The Centre for Research into Ideas and the Study of Political Ideologies (CRISPI) is collaborating with the Journal of Political Ideologies to host the annual CRISPI conference 'Silence and Ideology: The Role of the Unspoken in Political Thought and Practice'.
Conference programme:
10-10.30am: Coffee
10.30-11am: Welcome and introduction
Maiken Umbach (Nottingham) and Mathew Humphrey (Nottingham)
11-11.30am: Opening remarks
Michael Freeden (Mansfield, Oxford): ‘Introducing silence into the (political) conversation’
11.30am-1pm: Panel 1 ‘Challenges to silence: meaning, rhetoric, betrayal’
Chair: Hugo Drochon (Nottingham)
Mathew Humphrey (Nottingham): ‘Silence, loyalty, and betrayal’
Eloise Harding (Southampton): ‘Performative silence and rhetorical lacunae: Match of the Day as a case study of politicised non-content’
Marius Ostrowski (EUI): ‘Filling the void: meaning, meaninglessness, and ideological narrative’
1-2pm: Lunch
2-3.30pm: Panel 2: ‘The constitution of silence: representation, technology and the event’
Chair: Mathew Humphrey (Nottingham)
Monica Brito Vieira (York): ‘Silence, representation and presence’
Sean Fleming (Nottingham): ‘Silence and anti-tech ideologies’
Per Rolandsson (Nottingham): ‘Breaking the chatter: silence and the modernist event’
3.30-4pm: Coffee
4-5.30pm: Panel 3 ‘The unspoken in politics: minorities, antisemitism and conspiracy theories’
Chair: Mathew Humphrey (Nottingham)
Diana Popescu (Nottingham): ‘From speaking as equals to listening as equals: silence and the deliberative audience’
Maiken Umbach (Nottingham): ‘The silence of the past: antisemitism and the lessons of history’
Hugo Drochon (Nottingham): ‘Are conspiracy theories ideologies?’
5.30-6pm: Closing discussion with Michael Freeden
6pm: Drinks at the Orchard Hotel (University Park)
Please register for this event.