Very 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...).
Left 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
Last chance to apply for our online symposium on Visual Populism. Deadline 31 July!
#cfp #populism #visual #mediastudies
Last reminder 📢
Only three days left to submit your abstracts for our online symposium on the visual side of populism!
tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...
Kind 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...
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....
📣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....
📢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....
As usual, the PSA was a perfect combo of intellectual challenges and all around fun!
It 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!
More pictures to close this great conference!
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.
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.
🥳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.
Today 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
We’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!
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Be part of the next chapter! Join the Populism Specialist Group and help us build another 10 years of bold, inspiring work in critical populism studies. Become a member today:
www.psapopulism.org/join
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!
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 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!
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.