The research project Global History of Fascism examines the transimperial entanglements of the three major fascisms in Germany, Italy, and Japan with regard to their mutually intertwined war and occupation history. While the first part of the planned book focuses on the cultural history of fascism, from violent politics to the performance and symbolism of fascism, the second part will address the practices of intertwined occupation policies, ranging from social planning and settlement policies to extermination and war policies.

Special attention will be given to the transimperial collaborative relationships in the war and occupation areas—including the repercussions of conditions at the peripheries of the fascist core countries.

Sven Reichardt, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Konstanz. He works on the history of global fascism, on social movements and civil societies in Europe and the USA, the global history of war, civil war and terrorism and on environmental history with a special focus on war ecology, sustainable tourism and environmental knowledge in the 1970s. He had several international scholarships and fellowships, among others a Humboldt Fellowship at Rutgers University and a FRIAS-Fellowship, he was guest professor at The New School (New York) and at Columbia University (New York).