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Giorgos Venizelos
@giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social
Lecturer in Political Communication, Cyprus University of Technology.

Co-convener of @populismpsa.bsky.social

Author of Populism in Power https://tinyurl.com/PopInPow

www.giorgosvenizelos.com
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#populism #DonaldTrump
📢New article out

❓Do #populists in power give up their anti-elitism?

We explore how populists from different countries (#Greece, #Poland, #Ukraine), and across the political spectrum (left, right, valence), deal with this tension.

Open access 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
📢 PUBLICATION ALERT!

New article by @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social re-examines how 'the elite' is constructed in populist discourse, using the cases of Die Linke and AfD. A crucial contribution to populism studies!

Read here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What we talk about when we talk about ‘the elite’ in populism studies: re-examining an often-neglected term in the cases of Die Linke and AfD
Populism studies have almost exclusively focused on understanding the phenomenon of populism based on how ‘the people’ are constructed as a political subject. Indeed, most of the relevant literatur...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
📢 New article on our website:

The People's Pope: Bergoglio and Populism

🖋️ by Alessandro Volpi
🔗 Link below:
www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc...

#pope #Franciscus #vatican #peronism #populism #Bergoglio #PopeFrancis
April 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🥳Amazing news for our @populismPSA.

‼️We have been voted as the Specialist Group of the year.

🙏Thanks to all current and past convenors as well as members for making this possible.
What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
April 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🆕New podcast discussing #antipopulism

Some of my fav points:

📍Antipopulism projects fears, anxieties and democratic elitism

📍Is the Essex School normative? What about other approaches?

📍The people of right-wing populism is not exactly homogenous
Does opposing populism protect democratic institutions?
🆕 🎤 Ece Özbey discusses with @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social the complexities of the populism vs. anti-populism debate and explore what this struggle means for the future of democracy worldwide.
👉Listen it on our website: tinyurl.com/mr6mt9tn.
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
From the latest episode - @quinnslobodian.com on how all too often the far right has been mistakenly portrayed as the enemy of neoliberalism - and even capitalism in toto:
April 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Routledge offers a voucher of 200 GBP to review a book proposal.

Below is a part of my response:
April 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A new (+interesting) article on populist performances from a Cambridge scholar cites my article on Trump's performances (that literally focuses on his hands and body) to back the argument that populism studies remain focus on discourse and miss the performative dimension.

I mean......
a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone in front of a facebook sign
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone in front of a facebook sign
media.tenor.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
“'I sure miss George W. Bush:' Deconstruction, Post-Truth and Trump” inaugural professorial lecture @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk #trump #posttruth #deconstruction #derrida

📅 26 March, 18:00-19:30
📍 QMUL, Mile End
🎟️ Register at the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-sure-mis...
“I sure miss George W. Bush:” Deconstruction, Post-Truth and Trump
Professorial public lecture with Professor Lasse Thomassen
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
Anyone interested to review this?

Please email us!

Details about the review process here:
www.psapopulism.org/about/faq
March 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How does emancpatory politics and strategy look today?

Send us your abstract by Friday.

Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis will be keynotes (in person).
⏳ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⏳

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our annual workshop featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis! The deadline is this Friday—don’t miss out.

More details below! ⬇️
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Critical populism studies (as we call it these days) increasingly highlight the transgressive-performative function of populism.

@bolandeira.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social not only capture this but also help consolidate the argument theoretically.

Read their new article below!
February 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
Every time I decide to stop working on populism, the @populismpsa.bsky.social puts out a great call for papers that brings me straight back in
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
CAN’T WAIT! This will be the highlight of the year
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
💥We are very excited about the next workshop🇬🇷

🥳It's a special occasion, so we have special keynotes:

💣JUDITH BUTLER
&
💣YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS

👇Read the full call below.
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
I am delighted to invite you all to our upcoming workshop in Thessaloniki in October 📣

We are incredibly honoured to welcome two outstanding keynote speakers: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

We look forward to reading your abstracts!
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
💥We are very excited about the next workshop🇬🇷

🥳It's a special occasion, so we have special keynotes:

💣JUDITH BUTLER
&
💣YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS

👇Read the full call below.
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New additions to the convening team. Stay tuned for even more updates!
📢 OUR CONVENING TEAM IS GROWING! 🥳

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to welcome Jana Goyvaerts (VUB) and Laura Chazel (Sciences Po Grenoble) to our team. They join Giorgos, Juan, Théo and Thomás to strengthen critical populism studies.

Meet our convenors: www.psapopulism.org/about/conven...
January 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
💫 Anti-gender regimes, feminist politics and the challenge of societal democratization is out! In Mobilization: An International Quarterly 29(4): 469-486 doi.org/10.17813/108... A preprint is available on Researchgate
ANTI-GENDER REGIMES, FEMINIST POLITICS, AND THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL DEMOCRATIZATION*
Democracy is an ongoing process that involves society as a whole, not merely politics. Anti-gender politics challenges democratization in all areas of society. Therefore, a gendered theory of society ...
doi.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
Is Europe alright?
January 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
There have been many (and good) analyses of Podemos in terms of politics, ideology and class. My chapter in "Populism & Time", edited by Andy Knott at Edinburgh University Press, focuses on an almost completely neglected dimension in politics: temporality amazon.es/Populism-Time-…
January 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What do you think about Frontiers in #PoliticalScience (journal)?

I am totally against paying for publishing own work, but would like to hear what people think about this journal.
December 30, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Interested in the latest developments in populism studies?

Take a look 👇
New and important publication for populism and discourse theory. It's the introductory article to the special issue entitled ''Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice'', authored/edited by De Cleen, Glynos, Goyvaerts and Stavrakakis.

shorturl.at/n3eCp
December 19, 2024 at 7:58 PM
My book is out in paperback (meaning the price is significantly lower).

Claim 30% off the current price using ''ADC24'' code.

www.routledge.com/Populism-in-...

#populism #DonaldTrump
December 11, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Reposted by Giorgos Venizelos
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December 9, 2024 at 6:57 PM