Symposium: Moving the Periphery – Critical interdisciplinary Approaches to a changing Europe
Confirmed Keynote speakers: Dr Isabelle Hertner and Dr Russell Foster (both King’s College London, University of London)
King’s College London, 14th July 2017
This symposium addresses the complex shifting processes resulting from the increased visibility of populist movements across Europe. We observe a change in the kind of discussions that are permissible in public debates as well as a stark polarisation of opinions. Contributors will examine a range of issues such as the politicisation of Islam, the relation between populism and agency, the role of media literacy in relation to populist movements, and the fear of the loss of national identity and values.
After the Brexit referendum in 2016, postgraduate researchers at the King’s College London Modern Languages departments set up the workshop series ‘Facing the Future’ to discuss the nationalistic and authoritarian tendencies that have gained strength in the past years. Born from this initiative, Joint-PhD researchers from the German Department at King's College London and the Humboldt University of Berlin have convened an inter-institutional undergraduate module on populism in a changing Europe using an approach to teaching that is explicitly research-focused. Starting with the question “What is populism?”, the participating undergraduate researchers have spent the last semester designing their own research projects, conducting interviews and producing presentation formats to share their findings in this one-day symposium at King’s College London.
Programme: Moving the periphery – An interdisciplinary undergraduate symposium
14 July 2017
Location: King's College London, Room K-1.14, King's Building, Strand Campus
10:00 Welcome and Introduction
Aida Baghernejad, Annegret Märten, Sanna Stegmaier, Erica Zou (King’s College London/Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
10:15 Keynote Lecture 1: Dr Isabelle Hertner (King’s College London, University of London)
11:00 Tea Break
11:15 Panel: Processes of Othering
Visual representations of the politicisation of Islam by right-wing populist groups in Germany (Emma Buchholt, Daniel Martin Brennan, Jean-Marcel Akono)
Populism as Empowerment? Moving the Periphery (Carlotta Keilholz, Magdalena Aicher, Moritz Roemer)
12:45 LUNCH
13:30 Panel: Shifting Grounds
Media literacy through the lens of age and nationality (Sarah Braun, Johann Stephanowitz, Daniel Spiers)
Notions of ‘national identity’ in populist parties in France and Germany: reproduction and manipulation of an idea (Irina Benfeldt, Madeleine Gohin, Leonie Atzl)
15:00 Tea Break
15:20 Keynote Lecture 2: Dr Russell Foster (King’s College London, University of London)
16:15 Closing Remarks, Reflection and Discussion on Research-based Learning initiatives
16:45 Ends
German Screen Studies Network (GSSN) Evening Event
18:30 Nash Lecture Theatre, K2.31, Strand Campus,
Screening of the film Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.
(Germany, 2014, dir.: Burhan Qurbani)
Afterwards: Drink Reception
Organised with kind support from German Department King’s College London, International Office of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and bologna.lab Berlin.
Attendance for the symposium and film screening are free but please register your interest: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/moving-the-periphery-a-one-day-symposium-on-populism-tickets-35651868699
Organisation:
Aida Baghernejad, Annegret Märten, Sanna Stegmaier, Erica Zou (King’s College London/Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
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