Empowering Young People Against Hate Speech – Reflecting on the Seminar Series
Amidst the prevalence of hate speech in today’s interconnected society, the need to equip young individuals with tools to combat it is more pressing than ever. For this reason, ARENAS partnered with the international network Schools Beyond Regions and Borders (SBRB) to present the seminar series titled “Empowering Young People Against Hate Speech.” Launched in […]
ARENAS Featured at 46th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS)
The most recent Annual Meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS) took place at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) between 28 February and 01 March 2024. ARENAS consortium members from HHU Düsseldorf and CY Cergy Paris Université participated in the conference. A total of 14 workshops and 4 plenary talks investigated language from a variety of perspectives. The theme […]
Call for submissions for the International T-RADEX conference
The University of Cyprus hosts the International TRADEX conference from October 31st to November 2nd 2024. The conference aims to bring together scholars working on any form of radical, extreme or extremist narratives from a translational, cross-cultural and intercultural perspective. They are inviting papers to be submitted for the conference, the deadline for submission is […]
Member of the ARENAS consortium attend DRAINE seminar in Pisa
The International Research Group DRAINE (Hate and Social Disruption: Discourse and Performativity) recently hosted a seminar in Pisa, Italy. This recent seminar, the sixth organised by DRAINE, took place in January and was attended by about 30 participants from universities and countries across Europe. Attendees included 8 members of the ARENAS project consortium. The focus […]
Webinar Cycle On Historical Roots Of Extremist Narratives
By Steven Forti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Within the framework of the ARENAS project, Work Package 3 (WP3), coordinated by Steven Forti from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), deals with the study of the historical roots of extremist narratives and their circulation in the political and media spheres. The research and activities of WP3 […]
University of Helsinki hosts the HEPP4 Conference
By Simo Määttä, University of Helsinki The Fourth Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism, and Polarised Politics (HEPP4) was held on 11-13 December 2023, at the University of Helsinki. The Conference assembled a wide range of international researchers at all career stages, to examine populism, polarisation, and emotions, particularly from a discursive and cultural approach. It included […]
