The emotional politics of social movements in global politics: Postgraduate/ECR virtual workshop

Emotions are visible in social movements in global politics such as Black Lives Matter, climate justice activism, and populist movements. Our PhD/ECR workshop aims to explore the question of how emotional politics shape and are shaped by multiple forms of social movements encompassing everyday activism and large-scale resistance.

Schedule

9:00-10:30 Panel 1: Artistic practices of affect in social movements

- Aline de Souza

- Jamal Nabulsi

- Konstantinos Pittas

10:45-12:15 Panel 2: Affective mechanisms in social movements and foreign policy making

- Zeger Verleye

- Bruno de Seixas Carvalho

- Katie Titherington

12:15-1:15 Lunch Break

1:15-2:45 Panel 3: The role of affect/emotion in shaping resistance

- Susannah Williams, Andrew Macdonald, and Peter Gardner

- Cesare Figari Barberis

- Massimiliano Masini

3:00-4:30 Panel 4: Discursive practices of affect, social media, and activism

- Madeleine Le Bourdon

- Neringa Mataityte

- Uygar Baspehlivan

- Uroosa Mushtaq