ARENAS research presented at the 6th European conference of the International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics
The 6th European Conference of the International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics (IAFLL 2026) was hosted by the University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, at its Saint Charles campus in Southern France, from Monday 22 to Thursday 25 June 2026. The conference theme was: “Language, Power, Justice: Contemporary Issues in Legal and Forensic Linguistics.” ARENAS […]
ARENAS Research Presented at the World Congress of French Linguistics
New research from two of our team members, Julien Longhi (CY Cergy Paris Université) and Ana Yara Postigo-Fuentes (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), has been selected for presentation and publication at the 10th Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Française (CMLF 2026), one of the most prestigious gatherings in the field of French linguistics. Held every two years, the Congress […]
ARENAS Research informing discussion at the heart of European Democratic Institutions
On 23 June 2026, Professor Béatrice Fracchiolla, leader of ARENAS Work Package 5, took part in a meeting of the Parliamentary Alliance against Hate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, presenting her research on hate speech and verbal violence in public debate to members of the Alliance. This invitation […]
Momentum’s membership of CEC strengthens the ARENAS project’s impact
Momentum’s recent admission as a member of CEC (Comité Européen de Coordination – Acting for Social Inclusion) opens a significant new channel for the ARENAS project to reach the communities its research is designed to serve. ARENAS is investigating extremist narratives across 15 European countries, with a focus on three core themes: Science, Nation, and […]
New from the ARENAS Glossary: Understanding “Wokism” as a Political Narrative
By Simo K. Määttä, University of Helsinki The ARENAS project has published a new contribution in its ongoing glossary of right-wing extremism, this time examining one of the most contested and rapidly evolving terms in contemporary political discourse: “wokism.” The article is written by Simo K. Määttä, a researcher at the University of Helsinki, one […]
Work on Femonationalism presented at the HEPP conference in Helsinki
ARENAS consortium member, Gwenaelle Bauvois, presented some of her latest work on Femonationalism at the recent HEPP – Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation conference hosted by the University of Helsinki. Her paper, ” Instrumentalising Feminism: Gendered Logics and Femonationalism in Collectif Némésis examines how the French identitarian group Collectif Némésis strategically appropriates and […]