Warwick Graduate Conference in Security Studies 2018

‘Post-truth Politics and the Rise of Populism’

Conference Programme
18 October

09:30 Registration

10:15 Introduction & Welcome: Georg Löfflmann &

Junita Elias, Head of Department

10:30-12:00 Fake News, Lies and Drone Footage: Examining Post-Truth

Chair: Georg Löfflmann, University of Warwick

Clementina Giulia Maria Gentile Fusillo, University of Warwick

Post-politics truth and the problem of credibility

Johannes Angermüller, University of Warwick

Truth after post-truth: for a Strong Programme in Discourse Studies

Alexandra Homolar, University of Warwick

Populist crisis narratives and the politics of reassurance

Bo Tandrup and Julian Schmid, University of Warwick

I saw it with my Drone Eyes: Visuality, Truth and Targeted Killing

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Keynote by Professor Ruth Wodak

14:30-15:00 Tea/Coffee Break

15:00-16:30 ‘People' vs. 'Elites': Populism in Theory and Practice

Chair: Alexandra Homolar, University of Warwick

Ferruh Yilmaz, Tulane University

From Class to Culture: Populist Far Right and Social Transformation

Mario Vella, Central Bank of Malta

Would you recognize it if you see it? The indeterminacy of “populism”
in central banking discourse today

Theo Aiolfi, University of Warwick

Post-truth and authenticity: populists as transgressive actors

Georg Löfflmann, University of Warwick

Carl Schmitt and The Return of Enmity: The Populist Challenge to
Western Liberalism

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16:30-17:00 Tea/Coffee Break

17:00-18:30 Populism, Insecurity and the Role of the Everyday

Chair: Charlotte Heath-Kelly, University of Warwick

Anton Jäger, University of Cambridge

“Monsters and Artificial Men” – Corporations and Conspiracies in
American Populism, c.1877-c.1896

Asim Qureshi, CAGE

Halal, is it meat you’re looking for? A history of colonial policy, halal
meat and violence

Precious N Chatterje-Doody, University of Manchester

Seeing (in)security through spy stories: Conspiracy mirrors in the
#Skripalcase

Chang Zang, University of Warwick

Conflicting Stories of international crisis: Russia Today’s alternative
narratives for the Ukraine crisis

19:00 Drinks at Scarman

20:00 Dinner at ‘Xananas’ restaurant (on campus)

19 October

10:00-11:30 Roundtable discussion: “Populism and Post-Truth – Two Sides of

the Same Coin?”
with Ruth Wodak, Alexandra Homolar, Jo Angouri, Paul Chilton &
Georg Löfflmann

11:30-12:00 Tea/Coffee Break

12:00-13:30 Populist Geopolitics: Trump, Brexit and Beyond

Chair: Tom Long, University of Warwick

Sofia Tipaldou, University of Manchester

The Far Right Challenge and State Responsibilities in Non-
Democracies: The Case of Russia

Christopher Lizotte, University of Helsinki

From the ground up: investigations of European populist territorial
imaginations

Benqiu Shen, Guangzhou University

China’s Efforts in the Resistance Against Global Populism

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Are We Really in Danger? British Tabloids Construct (In)security

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00 Closing Panel: General Discussion, Feedback & Next Steps

Chair: Georg Löfflmann

16:00 End of Conference

Venue: Scarman Training and Conference Centre (Space 31)

University of Warwick
Gibbet Hill Road
Coventry
CV47AL
Campus Map: no 51 (C 4)
Directions:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/
Campus Map:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/campusmap/

On-campus accommodation (Radcliffe, Scarman, Arden):

https://bandb.warwick.ac.uk

More accommodation options are available in Coventry and Warwick.

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