Populism Specialist Group
The PSA Populism Specialist Group promotes the study of populist discourses, movements and parties at a local, national, European and international level.
https://psapopulism.org
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupVery proud to share this piece with @bolandeira.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social, where we discuss the complicated relationship between the radical left and the nation, based on our article in JCES (doi.org/10.1080/1478...).
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupLeft populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.
- ✊Reimagining emancipatory #politics Hegemony, #Populism, and Political Strategy Today. 🔥Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis offered inspiring keynotes. #JudithButler #ErnestoLaclau
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupLast chance to apply for our online symposium on Visual Populism. Deadline 31 July! #cfp #populism #visual #mediastudies
- Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupLast reminder 📢 Only three days left to submit your abstracts for our online symposium on the visual side of populism! tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...
- Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupKind reminder about the deadline at the end of July to submit abstracts for the online symposium "Visualising populist identities" on December 2nd and 3rd! Call for Paper here: tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli... Abstract submission there: tinyurl.com/VisualisingP...
- Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31
- Patriotism or ‘identity’ politics? In JCES, @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social show how Mélenchon’s vision of 'créolisation' shakes up the populist playbook - offering a path beyond nationalist appeals & the worn-out binary of universalism vs. particularism. doi.org/10.1080/1478...
- 📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣 The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below! reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
- To all those who have applied for our upcoming workshop in Thessaloniki: As we informed you, we have received an overwhelming number of abstracts and are now in the final stages of the selection process. We will notify you about the outcome soon.
- Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31
- New article: ❓Do #populists in power give up their anti-elitism? ❓ How populists from different countries ( #Greece #Poland, #Ukraine), and across the political spectrum (left, right, valence), articulate their anti-elitism while in power? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📢New article out ❓Do #populists in power give up their anti-elitism? We explore how populists from different countries (#Greece, #Poland, #Ukraine), and across the political spectrum (left, right, valence), deal with this tension. Open access 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 🚨 New article - part of a collaborative series with @revdem2020.bsky.social 👀How Bolsonaro’s Gendered Populist Performance Polarized Brazil 🖋️Antonio Athayde Sauandaj Read it here 👇 www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc...
- 📢 New article on our website: The People's Pope: Bergoglio and Populism 🖋️ by Alessandro Volpi 🔗 Link below: www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc... #pope #Franciscus #vatican #peronism #populism #Bergoglio #PopeFrancis
- 📢 PUBLICATION ALERT! New article by @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social re-examines how 'the elite' is constructed in populist discourse, using the cases of Die Linke and AfD. A crucial contribution to populism studies! Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupAs usual, the PSA was a perfect combo of intellectual challenges and all around fun!
- The populism panels rolled on at #PSA25! We wrapped up the day with a rich discussion on innovations in performative approaches. Thought-provoking presentations by @emmyeklundh.bsky.social and Sebastián Ronderos, @wulfrunianchris.bsky.social, Renato Duarte Caetano & @dr-erdogan-c.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupIt truly was an honour to receive this award on behalf of our beloved specialist group, which has always been a unique place in academia for me. We are proud that our efforts at fostering this community for critical scholars on populism are recognised & we owe it all to the fidelity of our members!
- What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
- Our final #PSA25 panel—held in partnership with Italian Politics SG—wraps up with a sharp discussion on populism and economic elites. Chaired by Vladimir Borden, with papers by Adam Dinsmore, @lauramontecchio.bsky.social, @alexyates2000.bsky.social, Reid Kleinberg & Lorenzo Ghiduci.
- More pictures to close this great conference!
- The seventh #PSA25 panel on populism explored its histories and theories in the Global South, with rich contributions from Felipe Linden, Joanildo Burity, @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social, and Robert Upton.
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group🥳Amazing news for our @populismPSA. ‼️We have been voted as the Specialist Group of the year. 🙏Thanks to all current and past convenors as well as members for making this possible.
- What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupToday marks the end of a 5-and-a-half month long e-mail exchange with the (very helpful) #OpenAccess Team of @univie.ac.at to have "Imagining Populism Differently" by @olivermarchart.bsky.social added to the u:scholar collection 🎉 Read it here: phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:201... #PREDEF
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupWe’ve won a prize! So happy to see years of hard work and dedication recognised. Huge congratulations to all past and present convenors—this one’s for all of us!
- What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
- What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
- Populism SG was launched in 2016 through the joint efforts of Yannis Stavrakakis, Emmy Eklundh & Andy Knott. Past convenors include @gkatsambekis.bsky.social, Marina Pentroulis, Alen Toplišek, Lone Sørensen & @georgenewth.bsky.social. All helped shape a vibrant space for critical populism studies!
- What made this recognition possible was, above all, the vital engagement of our members in workshops and conferences. Huge thanks to the hundreds in the Populism SG community whose energy has brought us this far and continues to drive critical populism studies forward!
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- We are very pleased to welcome the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group as a new sister group in the PSA. We look forward to collaborating on these vital and complementary areas of political research in the years ahead.
- We're delighted to launch the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social at #PSA25. Keep your eyes on our feed for updates on all of our upcoming activities.
- Day three of #PSA25 opens with a timely and thought-provoking panel: What we talk about when we talk about populism, with insights from @k8ebrown.bsky.social, Eduardo Barbabela, and Riku Kusumoto. Chaired by @theoaiolfi.bsky.social .
- We closed the second day at #PSA25 with a fantastic panel co-organized with @journalpolitics.bsky.social on populism and gender minorities - featuring compelling talks by Sergiu Gherghina, @archibaldgustin.bsky.social, Victoria Scheyer, Marianna Griffini, & @tadeovazquez.bsky.social!
- More pictures from our panel on populism and gender minorities! #PSA25
- The second day of #PSA25 kicked off with another powerful panel on dislocation and its epistemics! Insightful exchanges with Olivier Ouzilou, @dbonansinga.bsky.social & @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, @rokuppers.bsky.social, @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and Andy Knott—deep theory, sharp debates!
- The engaged participation of brilliant colleagues and sharp minds sparked vibrant exchanges throughout the panel discussions on this second day of #PSA25 - rich insights and dynamic debate all around!
- The populism panels rolled on at #PSA25! We wrapped up the day with a rich discussion on innovations in performative approaches. Thought-provoking presentations by @emmyeklundh.bsky.social and Sebastián Ronderos, @wulfrunianchris.bsky.social, Renato Duarte Caetano & @dr-erdogan-c.bsky.social.
- Our second panel yesterday discussed left-wing populism and its challenges, with presentations from @bolandeira.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social, @freddielarden.bsky.social and Hannah Shaw! #PSA25
- #PSA25 in Birmingham started off with a panel that couldn’t be more fitting: “Birmingham Meets Essex”—bringing Stuart Hall and Ernesto Laclau into dialogue. Sharp talks from Gulshan Khan, Mark Wenman, Daniel Fitzpatrick & @georgenewth.bsky.social. Great energy!
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group🆕New podcast discussing #antipopulism Some of my fav points: 📍Antipopulism projects fears, anxieties and democratic elitism 📍Is the Essex School normative? What about other approaches? 📍The people of right-wing populism is not exactly homogenous
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📢📢Happy to see the article "Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns" coauthored with my friend @haapalataru.bsky.social in the journal @cogitatiomac.bsky.social . Open access. www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
- 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Buenos Aires is also joining the celebration of Laclau & Mouffe’s work with a vibrant conference! Come explore their legacy in populism & radical democracy. 📅 24–26 Sept 2025 📍 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 📩 Submit by 1 Aug ✍️ Apply here: forms.gle/o3AMgyn854su...
- Call for Papers: Symposium on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Blackness and Black Politics Organised by: @psa-race.bsky.social More info below: psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group#Vendredilecture New article @bolandeira.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social "Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/Theo Aiolfi) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. 👉How #populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics #aesthetics #queertheory #democracy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- ⏰️ TIC-TOC, TIC-TOC! The deadline is tomorrow! Ready to dive into the future of emancipatory politics in Thessaloniki? Submit your abstract and be part of the conversation at our annual workshop!
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Anyone interested to review this? Please email us! Details about the review process here: www.psapopulism.org/about/faq
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupHow does emancpatory politics and strategy look today? Send us your abstract by Friday. Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis will be keynotes (in person).
- ⏳ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⏳ Don't forget to submit your abstract for our annual workshop featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis! The deadline is this Friday—don’t miss out. More details below! ⬇️
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
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Really happy www.researchcenterdesire.eu could team up with the Populism Specialist Group to co-host this workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy for the current moment.- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- ⏳️ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⌛️ Only two weeks left to submit your abstracts for our workshop on populism, hegemony, and the future of emancipatory politics, featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis in Thessaloniki! Don’t miss out—details below! ⬇️
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupMy article with @scopelliti.bsky.social on far-right uses of common sense has been assigned an issue. With Trump's and UK Reform's recent claims to represent 'common sense', it provides some analysis of how this is a frequently used trope in reactionary politics doi.org/10.1177/1354...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group🥳 NEW ARTICLE! I'm very happy to share this article I co-authored with my friend @theoaiolfi.bsky.social! It’s one of the most significant contributions of my career, developed over 2 years of deep reflection and collaboration. If you have trouble accessing it, reach out—I’ll gladly send you a copy!
- 📝 NEW WORK OUT 1/ Excited to share our article "The Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/ @bolandeira.bsky.social) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. We explore how populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics, connecting aesthetics, queer theory & democracy 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0263...
- 📢 PUBLICATION ALERT! In this article, @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social bridge discursive & performative approaches to populism through aesthetic transgression—engaging queer theory along the way! A must-read for those interested in populism, aesthetics & radical politics!
- 📝 NEW WORK OUT 1/ Excited to share our article "The Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/ @bolandeira.bsky.social) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. We explore how populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics, connecting aesthetics, queer theory & democracy 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0263...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📝 NEW WORK OUT 1/ Excited to share our article "The Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/ @bolandeira.bsky.social) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. We explore how populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics, connecting aesthetics, queer theory & democracy 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0263...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupJoin me and @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social at @warwickpais.bsky.social for a workshop combining our research interests: #performance 🎭and #polarisation ↔️! With a keynote by Professor Paula Diehl, discussed by Professor Michael Saward and YOUR paper presentations! ✨Hope to see you there!✨
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupEvery time I decide to stop working on populism, the @populismpsa.bsky.social puts out a great call for papers that brings me straight back in
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupCAN’T WAIT! This will be the highlight of the year
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupThrilled to announce this: to mark the anniversaries of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (1985) & On Populist Reason (2005), @populismpsa.bsky.social is hosting a workshop in Thessaloniki with no less than Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis! You don't want to miss this!
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group💥We are very excited about the next workshop🇬🇷 🥳It's a special occasion, so we have special keynotes: 💣JUDITH BUTLER & 💣YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS 👇Read the full call below.
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupI am delighted to invite you all to our upcoming workshop in Thessaloniki in October 📣 We are incredibly honoured to welcome two outstanding keynote speakers: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis We look forward to reading your abstracts!
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- 1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world. Keynotes: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis 🗓 2–3 Oct 2025 📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025 More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- 2/ This event is co-organised with: 🔹️ Laboratory for the Study of Democracy (DemLab) 🔹️ Centre for the Study of Democracy, Signification & Resistance (DESIRE) Together, we foster a critical, inclusive space to debate populism & radical politics today.
- 3/ 📖 2025 marks 40 years since Hegemony & Socialist Strategy (Laclau & Mouffe) and 20 years since On Populist Reason (Laclau). These works shaped debates on populism, discourse & political strategy— but how do they hold up today?
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View full thread5/ 📝 Calling scholars from all backgrounds & career stages! If you work on critical populism studies, submit your abstract by 14 March 2025! 📩 Notifications by 23 May 2025. Join a dynamic, inclusive debate on the future of emancipatory politics! www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupMy first book, The Populist Style, is finally out! 🎉✨ It is available in open access (direct link to the PDF: tinyurl.com/PopulistStyl...) and there is a 30% discount code (NEW30) for those who want to get a hardback copy (edin.ac/3WIe0Sr). Here's a summary of the book's key arguments: 1/25
- 📢 OUR CONVENING TEAM IS GROWING! 🥳 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to welcome Jana Goyvaerts (VUB) and Laura Chazel (Sciences Po Grenoble) to our team. They join Giorgos, Juan, Théo and Thomás to strengthen critical populism studies. Meet our convenors: www.psapopulism.org/about/conven...
- 📢New blog entry: What Should ‘Pluralism’ Mean in Populism Studies? Written by Alex Yates (alexyates2000.bsky.social). Based on Yate's recent article in journalpolitics.bsky.social entitled 'Pluralising pluralism in the study of populism'. Link below👇 www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupInterested in the latest developments in populism studies? Take a look 👇
- New and important publication for populism and discourse theory. It's the introductory article to the special issue entitled ''Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice'', authored/edited by De Cleen, Glynos, Goyvaerts and Stavrakakis. shorturl.at/n3eCp
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupMy former PhD supervisor, the incredible @shirinmrai.bsky.social, shared with me this picture of her physical copy of my book... 😱 It still feels unreal and I cannot wait to hold it in my hands to let it sink in... Thrilled to formally share that the book will also be available in open access!
- In Salomé Ietter's article in @jpolideologies.bsky.social, she argues that the "Gilets jaunes represented a space of ingenuity and creativity [...] fostering the reconstitution of the antagonisms suppressed by the neoliberal discourse" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupNew article in @jlanpol.bsky.social where I am thrilled to introduce an interdisciplinary methods tool: the political performance analysis protocol (PPAP) It is part of an exciting special issue on discourse theory and it is available open access! www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📣📣Very happy to see our article published open access in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with @alvarooleart.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... We explore the EU´s differing responses to Russian vs. Israeli aggression. Beyond the fact of the EU´s double standards , the key contributions of
- 📢 PUBLICATION ALERT! Take a look at this great chapter 📖 by our always insightful colleague @adriaportac.bsky.social ! He discusses the relationship between populism and time, nostalgia, utopia and presentism in the case of Podemos. @edinburghup.bsky.social
- There have been many (and good) analyses of Podemos in terms of politics, ideology and class. My chapter in "Populism & Time", edited by Andy Knott at Edinburgh University Press, focuses on an almost completely neglected dimension in politics: temporality amazon.es/Populism-Time-…
- New and important publication for populism and discourse theory. It's the introductory article to the special issue entitled ''Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice'', authored/edited by De Cleen, Glynos, Goyvaerts and Stavrakakis. shorturl.at/n3eCp
- The introduction maps critical developments in the field, which are also captured by the articles to follow. It highlights new research and emerging scholars. Take a look, be critical, move beyond the mainstream, cite junior scholars!
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupExcited to share my new article, "Legitimacy First: Marine Le Pen’s Visual De‐Demonisation Strategies on Instagram", now published in Politics & Governance (@cogitatiopag.bsky.social) #OpenAccess Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group1/3. We’re pleased to announce the publication of Alex Yates article,"Pluralising Pluralism in the Study of Populism" The article challenges the common assumption that populism and pluralism are incompatible @alexyates2000.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group📣 New open access publication in @politicsjournal.bsky.social 📣 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... We about pluralism a lot in populism studies as populism’s supposed opposite, but what does pluralism actually mean? More importantly, perhaps, what do we want it to mean? 🧵
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupWe are very excited to announce the first #PREDEF conference, turning to "Forgotten Institutions. Utopian Archives and Democratic Futures", organized by @saragebh.bsky.social. Taking place Nov 28-30 at @univie.ac.at. Details and (limited!) Registration here: predef.univie.ac.at/forgotteninst/
- Critical populism studies are flourishing, and we're curating a Bluesky starter pack featuring brilliant young minds and seasoned experts shaping the field! Dive into their groundbreaking work here 👇 go.bsky.app/NEheVTjat://did:plc:ntsnt2epvkk6ppdlk7sm3bjv/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbmyqnqzdp2i
- ⌛️ The deadline is today!
- ⏳️ There's still time to submit your abstract for the "Populism and Passions" panel, organised by Amanda Machin & Allan Dreyer Hansen at the next @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops in Prague! 🇨🇿 🗓 When? 20–23 May 2025 📮 Submission deadline: 21 November! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
- Today in Venice, at the stunning premises of Ca'Foscari, the conference "Identifications: Performing Counter Discrimination" organised by Goran Petrović Lotina, took place. Lively debates on populism, its ties to aesthetics, queerness and psychoanalysis, with a keynote by Yannis Stavrakakis!
- Reposted by Populism Specialist Group🚨New ( #openaccess ) chapter out: (Anti-)Populism & Post-Truth 📌Challenges the forceful link b/w #populism & #post-truth (and that populism is unscientific, irrational and against facts. 📌Argues, that a new paradigm of (post-truth) #anti-populism (and not populism) is evident.
- ⏳️ There's still time to submit your abstract for the "Populism and Passions" panel, organised by Amanda Machin & Allan Dreyer Hansen at the next @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops in Prague! 🇨🇿 🗓 When? 20–23 May 2025 📮 Submission deadline: 21 November! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
- Our "compagni" from the PSA Italian Politics Specialist Group are now also on Bluesky! Follow @psa-italian.bsky.social, and take part in the initiatives led by @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social and @dbonansinga.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupOur Populism Specialist Group - of the Political Studies Association - is now part of this platform. Follow it here: @populismpsa.bsky.social
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupOur webinar with @crexuio.bsky.social and CASEI on positionality, standpoint, and intersectionality in far-right studies is coming up this Thursday. Check out all the details and registration info below.
- Reposted by Populism Specialist GroupUnfortunately, this article I co-authored with @aurelmondon.bsky.social has only become more salient since the re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, and the euphemising of him as a 'populist' by media elites.
- 📰 It may sound strange for the Populism Specialist Group to share this great text by @alexyates2000.bsky.social against the very word "populism", but a critical analysis of the (mis)uses of the "p-word" is one of the most promising frontiers in our field! 👇 theconversation.com/the-word-pop...
- 📰 It may sound strange for the Populism Specialist Group to share this great text by @alexyates2000.bsky.social against the very word "populism", but a critical analysis of the (mis)uses of the "p-word" is one of the most promising frontiers in our field! 👇 theconversation.com/the-word-pop...
