

Thursday May 18, 2.40-4.40 PM • Room 402
CHAIR
Catherine Corriveau
(Democratic Engagement Exchange, Canada)
catherine.corriveau@torontomu.ca
PAPERS
Stephen Deets
(Babson College, US)
Effectiveness of Liberalizing Mayor in Illiberal Populist Regimes
Lou Raisonnier
(U of Ottawa, Canada)
Zemmour’s Populism : Civilizationism and Claimed Radicality
Viola Denizon
(U Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
The Expansion of the Far Right in Europe Through the Case of Italy:
Fascist Heritage, Rejection of Immigration, Nationalist Values
Tamta Gelashvili
(U of Oslo, Norway)
The Far Right in Hybrid Regimes
Jens Meijen
Peter Vermeersch
(KU Leuven, Belgium)
Russian Roulette for Electoral Gain?
The Effects of the Russian Invasion on Populist Rhetoric in Western Europe
DISCUSSANT
Jeff Maskovsky
(CUNY Graduate School, US)