Human and Social Studies Foundation – Sofia (HSSF), with the partnership of Culture Centre SU
with the financial support of America for Bulgaria invites you to an international seminar: POPULISM AND PROPAGANDA: NEW INTERSECTIONS
PROGRAMME
09:30 – 09:45 – Opening – Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF)
09:45 – 10:15 – Milena Iakimova (HSSF): presentation of the results of the study Anti-Liberal Discourses and Propaganda Messages in Bulgarian Media;
10:15 – 10:30 – Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break
FIRST PANEL
POPULISM: ITS EMANCIPATIVE POTENTIAL AND DARK SIDES
Moderator: Milena Iakimova (HSSF)
11:00 – 11:40 – Chantal Mouffe (University of Westminster, London / Editorial Board of Critique & Humanism), lecture: Populism and the radicalization of democracy
11:40 – 11:50 – Yannis Stavrakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): video statement;
11:50 – 12:00 – Boyan Manchev (HSSF): statement;
12:00 – 12:10 – Boyan Znepolski (HSSF): statement;
12:10 – 13:00 – Discussion
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
SECOND PANEL
LIBERALISM, SOVEREIGNTY, DEMOCRACY: LEFT AND RIGHT POPULISMS AND THE FATE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
Moderator: Boyan Znepolski (HSSF)
14:30 – 15:10 – Ivan Krastev (CLS/IWM, Vienna), lecture: Perils of Normality
15:10 – 15:20 – Alexander Kiossev (Sofia University): statement;
15:20 – 15:30 – Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF): statement;
15:30 – 15:40 – Momcilo Radulovic (European Movement in Montenegro): statement
15:40 – 16:30 – Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 – Coffee break
THIRD PANEL
HYBRID WAR AND POPULIST PROPAGANDA. THE RUSSIAN FACTOR
Moderator: Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF)
17:00 – 17:40 – Mark Galeotti (Institute of International Relations, Prague), lecture: Moscow as Source, Scapegoat and Subject of the new Populism
17:40 – 17:50 – Tom Junes (HSSF): video statement;
17:50 – 18:00 – Daniel Smilov (CLS); statement;
18:00 – 18:10 – Konstantin Pavlov (HSSF): statement
18:10 – 19:00 – Discussion