Neoliberalism and populism

14th Anniversary Seminar  of the Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR)

Programme

• 14:15 Opening Words and an Annual Report, Professor Risto Heiskala, Director of the IASR
• 14:30 Greetings from the University of Tampere, Professor Seppo Parkkila, Vice Rector for Research
• 14:45 Neoliberalism and Populism, 7x7x7 Panel, Chair: Risto Heiskala,  Seven of our Fellows address the topic from the perspective of seven different political cultures in talks of seven minutes and answer these two questions:

1. Should the rise of populism be understood as a misplaced revenge of the masses for more than 30 years of neoliberalism?
2. What will happen next?

• The panelists:

1. The UK: Louise Settle
2. The US: Meyda Yegenouglu
3. Australia: Zsuzsanna Millei
4. Russia: Marianna Muravyeva
5. Turkey: Mahmut Mutman
6. Hungary: Robert Imre
7. Finland: Jorma Sipilä

• Discussion

For references, please see Perry Anderson’s column "Why the system will still win" in LE MONDE Diplomatique.
Ticker introductions include  the following two:

• On neoliberalism: Michel Foucault: The Birth of Biopolitics. Lectures at the Collége de France, 1978–79. Palgrave, 2008;
• On populism: Jan-Werner Müller: What is Populism? University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

Welcome!