(30th March 2021) DESIRE organizes several guest lectures as part of the course “Populist and Radical Political Discourses in Europe”, taught by Benjamin De Cleen in the Journalism and Media in Europe Master. The lectures are followed by ample time for debate.
The first lecture was given by Giorgos Katsambekis on 9 March, on "Populism and ‘the people’: beyond moralism and homogeneity".
Other guest lecturers in the series:
- Ruth Breeze: nationalism and populism on the radical right (16 March)
- Jacopo Custodi: nationalism and populism in Podemos (23 March)
- Léonie De Jonge: the media and the populist radical right (30 March)
- Jana Goyvaerts: media and populism: defending what kind of democracy? (20 April)
- Katy Brown & Aurelien Mondon: media, populism and the mainstreaming of the radical right (27 April)
- Louise Knops: populism, indignation and affect (4 May)