So honored that our blog post with @lanihart.bsky.social made the longlist! 🎉 Really exciting that our piece translating the academic work on tribalism resonated read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series. ➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN

🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series. ➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN

🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism

Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of po...

ow.ly

It was a lovely surprise to hear that @zeaszebeni.bsky.social's and my blog post on differentiating tribalism from populism was longlisted for the best Loop blog piece of 2024. Now we're psyched to enter this year's competition! Give our almost prize-winning post a read below:

🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism

Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of po...

theloop.ecpr.eu

The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · last yr.

🏆 Last week we awarded our annual £500 prize for the best Loop blog piece in the previous calendar year, as judged by an independent jury. 📝 Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and reveals the very special winner. ➡️ ow.ly/mii350W8Q0e

It’s official - I am #PhDone!!! I defended my thesis on populism, democracy, and collective memory through CZ & SK case studies on Friday 🎉 Huge thanks to my wonderful opponent Kevin Deegan-Krause, my custos & supervisor @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, & everyone who showed up to support me!

New Peripheral Politics newsletter post from @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, in which she explains why she just can't stop thinking about those inane AI action figure images that took over everyone's feeds a little while ago

Just another doll in the feed

I can't stop thinking about those AI action figure starter packs

peripheralpolitics.substack.com

🐀 Just launched Peripheral Politics with @lanihart.bsky.social Our new Substack explores the political stories that don't make headlines - from semi-peripheral countries to the absurd moments that reveal deeper truths. Subscribe! peripheralpolitics.substack.com

Peripheral Politics | Substack

Two researchers at the University of Helsinki, social psychology and political science, making their way through a world getting increasingly more insane. Click to read Peripheral Politics, a Substack...

peripheralpolitics.substack.com

How do you sum up an entire political movement on a baseball cap? Trump figured it out with #MAGA. #Democrats... haven't. @lanihart.bsky.social uses political theory to explain why this matters way more than you'd think peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/searching-... Also, subscribe!

Searching for the Democratic hat

How do you sum up the movement, but on a hat?

peripheralpolitics.substack.com

But her emails

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

spiegel.de

Our paper on "Populist Truth-Making" is out! This has been 4 years in the making and reflects our project's ongoing discussions about the concept. #openaccess (thanks HU!) here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An exciting hybrid event co-organized by our project on March 5 at The Institute of Ethnology in Prague with @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...

Not that I can read this, but maybe you can! It’s building on our article about pseudohistory in nation building, looking at Slovak narratives of the medieval king Svätopluk. Will also be posting the English version soon!

Zea Szebeni@zeaszebeni.bsky.social · last yr.

Új cikkünk @lanihart.bsky.social kollégámmal: hogyan építik a nemzetek identitásukat áltörténelmi hősökre? A szlovák Szvatopluk-szobor története azt mutatja: az érzelmi kötődés gyakran fontosabb a történelmi hitelességnél. tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...

Brawls with the bishops, very Henry VIII energy here, I like it

I submitted my thesis for pre-examination in November, but I honestly think I'm prouder of getting #BananaPopulism published. @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social, Mike Cole, and I had this idea for a funny blog about populist weirdness way back in 2019, and now it's real populism theory!

Zea Szebeni@zeaszebeni.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to share our new article "Banana Populism" published in Social Meedia + Society with @lanihart.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social and Mike Cole! We explore how populist leaders use mundane objects & whimsical imagery in political communication (1/7) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A very happy #feastoftheass to those who celebrate! Thanks to @dansavage.bsky.social for putting this very important celebration back on our collective calendar 🙏 This red currant and lemon Bundt with lemon glaze is my contribution to the festivities 🫏

Check out our newest article with @lanihart.bsky.social and Jonáš Syrovátka below. Pseudohistory, slow joy and a medieval king.. need I say more?!

Lani Hartikainen@lanihart.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!

🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!

SAV - Časopisy

Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.

sav.sk

🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!

SAV - Časopisy

Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.

sav.sk

Friss publikációnk a Qubiten! A modern törzsiségről írunk w/@lanihart.bsky.social: hogyan formálódnak értékek mentén olyan csoportok, amelyek átlépik a nemzeti határokat? Elemezzük többek között Trump MAGA és Orbán MEGA mozgalmát is: qubit.hu/2024/12/25/a...

A törzsiség új kora: amikor az értékek felülírják a határokat

A demokrácia lényege, hogy képesek legyünk kompromisszumot kötni egymással még akkor is, ha alapvető kérdésekben nem értünk egyet. A politikai életre egyre inkább jellemző törzsi gondolkodás viszont m...

qubit.hu

TL;DR - Populism is old, tribalism is bold (a thread) Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)