group of scholars and activists to collaboratively develop an Open Access History journal titled Zapruder World: An International Journal for the History […]