Friday, May 10, 2:00pm—6:30pm
Venue: Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies, Room 13
Strażnicza 1-3, 50-206 Wrocław
TU Dresden, Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) / Chair of Political Theory
Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies
Public Roundtable “Migration and Populism in Europe”
This roundtable gathers scholars from Poland and Germany dealing with Migration and Populism. The discussion focuses on current populist challenges in European countries and the role of migration for populist mobilization in the context of the upcoming European elections. This roundtable’s main questions are the following:
- What role does migration play in the rise of far-right populism in Europe?
- How do the politics focusing on ethnonationalism overlap with populist claims?
- How do parties and political entrepreneurs in Europe instrumentalise migration issues?
- What are the main features of the migration-orientated populism in CEE?
- What are the challenges of populism for democracy in CEE?
PROGRAM:
1:45-2:00pm: Introduction and welcome | Prof. Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski
2:00-2:30 pm: Impulse: “The MIDEM-project and its results” | Prof. Hans Vorländer, Dr. Oliviero Angeli, TU Dresden
2:30-3:00pm: Coffee Break
3:00-4:30 Part I: Populist challenges in Europe
Impulse: Prof. Piotr Sula: “Populism in Central and Eastern Europe”, Wroclaw University
Commentators: Sabine Volk (Jagiellonian University, Krakow), Kristina Chmelar (MIDEM), Marta Kozłowska (MIDEM,) Maik Herold (MIDEM)
4:30pm-5.00pm: Coffee Break
5:00-6.30pm Part II: Migration and Democracy in Europe
Impulse talk: Prof. Patrycja Matusz-Protasiewicz, “Migration challenges at the local level”, Wroclaw University
Commentators: Katja Lindner (MIDEM), Ender Yilmazel (MIDEM)
