Monday 15:30. Panel “Visuals in populist and reactionary politics” (St Catherine’s – Aramugam 1.1) with @populismpsa.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social Voutyras Veneti Poulakidakos @lauramontecchio.bsky.social Griffini @theoaiolfi.bsky.social @ngellwitzki.bsky.social Scanlon

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...an original and valuable addition to the study of populism...’ Guy Gerba @ucc.ie reviews "The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right" by @theoaiolfi.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social, 2025 👉 buff.ly/4F9RF8s

Monday 30 March, 3:30pm (Venue 16) Italian Politics & Populism - Visuals in Populist and Reactionary Politics with Savvas Voutyras @anveneti.bsky.social Stamatis Poulakidakos @theoaiolfi.bsky.social @ngellwitzki.bsky.social Ethan Scanlon @dbonansinga.bsky.social

Very proud to share this piece with @bolandeira.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social, where we discuss the complicated relationship between the radical left and the nation, based on our article in JCES (doi.org/10.1080/1478...).

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Left populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.

Left populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.

The Problem With Left Nationalism

Left populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.

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🎆 NEW OA ARTICLE ALERT 🎆 'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?

It was a genuine pleasure to host Claire in Dijon! I feel very lucky to have the chance to meet so many talented colleagues whose research sheds a new light on research topics I thought I knew well. Please check out her first open access if you are curious! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Of the people and the elite? The strategic framing of Jews, antisemitism, and Israel by the AfD and the FPÖ - Claire Burchett, 2025

Research has examined the co-existence of pro-Jewish discourse and antisemitic incidents within the populist radical right parties (PRR), Alternative for German...

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Claire Burchett@cburchett.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It was great to share some of my PhD research on the National Rally and victimhood identity at the conference « Identités, fluidité et altérité : Perspectives pluridisciplinaires » at Université Bourgogne Europe last week. Thank you for the invitation @theoaiolfi.bsky.social !

What an honour! Thank you for the kind words Andreína Victoria Hernández Ross. "Aiolfi’s interdisciplinary method, blending political theory, critical analysis and performance studies, offers a sophisticated framework, equipping scholars with tools to analyse populism’s performative dimensions."

Political Studies Review@psrjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Commissioned Book Review: Théo Aiolfi, The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right By Andreina Victoria Hernández-Ross Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... The book here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pop... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Last reminder 📢 Only three days left to submit your abstracts for our online symposium on the visual side of populism! tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31

Last chance to apply for our online symposium on Visual Populism. Deadline 31 July! #cfp #populism #visual #mediastudies

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31

New Publication of Thomás Zicman de Barros @bolandeira.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social with @theoaiolfi.bsky.social cc @scpo-research.bsky.social

Thomás Zicman de Barros@bolandeira.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share this (apparently controversial) piece with @theoaiolfi.bsky.social digging into how the French left imagines “the people.” From LFI’s shifting tactics to Ruffin–Mélenchon frictions, creolisation, and the stakes of radical democracy — we go there!

Kind reminder about the deadline at the end of July to submit abstracts for the online symposium "Visualising populist identities" on December 2nd and 3rd! Call for Paper here: tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli... Abstract submission there: tinyurl.com/VisualisingP...

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31

📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My physical copy of The Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy just arrived at home. What an impressive collective work! I am very honoured to have contributed the theoretical chapter on the stylistic approach to populism.

After it took more than two years to get our first collaborative article published, it feels surreal that our second one got accepted in the same year! This couldn't have happened without the talented prose and professionalism of @bolandeira.bsky.social. I cannot wait for this one to be out!

Thomás Zicman de Barros@bolandeira.bsky.social · last yr.

Nothing better than wrapping up the day with good news: another article co-authored with the brilliant @theoaiolfi.bsky.social has just been accepted for publication! That’s our second in 2025 — and this one is bound to stir some debate. More soon!

Nothing better than wrapping up the day with good news: another article co-authored with the brilliant @theoaiolfi.bsky.social has just been accepted for publication! That’s our second in 2025 — and this one is bound to stir some debate. More soon!

📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣 The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below! reacpol.net/summer-schoo...

Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network

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Calling all my colleagues working on the visuality of populism, this is going to be an exciting event which I am proud to co-organise with @waxwards.bsky.social. The event will be free and online, and we cannot wait to read your abstracts by the 31st of July: tinyurl.com/VisualisingP...

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31

Announcing the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @waxwards.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo.bsky.social and @benmoffitt.bsky.social Read the CfP here (tinyurl.com/VisualPopuli...) & submit your abstracts by July 31

I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Here’s an art historical view. 🧵 1/

Au RN, le travail sur les idées tourne toujours au ralenti Deux ans après son lancement en grande pompe, l’école théorique du Rassemblement national demeure une coquille vide. @youmnikezzouf.bsky.social @mediapart.fr www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

Au RN, le travail sur les idées tourne toujours au ralenti

Deux ans après son lancement en grande pompe, l’école théorique du Rassemblement national demeure une coquille vide. Depuis vingt-cinq ans, le parti d’extrême droite a délaissé, par paresse ou désint…

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Our final #PSA25 panel—held in partnership with Italian Politics SG—wraps up with a sharp discussion on populism and economic elites. Chaired by Vladimir Borden, with papers by Adam Dinsmore, @lauramontecchio.bsky.social, @alexyates2000.bsky.social, Reid Kleinberg & Lorenzo Ghiduci.

The seventh #PSA25 panel on populism explored its histories and theories in the Global South, with rich contributions from Felipe Linden, Joanildo Burity, @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social, and Robert Upton.

Day three of #PSA25 opens with a timely and thought-provoking panel: What we talk about when we talk about populism, with insights from @k8ebrown.bsky.social, Eduardo Barbabela, and Riku Kusumoto. Chaired by @theoaiolfi.bsky.social .

We’ve won a prize! So happy to see years of hard work and dedication recognised. Huge congratulations to all past and present convenors—this one’s for all of us!

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!

It truly was an honour to receive this award on behalf of our beloved specialist group, which has always been a unique place in academia for me. We are proud that our efforts at fostering this community for critical scholars on populism are recognised & we owe it all to the fidelity of our members!

Populism Specialist Group@populismpsa.bsky.social · last yr.

What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!

We are very pleased to welcome the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group as a new sister group in the PSA. We look forward to collaborating on these vital and complementary areas of political research in the years ahead.

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · last yr.

We're delighted to launch the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social at #PSA25. Keep your eyes on our feed for updates on all of our upcoming activities.

We're delighted to launch the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social at #PSA25. Keep your eyes on our feed for updates on all of our upcoming activities.

We closed the second day at #PSA25 with a fantastic panel co-organized with @journalpolitics.bsky.social on populism and gender minorities - featuring compelling talks by Sergiu Gherghina, @archibaldgustin.bsky.social, Victoria Scheyer, Marianna Griffini, & @tadeovazquez.bsky.social!

The second day of #PSA25 kicked off with another powerful panel on dislocation and its epistemics! Insightful exchanges with Olivier Ouzilou, @dbonansinga.bsky.social & @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, @rokuppers.bsky.social, @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and Andy Knott—deep theory, sharp debates!