Populist Racism in Britain and Europe since 1945

Conference venue: Northampton (England)
Period: Sep. 29 - 30, 2011
Deadline for submitting abstracts: Jun. 30, 2011

With the rapid rise of populist racism penetrating the political, social, and cultural spheres, as well as the mass media, a burst of studies on this cannot have come at a more apposite time. However, the scholarly works in general – to practitioners' and officials' disappointment – often fall behind the developmental trajectories of populist racism, sometimes due to the lag-time between writing and actual print publication of innovative research.

The agenda behind the International Conference "Populist Racism in Britain and Europe since 1945" is exactly to reduce the lag time between undertaking research and disseminating important findings, so these have a timely impact on practice. At the same time scholars of populist racism will have an opportunity to engage in a much needed, dynamic dialogue with practitioners, which will allow academics align their research priorities. The conference will therefore provide a combination of theoretical and empirical studies on populist racism by established and young scholars, as well as papers and reports from practitioners and civil servants.

On Day 1, the following themes will be addressed:

The second day will be devoted to country and region oriented pannels:
Panel 1 – Western Europe
Panel 2 – Northern Europe
Panel 3 – Central and Eastern Europe
Panel 4 – Southern Europe

To participate, please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words by 30 June 2011 to conference organisers:

Dr Mathew Feldman, matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk
Dr Paul Jackson, paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk
Dr Anton Shekhovtsov, anton.shekhovtsov@northampton.ac.uk

Radicalism and New Media
University of Northampton - Park Campus
Boughton Green Road
Northampton NN2 7AL, United Kingdom
tel.: 0045 16.04.73.55.00
e-mail: matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk