CfP - Extended Deadline: 17 September
‘Post-Truth Politics and the Rise of Populism' Warwick University Conference
18 October – 19 October 2018
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University/University of Vienna
Author of
The Politics of Fear: What Right-wing Populist Discourses Mean
In Europe, the project of ‘ever-closer union’ has come under strain from the impact of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, the UK’s Brexit decision,
and a rise of right-wing populism among its member states. In the United States, President Donald Trump rose to power advocating a political agenda of economic nationalism and nativist populism that seems to mark the end of a US-led liberal world order. Most
disturbingly for academic research, the rise of populism has given rise to a new form of post-truth politics that supplants evidence-based reasoning with ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’.
In the light of these developments, the 2018 Warwick University Conference in Security Studies seeks to critically explore the implications of
populism and post-truth politics and how political, cultural and economic insecurities contribute to these developments in a global context.
We welcome papers by researchers in security studies and international relations, communication and media studies, political theory, sociology, cultural studies, and related fields (especially from PhD students and early career researchers) that address one or more of the following questions:
The conference is free to attend and a fully catered lunch will be provided on both days.
Location: Scarman Training & Conference Centre, Coventry, CV4 7SH
If you are interested in participating, please send details of your affiliation, an indicative title, and an abstract of 250 words or less to Georg Löfflmann: [log in to unmask]uk
Deadline for abstracts:
17 September 2018
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