ECHO is a research group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel @VUBrussel @scomvub. We study meaning across media, culture and politics. Tweets in EN & NL
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Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
Here is a thread summarising the entire special issue on Discourse Theory and I cannot recommend enough to check it out!
The intro in particular is beautifully written and stimulating, charting ways forward that encourage us to move beyond ontology, language and populism.
✨🚨 | NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 24(1)
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
Lessons from the populist moment
by Benjamin De Cleen, Jason Glynos, Jana Goyvaerts & Yannis Stavrakakis
👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24200.de…
@BenjaminDeCleen
ALT Article title and abstract
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
💻 | NEW BLOG POST
Gijs Lambrechts and Benjamin De Cleen tell us about their recent JLP article on Vlaams Belang's discourse about farmers:
languageandpolitics.com/post…
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I'm very happy with the arrival of Jana and Laura! Fantastic news for @populismPSA! @PolStudiesAssoc
📢 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: psapopulism.org/about/conven…
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
✨🚨 | NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 24(1)
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
Lessons from the populist moment
by Benjamin De Cleen, Jason Glynos, Jana Goyvaerts & Yannis Stavrakakis
👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24200.de…
@BenjaminDeCleen
ALT Article title and abstract
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
⚠️Plus qu’un mois avant la fin de l’appel à communications pour le 6è Congrès DiscourseNet (DNC6), qui se tiendra du 7 au 10 juillet à l'@ULBruxelles, organisé par @ReSIC_ULB, en collaboration avec @engage_uslb. Deadline de soumission : 25 février 2025. tinyurl.com/34t4cjek
#Discourse and the #imaginaries of past, present and future societies - 6th @DiscourseNet Congress to be held in Brussels on July 7-10. CfP at discourseanalysis.net/DNC6. Engage is thrilled to be part of the organizing committee - thanks @ReSIC_ULB for the collab.! @uclouvainslbxl
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
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
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
🚨 New Publication Alert!
Excited to share my latest article, now published in @jlanpol
In this paper, I delve into the ideological flexibility of populism, examining how George Sorel’s theory of myth influences the work of Laclau and Mouffe and shapes discourse theory.
🚨 | NEW ARTICLE
𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲
Assessing the ideological flexibility of populism
through Sorel’s Theory of Myth
@jorgeramgon explores the intrinsic contingency of populism
👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23193.ra…
ALT Article title and abstract available at link in Tweet
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
Reminder - Deadline Approaching - 18/10/2025.
The @populismPSA accepts abstracts for the annual @PolStudiesAssoc annual conference, in Birmingham.
👉 themes are open
We also have two joint panels on populism and:
👉 elitism
👉 gender
Info below
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
Preparations for #PSA25 begin!
🗓 When? 14-16 April 2025
📍 Where? Birmingham 🏴🇬🇧
📮 Submissions deadline: 18 October 2024
Send us your abstracts on critical populism studies!
Read our CfP: psapopulism.org/events/psa25
Applications via ExOrdo @PolStudiesAssoc
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
#Discourse and the #imaginaries of past, present and future societies - 6th @DiscourseNet Congress to be held in Brussels on July 7-10. CfP at discourseanalysis.net/DNC6. Engage is thrilled to be part of the organizing committee - thanks @ReSIC_ULB for the collab.! @uclouvainslbxl
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
ECREA DMM new management team in all its glory ✨
Chair: @SN_Marino
V-Chair: @MaresiaSilvia
V-Chair: @Cigdem_Bozdag
Comm Officer: @ClaMinchilli
Comm Officer: @_robsharp (not pictured but with us at #ECREA2024 in spirit!)
YECREA rep: @MiriCascone
Greetings from Ljubljana!
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
Thank you @yazanbadran @MaresiaSilvia @border_diaries and @kevinsmets for hosting me today at the @VUBrussel to give a @echo_vub research seminar
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Sharing insights on war reporting experiences ⚪️
On 26 September, the INDEX Fellow Dr Johana Kotišová (@JohanaKotis) gave an open lecture at Mystetska Biblioteka, discussing emotional labour and epistemic injustice in conflict reporting.
Pictures: Rostyslav Kuzyk
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It is happening now📣 participants on our panel on Exile Journalism are discussing the role of socio-professional conditions of journalists and fixers in exile
#ECREA2024Ljubljana
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
Reporters on large cross-border investigations face unique threats to their mental health. @belledejong did research w/@JohanaKotis to understand personal coping strategies and how newsrooms can offer better support.
New Q&A with @mleake83 ⤵️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
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Our article on the populism of the privileged has now been assigned an issue.
IN NEW ISSUE: Populism of the Privileged: @BenjaminDeCleen & Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado explore the use of underdog identities by comparatively privileged groups. Read in @PolStudies: ow.ly/QEnQ50NwSKl
@PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #discourse #polsci @uniyorkpolitics
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🤓Still reeling from exhaustion (the good kind!) attending @ECREA_eu Doctoral Summer School at @roskildeuni in 🇩🇰. Definitely one of the most enriching & intellectually stimulating experiences. Great connections, impeccable organization, beautiful campus, & just so much fun! ⭐️
Echo: Media, Culture and Politics retweeted
🫰It has been so wonderful/rewarding to present my work on postcolonial language politics, transgender activism & YouTube podcasts at #ECPG2024 @ECPR_Gender Despite it being my first time here, it feels like home with such lovely people and great vibes. 10/10 recommend! 🙌 🩷
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On the way back from Lancaster after an intense few days at #BRISMES2024 @OfficialBrismes, a wonderful opportunity to listen to and meet brilliant scholars from the region whom I've only had the chance to admire from afar up to now
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Omran Shroufi and I wrote a little piece on far-right intellectuals' reflections on populism for our friends at @populismPSA. Based on our article for @PolStudies. Open access here: shorturl.at/hVZGV
📢 RESEARCH POST ALERT
Our friends Omran Shroufi and @BenjaminDeCleen (@VUBrussel) have written a great research note for our blog! They discuss how German far-right intellectuals think about populism as a concept and political strategy. Not to be missed!
psapopulism.org/blog/researc…
