The resistible rise of the far right? Central European perspectives

This workshop will be coordinated by Nadège Ragaru (Sciences Po, CERI-CNRS) for the GDR "Connaissance de l'Europe médiane", with CEFRES (Prague) and Sciences Po (CERI).
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The CREE, the GDR "Connaissance de l'Europe médiane" with CEFRES (Prague) and Sciences Po (CERI) are pleased to invite you to the roundtable entitled: "The resistible rise of the far right? Perspectives from Central Europe".

Scientific event summary

This workshop explores the transnational dynamics and networks of the radical right in Europe, seen through the perspectives of researchers from Central Europe. Two panels will address perceptions of the far right in Western Europe and ideological alliances between East and West.

Scientific event program

Welcome address by Nadège Ragaru (Sciences Po, CERI-CNRS)

-1:30pm-3pm: Panel 1 - The far right in France, Germany, Austria and Britain as seen from Central Europe

Chair and discussant: Catherine Perron (Sciences Po, CERI-CNRS, Paris)

  • Anton Shekhovtsov, Central European University (Austria): "The Russian political war and the European far right."
  • Dr. Zora Hesova, Charles University, Prague:"Why things are going wrong in the West, as seen from the Czech Republic?"

3pm-4:30pm: Panel 2 - Transnational networks of the radical right in Europe: beyond East and West

Chair and discussant: Laure Neumayer (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens)

  • Valentin Behr, CNRS, CESSP - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: "Central European "illiberals" and their Western friends: Hungary, Poland and the ideological reconfiguration of the right."
  • Anemona Constantin, Institute for European Studies - Centre for Political Studies / Free University of Brussels - CEFRES, Prague (online): "Conservative intellectuals and transnational networks. The cases of the Center for European Renewal and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty."

-16:30-16:45: Conclusions by Nadège Ragaru (Sciences Po, CERI-CNRS)

Organization of the scientific event
Contacts

assen.slim@inalco.fr and nadege.ragaru@sciencespo.fr