The AUTHLIB consortium cordially invites you to the online discussion titled
The Transnationalization of the Illiberal Right: Ideas, Frames, Events and Networks
on
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
at
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CET
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The transnationalization of illiberal parties and social movements is increasingly evident in Europe. Not only do they develop transnational networks; their ideas are also spreading across borders thanks to the internet and social media platforms. Anti-immigrant and anti-gender actors, as well as actors mobilizing in relation to various crises, in particular the Covid-19 pandemic, now convene at events internationally, which supports the diffusion of frames and strategies and contributes to international learning among these actors.
While the literature on the various types of illiberal actors and their transnationalization has been growing, research so far tended to specialize in specific sub-sectors of the illiberal right engaging, for example, only with anti-immigrant or anti-gender actors, and focused on political parties or social movements. Research conducted in the framework of the AUTHLIB (Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the Liberal Democratic Response) project seeks to connect these various threads of analysis to understand the differences and similarities characterizing their transnational diffusion in terms of framing strategy, organizational contacts and networks, and mobilization events.
This discussion will seek to explain the mechanisms, channels and processes of the transnationalization of illiberal actors and ideas by focusing on different case studies explored in the AUTHLIB project. Data on online networking of illiberals will be presented, emphasizing the actors and actor types from various countries in Europe that are most engaged in transnational interactions. The common frames used by these actors on their social media platforms will also be discussed. Additionally, relying on event chronologies and interview data, we will present initial findings from a more focused, qualitative analysis of key transnational players such as the Polish Ordo Iuris or the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, highlighting CPAC as the central hub of transnational cooperation.
Speakers:
Batuhan Eren, Research Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore
Ivan Tranfić, Research Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore
Discussant:
Zsolt Enyedi, Professor, Central European University
Chair:
Zsuzsanna Végh, Program Officer, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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More about the speakers:
Batuhan Eren is a research fellow at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, and a member of the Center on Social Movements Studies (COSMOS). He holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from SNS, and he is currently working on the AUTHLIB project (“Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the liberal democratic response”). He also holds a BA in International Relations at Bilkent University, with a minor degree in Psychology, and an MA in International Relations at Koç University. His research mainly focuses on collective action and social movements, with a particular interest in the cross-national diffusion of protests and global waves of mobilization.
Ivan Tranfić is a research fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (SNS) in Florence, Italy, working on the AUTHLIB project („Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the liberal democratic response“). He holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from SNS, and is a member of the Center on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS). He also has a BA and an MA degree in Political Science from the University of Zagreb, and an MA in Nationalism Studies from Central European University. His research interests include anti-gender movements, radical-right politics, relations between social movements and political parties, and the intersections of religion, gender and populism.
Zsolt Enyedi studied comparative social sciences, history, sociology and political science in Budapest and Amsterdam. The focus of his research interests is on party politics, comparative government, church and state relations, and political psychology (especially authoritarianism, prejudices, and political tolerance). His articles have appeared in journals such as Political Psychology, European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies, West European Politics, Party Politics, Political Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Journal of Ideologies, and European Review. Zsolt Enyedi was the 2003 recipient of the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize and the 2004 winner of the Bibó Award. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington DC), Kellogg Institute (Notre Dame University), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (Wassenaar), the European University Institute (Florence), the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Politics and International Relations and Pembroke College, University of Oxford. His most recent book, Party System Closure, co-authored with Fernando Casal Bertoa, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021.
Zsuzsanna Végh is a program officer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her analytical focus is on Central and Eastern Europe, especially the foreign and EU policies of the Visegrád countries, the state of democracy, and the role and impact of the populist radical right in the region. Végh has extensive experience working at the intersection of policy analysis and academic research. She has been an associate researcher at the European Council on Foreign Relations and authored reports for Freedom House’s flagship project, Nations in Transit, on her native Hungary. She worked at the European University Viadrina as a researcher and lecturer in 2017–2024, and at the Center for European Neighborhood Studies of Central European University in 2012–2017. Végh holds Master’s degrees in international relations and European studies from Central European University and in international studies from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.
This event takes place in the framework of the “AUTHLIB – Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the Liberal Democratic Response” project.
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