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Jessica Wax-Edwards @waxwards.bsky.social · Jul 25

Last chance to apply for our online symposium on Visual Populism. Deadline 31 July!

#cfp #populism #visual #mediastudies

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Jul 28

Last reminder 📢

Only three days left to submit your abstracts for our online symposium on the visual side of populism!

tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

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Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 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....

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣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...

Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network

reacpol.net

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

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.

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · May 21

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....

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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 · May 5

🚨 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...

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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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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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Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social · Apr 17

As usual, the PSA was a perfect combo of intellectual challenges and all around fun!

Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · Apr 15

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.

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Théo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social · Apr 17

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!

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

More pictures to close this great conference!

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

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.

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

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.

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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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PREDEF|Politische Theorie Wien @poltheoriewien.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

Imagining Populism Differently : Notes on the Proposal of a Feminist, Internationalist, Republicanist Populism

phaidra.univie.ac.at

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Thomás Zicman de Barros @bolandeira.bsky.social · Apr 17

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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