POPULISM AND PROPAGANDA: New Intersections
on 9th July, 2018, New Conference Hall, Sofia University
Three Lectures by Chantal Mouffe, Ivan Krastev and Mark Galeotti, with Panel Discussions will be presented on the international seminar, organised by HUMAN AND SOCIAL STUDIES FOUNDATION – Sofia (HSSF) / ФХСИ with the financial support of America for Bulgaria and with the partnership of Culture Centre SU
VIDEO RECORD FROM THE EVENT CAN BE FOUND IN Culture Center SU – YouTube Channel.
PROGRAMME
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Registration: 9:00 – 9:30
Working language: English
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09:30 – 09:45 – Opening by Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF);
09:45 – 10:15 – Milena Iakimova (HSSF): presentation of the results of the study “Anti-Liberal Discourses and Propaganda Messages in Bulgarian Media”;
10:15 – 10:30 – Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break
FIRST PANEL /11:00 – 13:00/
Populism: Its Emancipative Potential and Dark Sides
Moderator: Milena Iakimova (HSSF)
11:00 – 11:40 – Chantal Mouffe (University of Westminster, London /Editorial Board of Critique & Humanism), lecture: Populism and the radicalization of democracy
11:40 – 11:50 – Yannis Stavrakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): video statement;
11:50 – 12:00 – Boyan Manchev (HSSF): statement;
12:00 – 12:10 – Boyan Znepolski (HSSF): statement;
12:10 – 13:00 – Discussion
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
SECOND PANEL /14:30 – 16:30/
Liberalism, Sovereignty, Democracy: Left and Right Populism and the Fate of Liberal Democracy
Moderator: Boyan Znepolski (HSSF)
14:30 – 15:10 – Ivan Krastev (CLS/IWM, Vienna), lecture: Perils of Normality
15:10 – 15:20 – Alexander Kiossev (Sofia University): statement;
15:20 – 15:30 – Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF): statement;
15:30 – 15:40 – Momcilo Radulovic (European Movement in Montenegro): statement
15:40 – 16:30 – Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 – Coffee break
THIRD PANEL /17:00 – 19:00/
Hybrid War and Populist Propaganda. The Russian Factor
Moderator: Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF)
17:00 – 17:40 – Mark Galeotti (Institute of International Relations, Prague), lecture: Moscow as Source, Scapegoat and Subject of the new Populism
17:40 – 17:50 – Tom Junes (HSSF): video statement;
17:50 – 18:00 – Daniel Smilov (CLS); statement;
18:00 – 18:10 – Konstantin Pavlov (HSSF): statement
18:10 – 19:00 – Discussion
MORE ABOUT THE STUDY “Anti-Liberal Discourses and Propaganda Messages in Bulgarian Media” CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://hssfoundation.org/en/anti-liberal-discourses-and-propaganda-messages-in-bulgarian-media/
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