"Still the Age of Populism?" Conference - Day 1

Event Start Date: April 22, 2022 9:00 AM
Event End Date: April 22, 2022 6:00 PM

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Still the Age of Populism?
A Reset Conference
April 22-23, 2022
Norman Hall 0110 Conference Center

The electoral defeat of Donald Trump and his removal as President of the US, as well as the weakening of support for several other populist governments and movements, may well mark a change in the direction of political dynamics globally. However, nothing is yet irrevocably decided. To understand our current political dilemmas, the conference “Still the Age of Populism?” seeks answers to the following questions:

  • Has the populist surge passed its highwater mark?
  • What are the lasting legacies of populism?
  • How should democracies deal with such legacies?
  • Will the weakening of populism with the defeat of Donald Trump’s incumbency and his attempted coup d’etat have ramifications for the movement globally? and more
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DAY 1 Schedule

9:00 am  Welcome & introductions

9:45 - 11:30 am 
Panel 1: POPULIST PATHS TO POWER

  • Kenneth M Roberts Populist Resiliency in Contemporary Global Politics: Structural and Institutional sources 
  • Jan Kubik A political crisis or a tectonic cultural shift? The meaning of the current right-wing populist wave
  • Hannah Alarian Populism and Prejudice: The Normalization of Anti-Immigration Attitudes in Germany 
  • Amie Kreppel, moderator

11:45 am - 1:15 pm 
Panel 2: POPULISM AND REPRESENTATION

  • Jonathan White  Is Climate Change a Populist Issue? 
  • Frances Lee Populism and the Post-2020 Republican Party in congress  
  • Enrique Peruzzotti Populism and Accountability
  • Michael Bernhard, moderator

2:15 - 3:45 pm 
Panel 3: POPULISM IN POWER

  • Margarita Lopez-Maya Left-wing populists in power. The Venezuelan experience
  • Kurt Weyland  How Populism Dies:  Political Weaknesses of Personalistic Plebiscitarian Leadership 
  • Marco Garrido The Ground for the Illiberal Turn in the Philippines
  • Carlos de la Torre, moderator

4:00 - 6:00 pm 
Panel 4: POPULISM AND AUTHORITARIANISM

  • Maria Snegovaya When Alt-Right Media Meets Alt-Right Politics. Engagement with Alternative Sources on U. S. Twitter
  • Joe Lowndes Margin to Center: The Political Creativity of the Far Right
  • Esther Romeyn Das Boot ist Voll: The Boat is Full: Genealogy and Policy Consequences of an Ecological-Nativist Paradigm
  • Jonathan Laurence, moderator

Sponsors:

Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
UF Center for Latin American Studies
UF Center for European Studies
Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair in the Department of Political Science