Going Extreme. History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracies in Europe
Where
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
When
25-27 September 2024
25th of September
18:00 – Democracy, Extremism and Youth
Welcome from the director of the CCCB, Judit Carrera
Sira Rego
(Minister of Youth and Children, Government of Spain)
Joan Subirats
(Former Minister of Universities, Government of Spain)
Milagros Pérez Oliva
(Journalist, El País)
Image attributions:
© Ministry of the Presidency, Government of Spain
© Milagros Pérez Oliva
19:30 – Welcome Appetizer
26th of September
09:30 – Inauguration of the Conference
Margarita Freixas i Alás
(Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Pau Casanellas
(Director, Centre d’Estudis sobre Dictadures i Democràcies – UAB)
Julien Longhi
(Université Cergy-Paris)
Steven Forti
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
10:00 – “Nationalism and populism in Europe. Then and now”
Alejandro Quiroga
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
11:15 – Coffee Break
11:45 – Round Table “Extremist Narratives and Nation”
Moderator:
Steven Forti
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Parficipants:
Nathalie Le Bouëdec
(Université de Bourgogne)
Miguel Á. Del Rio Morillas
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Tjaša Konovšek
(Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana)
Martin Lefranc
(Université d’Orléans)
13:30 – Lunch Break
15:00 – “The normalisation of femonationalism in Europe”
Sara R. Farris
(Goldsmith University)
16:15 – Coffee Break
16:30 – Round Table “Extremist Narratives and Gender”
Moderator:
Ana Yara Postigo Fuentes
(Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
Participants:
Paolo Gusmeroli
(Università di Padova)
Claudia Jareño
(Université Cergy-Paris)
Isidora Grubački
(Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana)
Gwenaëlle Bauvois
(University of Helsinki)
27th of September
10:00 – “Only science can save us? Between denialism and critical scientific humanism in the Anthropocene”
Camil Ungureanu
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
11:15 – Coffee Break
11:45 – Round Table “Extremist Narratives and Science”
Moderator:
Kristina Pahor de Maiti
(Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana)
Participants:
Katalin Miklóssy
(University of Helsinki)
Sergi Soler López
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Matteo Albanese
(Università di Padova)
13:30 – Lunch Break
15:00 – Round Table “Medium & Circulation”
Moderator:
Gwenaëlle Bauvois
(University of Helsinki)
Participants:
Ana Yara Postigo Fuentes
(Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
Sergi Soler López
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Miguel Á. Del Río Morillas
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Jure Gašparič
(Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana)
17:00 – Closing of the Conference
