Internationale Konferenz
Left and Right Political Radicalisms: Issue Positions of Parties and Voters in the Face of Global Crises
Oliviero Agneli, Uwe Backes, Hans Vorländer, Jakub Wondreys
03.06.2025, 13:30 bis 04.06.2025, 11:30
Uhr
MIDEM Lecture Hall, TU Dresden, Würzburger Str. 46, 01187 Dresden,
Beschreibung der Veranstaltung
The workshop aims to primarily analyse and compare the evolving issue positions of radical left and right political actors in response to several global crises, including the refugee crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By focusing on both the supply and demand side of politics, the workshop will explore how these parties and their voters have navigated traditionally divisive issues and whether the ideological gap between the far right and the radical left has narrowed or widened. The workshop will bring together leading as well as early career scholars specializing in radical left and right political movements.
Registration: via hait@tu-dresden.de
Directors:
Uwe Backes, Hannah Arendt Institut für Totalitarismusforschung
Hans Vorländer, MIDEM, TU Dresden
Scientific organisers:
Oliviero Angeli, MIDEM, TU Dresden
Jakub Wondreys, Hannah Arendt Institut für Totalitarismusforschung
Program
Day 1 – June 3, 2025
13:30–14:00: Registration and Welcome
14:00–14:20: Opening Remarks
Hans Vorländer (Director, MIDEM)
Uwe Backes (Director, HAIT)
14:20–15:00: Keynote
Cas Mudde (University of Georgia, USA)
Keynote. From Extremism Theory to Populism Studies: Studying the Far Right and Far Left Together
15:00–15:15: Break
15:15–17:00: Panel I: Radical Right Reactions to Migration Crises
Philipp Lutz (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Radical right parties and migration policies
Mariana Mendes & Cyrill Otteni (MIDEM)
Radical right parties: Moderation or radicalization in response to immigration
Daniel Keith (University of York)
Responding to the Right? Radical Left Party Immigration Policy
17:00–17:15: Break
17:15–19:00: Panel II: Radical Left and Right: Voter Profiles and Cross-Cutting Issues
Felix Hormig (MIDEM) und Maik Herold (MIDEM)
Breaking Point: How Government Collapse Fuels Affective Polarization
Sarah Wagner (Queen’s University Belfast)
Radical Left Parties and Issue Salience
Petar Bankov (University of Glasgow)
Praxis and practice: lessons from and on teaching left radicalism at university level
Day 2 – June 4, 2025
09:30–11:15: Panel III: Radical Right and Left Responses to Climate, Cultural and Foreign Policy Issues
Jakub Wondreys (HAIT) & Luke March (University of Edinburgh)
Comparing Radical Left Party Positions on the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts: Between Russophilia and Anti-Semitism?
Manès Weisskircher (REXKLIMA, TU Dresden), Zadekia Krondorfer (REXKLIMA, HAIT), Elisabeth Oertel (REXKLIMA, TU Dresden) & Leonie Singer (REXKLIMA, TU Dresden)
The Far Right’s Impact on Climate Action? The Role of Conservative Parties and the Political Conflict over Wind Power in Forests
Gabriela Greilinger (University of Georgia, USA) Left and Right Political Radicalism in Austria: Party Positions, Local Context, and Opportunity Structures during Crises
11:15–11:30: Final Discussion and Conclusions

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