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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · May 15

🍺🍺It's been quite a few years we've been working on this project, so I am glad the paper is finally out.

Many thanks to Kostia Yanchenko for leading this effort and Artur Lipiński for the insights.

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · May 15

📢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....

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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 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....

What we talk about when we talk about ‘the elite’ in populism studies: re-examining an often-neglected term in the cases of Die Linke and AfD

Populism studies have almost exclusively focused on understanding the phenomenon of populism based on how ‘the people’ are constructed as a political subject. Indeed, most of the relevant literatur...

www.tandfonline.com

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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Apr 29

📢 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

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Apr 17

🥳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.

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Apr 17

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!

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Apr 11

🆕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

Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · Apr 10

Does opposing populism protect democratic institutions?
🆕 🎤 Ece Özbey discusses with @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social the complexities of the populism vs. anti-populism debate and explore what this struggle means for the future of democracy worldwide.
👉Listen it on our website: tinyurl.com/mr6mt9tn.

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · Apr 3

From the latest episode - @quinnslobodian.com on how all too often the far right has been mistakenly portrayed as the enemy of neoliberalism - and even capitalism in toto:

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Apr 3

Routledge offers a voucher of 200 GBP to review a book proposal.

Below is a part of my response:

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Mar 31

A new (+interesting) article on populist performances from a Cambridge scholar cites my article on Trump's performances (that literally focuses on his hands and body) to back the argument that populism studies remain focus on discourse and miss the performative dimension.

I mean......

a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone in front of a facebook sign

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone in front of a facebook sign

media.tenor.com

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Mar 26

Will this be recorded?

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Lasse Thomassen @lassethomassen.bsky.social · Feb 24

“'I sure miss George W. Bush:' Deconstruction, Post-Truth and Trump” inaugural professorial lecture @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk #trump #posttruth #deconstruction #derrida

📅 26 March, 18:00-19:30
📍 QMUL, Mile End
🎟️ Register at the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-sure-mis...

“I sure miss George W. Bush:” Deconstruction, Post-Truth and Trump

Professorial public lecture with Professor Lasse Thomassen

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Mar 12

Anyone interested to review this?

Please email us!

Details about the review process here:
www.psapopulism.org/about/faq

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Mar 10

How does emancpatory politics and strategy look today?

Send us your abstract by Friday.

Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis will be keynotes (in person).

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Mar 10

⏳ 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! ⬇️

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Feb 7

Critical populism studies (as we call it these days) increasingly highlight the transgressive-performative function of populism.

@bolandeira.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social not only capture this but also help consolidate the argument theoretically.

Read their new article below!

Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Feb 7

📝 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...

The transgressive aesthetics of populism - Thomás Zicman de Barros, Théo Aiolfi, 2025

This article consolidates the emerging discursive-performative paradigm in populist studies by presenting the idea of populism as an aesthetic transgression, br...

doi.org

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Feb 4

Every 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

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social · Feb 3

CAN’T WAIT! This will be the highlight of the year

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Feb 7

Evidently, you can't stop working on populism!

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Feb 3

💥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.

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Feb 3

I 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!

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Feb 3

💥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.

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Jan 24

New additions to the convening team. Stay tuned for even more updates!

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢 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...

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Emanuela Lombardo @elombardo.bsky.social · Jan 7

💫 Anti-gender regimes, feminist politics and the challenge of societal democratization is out! In Mobilization: An International Quarterly 29(4): 469-486 doi.org/10.17813/108... A preprint is available on Researchgate

ANTI-GENDER REGIMES, FEMINIST POLITICS, AND THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL DEMOCRATIZATION*

Democracy is an ongoing process that involves society as a whole, not merely politics. Anti-gender politics challenges democratization in all areas of society. Therefore, a gendered theory of society ...

doi.org

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · Jan 5

Is Europe alright?

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Adrià Porta Caballé @adriaportac.bsky.social · Jan 2

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-…

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Giorgos Venizelos @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social · Dec 30

Thanks Fra. So there's opion not to pay? That wasn't clear.

It looks like that good people are involved with it, both as editors and authors, but honestly it looks a bit too commercial.