Donald Trump addresses rallyA lecture Thursday will explore the rise of Donald Trump on the eve of the U.S. presidential election.

Lecture to consider rise of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump

A scholar based in the United States will comment on the current state of its politics in a free public lecture on campus Thursday, October 27.

Peter Kivisto, the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, will deliver “Explaining the Rise of Donald Trump on the Eve of the Election,” at 11:30 a.m. in Katzman Lounge, Vanier Hall.

Dr. Kivisto’s current work with a group of European scholars on a comparative project on right-wing populism will frame the discussion. The event is sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology.