The ARENAS Glossary published in multiple languages

The ARENAS Glossary of Far-Right Extremism, coordinated by Steven Forti, continues to expand its reach across Europe. What began as a single serialised publication in Italy has grown into a genuinely multilingual project, with new editions now running in Denmark, Finland, France and Spain alongside the ongoing Italian release. In Italy, MicroMega continues to publish […]

ARENAS Researcher Béatrice Fracchiolla Speaks at day-long event in Montreuil

The words we choose, the framings we repeat, and the subtle rhetorical patterns we absorb without noticing all shape how ideas spread, including extremist ones. Our use of language is rarely neutral, and this is what Béatrice Fracchiolla explored in her research.  It also sits at the heart of what the ARENAS project is working […]

Hack the Feed: Bringing ARENAS research to the people who shape our feeds

ARENAS recently shared its findings on how extremist narratives spread with digital marketing students, young content creators and academics at a workshop as part of the EU-funded Memory Makers project. What happens when the thing you are marketing is an idea, a cause or a version of history? That question sat at the heart of […]

Going Extreme Opens in Valencian for the First Time, at Jaume I University of Castellón

The ARENAS exhibition Going Extreme: How Extremist Narratives Are Destroying Democracies opened on 9 September at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, marking the first time the exhibition has been presented in the Valencian language. In the photo: Vicent Sanz, The director of the Chair of Democratic Memory of the Jaume I UniversityMercedes Caballero, Responsible […]

Going Extreme Exhibition announces new destinations and dates

The ARENAS-funded exhibition Going Extreme: How Extremist Narratives Are Destroying Democracies has confirmed new dates and destinations for the coming months. Following successful visits to the University of Granada in March, the University of Córdoba in April, and the University of Seville in May, the Spanish-language version of the exhibition will continue its tour as […]

Catalan version of Going Extreme Exhibition launched

The ARENAS exhibition Going Extreme: How Extremist Narratives Are Destroying Democracies has been translated into Catalan. This latest version of the exhibition opened in the Escaló, in the Pyrenees, yesterday. The exhibition is featured as part of Dansáneu, the Festival of Cultures of the Pyrenees. Participation has been made possible thanks to the support of the Memorial […]