Other Upcoming Events

Below is a list of upcoming events related to the Beyond Truth and Lies project:

­Visit from Damir Skenderovic 31 October – 1 November

Dimir Skenderovic, Professor of Contemporary History Damir Skenderovic (University of Fribourg, CH), will visit Lund University for a lecture and seminar.

Lecture: "Counter Media of the New Right," 17:15–18:30 (31 October) in LUX C121

Since the 1970s, a cultural and intellectual New Right has emerged in various Western European countries, producing numerous print periodicals that its protagonists saw as counter media projects. In their view, these periodicals were intended to challenge the dominant public sphere and oppose the ideas and representations in what they called the established media. The lecture asks how the German and French New Right sought to produce counterknowledge and create counterpublics through these journals. The lecture also examines the various political and cultural narratives that emerged and assesses the extent to which they were driven by conspiratorial thinking.

Seminar: Conspiracy Theories and Right-Wing Populism, 10:15–12:00 (1 November) in LUX B417

In this seminar we will discuss texts that focus on the relationship between conspiracy theories and right-wing populism. The aim is to explore the extent to which debates on the concept of (right-wing) populism include conspiratorial thinking as a defining dimension. Furthermore, the texts present past and present examples that illustrate the importance of conspiracy theories in right-wing populist politics.

Texts will be circulated in advance of the seminar via email to those planning to attend. If you are interested to attend the seminar, please contact us at BeyondTruthAndLiesctr.luse.

Damir Skenderovic is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). His fields of research are the radical right after 1945, populism, migration history, and the sixties.

This event is co-organized by Beyond Truth and Lies and the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK). Economic support for the event was received from Krookska stiftelsen and the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge.

You can also find on our website a list of upcoming Populism and Religion seminars and a list of past events related to the project.