Future Events
International Law and the Challenge of Populism: 2023 Workshop Series
This workshop series will reflect on the relationship between right-wing populism and international law in light of both recent events and longer term trends and structures. It will provide an opportunity to present and discuss draft papers of between 3000-5000 words, with the aim of producing an edited collection or special issue of a leading international journal (or both, depending on the interest), with final contributions around 6000 words.
The Call for Papers can be accessed here:
Workshop 1: Cardozo Law School, New York, Wednesday 17 May 2023, 2pm-6pm (in person)
Workshop 2: Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Wednesday 24 May, 2023, 10am-5pm (in person)
Workshop 3: Faculty of Law, Monash University (City Chambers), Melbourne – Friday 9 June 2023, 9:30am-4pm (in person and virtual)
Including an exciting line up of speakers, see the programme and RSVP to elisabeth.lopezdesvars@monash.edu by Monday 5 June.
Workshop 4: School of Law, SOAS, University of London, London – Friday 21 July 2023, 10am-5pm (in person), with co-convenor Dr Vidya Kumar, SOAS.
To register your interest as a presenter or discussant, please email Elisabeth Lopez Desvars at elisabeth.lopezdesvars@monash.edu. For any queries about the content of potential contributions, please contact Richard Joyce at richard.joyce@monash.edu.
Past Events
Creating a Lexicon of Populism and International Law: A Workshop Series
28 September to 12 November 2020
Introduction
The rise of populism – especially contemporary right-wing nativist forms – is posing a significant challenge to existing conceptions of world order and is widely seen as constituting a threat to international law and institutions. So far, (the new) populism has largely been understood as a political phenomenon external to international law, which has effects on international law.
In this new Australian Research Council funded project, we are seeking new ways of understanding and addressing this phenomenon. We are interested in exploring the ways in which the new populism may be understood as an effect of international law, and of the practices of institutionalized global ordering over at least the last 70 years. We can then think differently about the lines of responsibility for populism and begin to develop conceptual tools and strategies for engagement.
We would like to invite you to take part in the first stage of the project: an exploratory series of online workshops aimed at developing a working lexicon of populism and related concepts.
The variety of political positions, movements and projects which carry (and have carried) the name of ‘populism’, from the emancipatory to the reactionary, requires us to think carefully about the concepts we use to understand the relationship between populism and international law. In these workshops, we will seek to develop a more nuanced understanding of these concepts, their contested and contestable nature, the relationships between them, and the different valences they carry in different disciplines. We aim to build a scholarly community around these concepts which will sustain the project and lead to further opportunities for collaboration.
Concepts under discussion
- Populism
- Nationalism
- Internationalism
- The State
- Borders
- Race
- Gender
- Class
- Sovereignty
- Freedom
- Democracy
- Authority/Authoritarianism
- Fascism
- Inequality
- Neoliberalism
- Anarchism/Archism
- Rights
- Media
Workshop 1: Monday 28 September 2020
- Associate Professor Jessica Whyte on ‘neoliberalism’
- Dr Ntina Tzouvala on ‘neoliberalism’
- Professor Mark Andrejevic and Dr Zala Volcic on ‘nationalism’
- Dr Tobias Smith on ‘populism’
Workshop 2: Monday 12 October 2020
- Dr Madelaine Chiam on ‘internationalism’
- Dr Adil Hasan Khan on ‘territory’
- Professor Andrew Benjamin on ‘borders’
Workshop 3: Thursday 29 October 2020
- Professor Günter Frankenberg on ‘populism’
- Associate Professor Vidya Kumar on ‘revolution’
- Dr Rob Knox on ‘race’
- Professor James Martel on ‘anarchism’
Workshop 4 Thursday 12 November 2020
- Associate Professor Matthew Nicholson on ‘media and mediation’
- Associate Professor Henry Jones on ‘the people’
- Dr Rose Parfitt on ‘fascism’
If you are a participant or prospective participants in the project who would like access to the recordings of these sessions, please contact Richard Joyce at richard.joyce@monash.edu