• CALL FOR PAPERS – Populism and Aesthetics – 7th Annual PSA Populism Specialist Group Workshop, 21-22 September 2023, University of Leeds

    Call for papers Populism and Aesthetics7th Annual PSA Populism Specialist Group Workshop 21 – 22 September 2023University of Leeds(In-person event) Keynote speakersCami Rowe (Lancaster University)Jonathan Dean (University of Leeds) In recent years, critical approaches in populism studies have seen a number of innovative contribu-tions that study populism as discourse, strategy, ideology, as well as political…

  • #PSA23 Activities Guide

    Warming up for the 73rd PSA Annual International Conference in Liverpool? Having trouble deciding which panels to follow? Don’t get lost! We have prepared an Activities Guide with all our panels during the event. Download it here! This year, we have a series of joint panels organized with PSA Rhetoric, Discurse and Politics Specialist Group,…

  • CALL FOR PAPERS – 73rd PSA Annual Conference, Liverpool, 3-5 April 2023

    CALL FOR PAPERS 73rd Political Studies Association Annual ConferenceLiverpool – 3rd-5th April 2023 Populism Specialist Group The Populism Specialist Group is requesting paper and panel proposals for the 73rd annual conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA) in Liverpool from 3rd-5th April 2023. The theme of this year’s annual conference, Political Futures, reflects, in part,…

  • Our fifth newsletter is out!

    Last year marked the 10-year anniversary of the emergence of the proto-populist movements of the squares. As the populist moment of the early 2010s fades away, and with the pandemic signalling the end of one era and the beginning of another, we are called to reflect upon the trajectory of populism during the past decade:…

  • CALL FOR PAPERS – ‘Populist Politics in the Post-Pandemic Landscape’, 6th Populism Specialist Group (PSA) Workshop, 22-23 September 2022

    Call for Papers Populist politics in the post-pandemic landscape6th Annual Populism Specialist Group Workshop22 – 23 September 2022 University of Brighton(In-person event) At the dawn of the COVID-19 outbreak, pundits rushed to announce the death of populism. However, reality suggests that populism remains a salient feature of con-temporary politics. It wasn’t just that incumbent populists…

  • Our fourth newsletter is out!

    Welcome to the 4th issue of Populism, the electronicnewsletter of Populism Specialist Group of the PoliticalStudies Association. We have recently held our 5th annualworkshop titled ‘Populism: New Perspectives’ and in page 2you will get a taste of how it went. Our second issue released back in July 2020 was dedicatedto left-wing populism. This issue shifts…

  • ‘Populism: New perspectives’, 5th Populism Specialist Group (PSA) Workshop, 9-11 June 2021, Zoom Conference

    DAY 0 | Wednesday, June 9 17:00-18:15 | KEYNOTE: Dr Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath) – ‘The populist hype, ‘the people’ and the far right’ 18:15 | DRINKS & NETWORKING – Online breakout room DAY 1 | Thursday, June 10 09:00-09:30| Welcome by hosts/organisers 09:30-11:00 | Panel A1: Populism and Discourse Theory Carola Schoor (Maastricht…

  • Populism, Protest, and New Forms of Political Organization: Ten Years after the Movements of the Squares

    Joint conference of the DVPW Populism Group & the PSA Populism Specialist Group8-10 September 2021, Freie Universität Berlin DAY 1 | WEDNESDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2021 09:30-10:00 | Registration 10:00-10:15 | Welcome remarks and introduction 10:15-12:00 | Panel 1: Theoretical Considerations on Populism and the Squares (I) Arthur Borriello (Université libre de Bruxelles) ‘Navigating through the…

  • Preview of our panels for the upcoming Political Studies Association online conference. We are looking forward to it!

    PSA Annual Conference, 29 – 31 March 2021 You can view the full conference programme here. 1. Panel 523 Populism and mobilisation – from the margins to the centre of power 2. Panel 623 Populism, culture and identity across countries 3. Panel 723 Populism in Theory: Conceptual developments and challenges 4. Panel 823 Populism/anti-populism left…

  • Our third newsletter is out!

    The third issue of ‘Populism’ is released amid extraordinary circumstances. The ongoing pandemic creates uneasy conditions that directly affect our everyday lives at both personal and professional levels. The work-life balance is becoming increasingly obscure while uncertainty casts a shadow over the  future, especially for junior researchers. We hope to offer you something interesting and…