Conspiracies and Conflicts
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Conspiracies and Conflicts
Speakers
- Nathalie Brack - Université libre de Bruxelles
- Giorgia Bulli - University of Florence
- Maximilian Conrad - University of Iceland
- Ela Drazkiewicz - University of Lund
- John Erik Fossum - European University Institute – Florence
- Elena García-Guitián - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Nicolas Guilhot - European University Institute – Florence
- Rico Isaacs - University of Lincoln
- Klaudia Koxha - University of Lausanne
- Balsa Lubarda - University Pompeu–Fabra, Barcelona
- Moreno Mancosu - Università di Torino
- Giuseppe Martinico - SSSA – Pisa
- Oscar Mazzoleni - University of Lausanne
- Susi Meret - University of Aalborg
- Marco Solinas - SSSA – Pisa
- Simona Stano - University of Turin
- Paul Taggart - University of Sussex
- Kevin Winter - University of Hohenheim
- Michael Zeller - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Day one
Scuola Sant’Anna, Sede Centrale, Aula 3, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa
THURSDAY 7th NOVEMBER
11:00 Opening and Welcome
11:10-13:40 Panel 1. What are Political Conspiracy Theories?
Chair: Giuseppe Martinico and Marco Solinas
Paul Taggart (University of Sussex)
Conspiracy Theories and Unpolitics
Nicolas Guilhot (European University Institute - Florence)
Neoliberalism and Anti-Conspiracism
Marco Solinas (SSSA - Pisa)
The Magic Power of Political Conspiracism
Simona Stano (University of Turin)
In Search of a Culprit: Conspiracy Theories, Hermetic Semiosis, and Scapegoating
John Erik Fossum (Arena, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, and European University Institute - Florence)
National Sovereignty as Conspiracy
13:40-15:00 lunch break
15:00-16:30 Panel 2. Rasing Awareness for and Debunking Fake News: Journalism and counter Strategies
Chair: Hans-Jörg Trenz
Nathalie Brack (Université libre de Bruxelles, the only present at the conference), Piotr Marcysnki (Université libre de Bruxelles), Kostas Papaioannou (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Measuring conspiracism in the online communication of politicians
Elena García-Guitián (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Reinforcing democracy in a post-truth context: institutional responses to rebalance the disruptions of the political public sphere
Maximilian Conrad (University of Iceland)
Fake News Narratives, Violence against Journalists and the Post-Truth Condition: Evidence from Germany and Canada
16:30-17 coffee break
17-18:30 Panel 3. Environmental Issues Between Denialism and Misinformation
Chair: Manuela Caiani and Balsa Lubarda
Giorgia Bulli (University of Florence)
The Europeanization of Climate Change Disinformation in Far-Right Magazines: the case of The Primato Nazionale and Compact
Kevin Winter (University of Hohenheim)
Against the wind: How conspiracy belief hinders the energy revolution
Moreno Mancosu (University of Torino, the only present at the conference), Cecilia Biancalana (University of Torino)
The Politics of Climate Denial: A Cross-National Analysis in the Wake of the 2024 European Elections
Day two
Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, Altana, Firenze
FRIDAY 8th NOVEMBER
11:00-13:30 Panel 4. Far right and Conspiracies
Chair: Manuela Caiani
Susi Meret (Aalborg University)
Dystopian Fantasies and Gender Politics: Analyzing Far-Right Gender Extremism in Contemporary Participatory Platforms
Oscar Mazzoleni (University of Zurich) and Klaudia Koxha (University of Lausanne, the only present at the conference)
Populism and Conspiracy in European radical right-wing politics. A supply-side discoursive perspective
Ela Drazkiewicz (Lund University)
Conspirational Clutter: dealing with conspiracy theories in Polish politics
Michael Zeller (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Framing conspiracism: right-wing extremist trends in post-pandemic Europe
Rico Isaacs (Lincoln University)
The Culture Industry, Right-Wing Populism and Conspiracy: the case of Russell Brand