Brexit, Populism and Mainstream Politics - Oxford Talks

Brexit, Populism and Mainstream Politics

In this context of widespread uncertainty, this timely seminar will examine the threat posed by rising populism to mainstream parties in Europe
and the various responses that they might have to offer in the run-up to Brexit and in its aftermath.

Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Prof Agnès Alexandre-Collier (MFO/CNRS)
Timing: Wednesdays at 2pm or 5pm

Wednesday 7 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - ‘Brexit’s challenge to Eurosceptic populism’
Simon Usherwood (University of Surrey)

Wednesday 21 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - ‘The Bruges Speech thirty years on: assessing its Brexit legacy’
Oliver Daddow (University of Nottingham), Christopher Gifford (University of Huddersfield)

Wednesday 28 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - ‘Playing with fire can get you burnt: conventional politics, populism - and Brexit’
Tim Bale (Queen Mary University of London)

Wednesday 8 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

17:00 - Roundtable on Primaries and Populism in the US and in France
Gillian Peele (University of Oxford), Desmond King (University of Oxford), Florence Faucher (Sciences Po), Rémi Lefebvre (Lille)

Wednesday 15 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

14:00 - Trade Unions and Brexit: The Implications of Leaving the EU for Organised Labour
Barry Colfer (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

17:00 - French TV Documentary Projection: 'Brexit: les coulisses du divorce'
Eric Albert (Le Monde), Thomas Johnson

Wednesday 5 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

14:00 - Brexit, British Politics and International Media
Anthony Ridge-Newman (Liverpool Hope University)

Wednesday 19 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

14:00 - Brexit and Beyond for the EU’s Political Order: National Parliaments and the Europeanisation Paradox
Anja Thomas (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 23 October 2019 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - Brexit and the declining appeal of valence politics
Cyril Benoît (OXPO Sciences Po Paris/Nuffield College, Oxford), Tim Vlandas (ESC/St Antony's College, Oxford)

Thursday 7 November 2019 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

17:00 - The "Gilets Jaunes" movement - Issues of leadership and purpose in fluid organizing
Yoann Bazin (EM Normandie, Oxford Campus), Barry Colfer (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Wednesday 20 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - English Nationalism, Brexit and the Anglosphere: wider still and wider
Ben Wellings (Monash), Jim Gallagher (Nuffield College, Oxford)

Wednesday 4 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

14:00 - Insecurity, policies and far right party support in Europe
Tim Vlandas (ESC/St Antony's College, Oxford), Lindsay Richards (Nuffield College, Oxford)

Tuesday 21 January 2020 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

14:00 - EU Democracy Promotion and the Authoritarian Challenge
Natasha Wunsch (Sciences Po), Heidi Maurer (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

14:00 - France Insoumise and Left-Wing Populism in France
Philippe Marlière (UCL), Sudhir Hasareesingh (University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

17:00 - Brexit, Populism, and Empires of the Mind
Followed by wine & cheese
Robert Gildea (University of Oxford), Michael Drolet (University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2020 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

17:00 - BBC Documentary Film Screening: ‘Storyville, Brexit: Behind Closed Doors’
Followed by wine & cheese
Various Speakers

Wednesday 4 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

14:00 - Brexit, Identity and Party Polarization
Geoff Evans (University of Oxford), Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford)

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Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark, Holly Omand, Hannah Vinten

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