[Commlist] (Il)liberal Nation Projection/ 20-21 October

You are invited to the*Symposium “(/Il)liberal Nation Projection Through 
Sport, Culture, Entertainment, and International Broadcasting/”*.

*Date*: 20 and 21 October 2022

*Location*: The University of Manchester’s campus 
<https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/?id=73>and 
online

*Contact*: (vitaly.kazakov /at/ manchester.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(vitaly.kazakov /at/ manchester.ac.uk)>& 
(dmitrijs.andrejevs /at/ manchester.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(dmitrijs.andrejevs /at/ manchester.ac.uk)>

*Programme: *please find the full programme here: 
http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN <http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN>

*Registration: *please register your attendance here: 
https://forms.gle/JvC9RPjiiWUCeU1j6 <https://forms.gle/JvC9RPjiiWUCeU1j6>

The concept of ‘nation projection’ subsumes classic public and cultural 
diplomacy efforts and ‘soft power’ activities, such as the hosting of 
sport and entertainment events. The term also refers to state-sponsored 
campaigns of external influence activities including international 
broadcasting and covert meddling in the affairs of foreign states. This 
hybrid symposium will expand on debates and bring together comparative 
perspectives on how nation projection differs across: 1) sporting, 
popular culture, and international media events and channels; 2) liberal 
and illiberal contexts; 3) different kinds of illiberal regimes; and 4) 
various media formats and technological platforms.

This multifaceted focus is reflected in the two day programme (access 
the detailed schedule and programme here: http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN 
<http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN>):

*Day 1*: 20 October

*Panel 1*: /Nation projection through sport: ‘soft power’, 
‘sportswashing’, ‘sports diplomacy’ /
Participants: Paul Michael Brannagan and Seth Joseph Perkin; James 
Dorsey; Kaixiao Jiang; Adam Dinsmore; and Laeed Zaghlami.

*Keynote 1*: “Sport and the ‘Illiberal Turn’: Globalization, Soft Power, 
and International Development”
Richard Giulianotti

*Panel 2*: /Nation projection through sport: Governance, Values, and 
Sport Diplomacy /

Participants: Barrie Houlihan; Solomon Ilevbare; Malte Frank; Michael 
Skey; and Chris Harvey.

*Keynote 2*: “The Hard Edge of Soft Power: Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and 
Making Nations Great Again”
Sven Daniel Wolfe

*Panel 3*: /Sporting events’ legacies and audiences/
Participants: Tom Fabian; Jiri Zakravsky; Valerio della Sala; James 
Saunders; and Richard Arnold

**

*Day 2*: 21 October

*Panel 4*: /Nation projection through media: the case of Russia
/Participants: Rui Wang; Maxime Audinet; members of the RUSINFORM 
research project; Maksim Alyukov; Mikhail Batuev; and Anton Shekhovtsov 
(presentation on Day 1)

*Keynote 3*“Rethinking agency in il(liberal) nation projection: 
representing, resisting and reconstructing the nation in wartime”
Precious Chatterje-Doody

*Keynote 4*“Projecting Russia in a Mediatized World: Recursive Nationhood”
Stephen Hutchings

*Panel 5*: /Nation projection through cultural production and outputs: 
cross-regime and historical perspectives/
Participants: Pınar Özdemir; Peter Rollberg; Kanika Ahuja; Jonathan 
Ervine; and Marco Biasioli.

We look forward to seeing you in person or online!

/Members of the organising committee are grateful to the NWSSDTP, ESRC, 
and the University of Manchester for their support of this symposium./


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