[Commlist] Online lecture series: POPulism - Popular culture and populism

Online lecture series POPulism on the intersections of popular culture 
and populism, hosted by the University of Groningen.

POPulism: Popular Culture and Populism 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/conferences/popandpopulism>is 
an interdisciplinary online lecture series that brings together leading 
international scholars and practitioners from different disciplinary 
backgrounds to give insights into the various forms of interactions 
between populism, the radical right, and popular culture.

Populism builds on a worldview based on the antagonistic opposition of 
‘the good people' and the ‘corrupt elite’, and is often connected to 
ideologies such as nativism, misogyny, authoritarianism, and racism. In 
their attempt to redefine cultural hegemony, populists make use of 
cultural strategies; leaders, parties and movements often explicitly 
draw on popular cultural means to disseminate their ideologies, for 
instance, by using social media, internet memes, and computer games.

 From popular music, performance, and celebrity politics, to 
normalization, online recruitment, and mobilization, the speakers of 
POPulism explore the relationship between culture and populism, 
unpacking how it can both promote and challenge populist and radical 
right discourses.

The first lecture of the series 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-09-09-pop-dunkel>will 
be given by Mario Dunkel (University of Oldenburg), on Thursday 9 September.

For registration (free) please contact: (popandpopulism /at/ rug.nl) 
<mailto:(popandpopulism /at/ rug.nl)>

Follow us on twitter: @PopAndPopulism <https://twitter.com/PopAndPopulism>


      Full Programme:

*Date, time (CEST)*

	

*Speaker*

	

*Title*

09-09-2021
16:00-18:00

	

Mario Dunkel (University of Oldenburg)

	

Popular Music:

Listening for Populism in European Popular Music 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-09-09-pop-dunkel>

16-09-2021
16:00-18:00

	

John Street (University of East Anglia)

	

Celebrity Culture:

Populism, popular culture and celebrity politics 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-09-06-pop-street>

23-09-2021
16:00-18:00

	

Eviane Leidig (University of Oslo)

	

Influencers:

Reject modernity, Embrace traditionalism: Gendered narratives in 
alt-right online recruitment and radicalization 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-09-23-pop-leidig>

30-09-2021
16:00-18:00

	

Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University)

	

Mainstreaming the far right:

Analyzing the Shameless Normalization of ‘Message Control’ – the 
Austrian Case 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-09-30-pop-wodak>

14-10-2021
13:00-14:00 (Lunch lecture!

	

Benjamin Moffitt (National School of Arts in Melbourne)

	

Performance:

Populism, Performance and Popular Culture 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-10-14-pop-moffitt>

21-10-2021
16:00-18:00

	

Nicole Curato (University of Canberra)

	

Spectacle:

The Spectacle of the Strongman 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/news-and-events-ais/2021-10-21-pop-curato>

28-10-2021
16:00-18:00

	

Jonathan McIntosh (@Pop Culture Detective)

	

Challenging Populism in Popular Culture

Organization:

Dr Melanie Schiller (Media Studies & Popular Music) / Dr Léonie de Jonge 
(European Politics & Society) / Dr Elizaveta Gaufman (Russian Discourse 
& Politics)

The Groningen Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/?lang=en>); the Research Center for 
Arts in Society Research (AiS 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/artsinsociety/?lang=en>); 
the Research Centre for the Study of Democratic Cultures and Politics 
(DemCP 
<https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/democratic-cultures-and-politics/?lang=en>) 
and the Research Project “Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in 
Europe 
<http://portal.volkswagenstiftung.de/search/projectDetails.do?siteLanguage=en&ref=94754>” 
(financed by the Volkswagen Foundation).

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