PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory

Funded by an ERC Grant, PACT investigates the relationship between populism and conspiracy theory in five European countries and two in the Americas.

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Visit our website or find us at the place in the sky. This account will remain until next September, but we will no longer post here. For quite some time, we have not felt comfortable here anymore.

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It is a sad truth that the PACT project began with Trump in the White House and will end next year with him back there. Sadly, our project has become even more relevant over the past years.

[DIE ZEIT @zeitonline]

"Die Wahl in den USA ist gelaufen": #daspolitikteil mit Michael #Butter, @pdausend und @GrabitzG über die aufgeheizte Stimmung in den USA nach dem Attentat auf #Trump, die Polarisierung durch #Verschwörungstheorien – und das Dilemma der #Demokraten https://t.co/ZvB0zIn7i9

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Here's PACT PI Michael Butter's take on what the assassination attempt for the presidential race and what role conspiracy theories play in all this. Unfortunately behind the paywall: https://t.co/6HSObTIWVD

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An edited volume based on our first two conferences is out now. You can download the PDF here: https://t.co/hPC1H9hzYw. The print version will be out on July 4.

[vernarrt in Wissen @Vernarrt_in]

Wir freuen uns über diese schöne #Rezension zum Titel "From Panem to the Pandemic: An Introduction to Cultural Studies" (Prof. Michael Butter).
https://t.co/4QXhH8MkIs

#narrfranckeattempto #vernarrtinwissen #Literaturwissenschaften #CulturalStudies

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@onachtwey Die Muster sind immer dieselben: https://t.co/IgL23K7UI1

[Tagblatt Redaktion @Tagblatt]

Der Tübinger Professor Michael Butter über die Rolle von Verschwörungstheorien im deutschen Rechtsextremismus. https://t.co/fBjDthD1NY

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On a very different note: our transition to the by now famous place in the sky is nearly complete. Soon we will post here for the last time.

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Giacomo Loperfido, postdoc researcher in the PACT team, has written for Focaal on the relationship between austerity and the rise of what some call populism and others fascism in Italy: https://t.co/YdME4hyaGX

[Universität Tübingen @uni_tue]

#Verschwörungstheorien und #Desinformation: Aufklärung durch #Wissenschaftskommunikation? Christopher Gohl diskutiert mit Carolin Amlinger, Michael Butter, Franziska Davies und Klaus Gestwa. 29.11.23 um 18:15 Uhr im @WeltethosInst https://t.co/dW7io98er5 @ercpact @osteuropa_tue

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We are also happy to announce that Michael Butter's new book is out. Populism and conspiracy theory are mentioned only once or twice. So are, among other things, George Clooney, séances, 19th century "vagina whigs", "Breaking Bad" and many other things. https://t.co/P5W99m6C63

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The PACT researchers have other interests beyond populism and conspiracy theory. Next Thursday, PI Michael Butter and his colleague Jörg Robert welcome world-class tennis player turned author @andreapetkovic for a conversation about tennis and literature. https://t.co/MnVcQzsxh1

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Contains a chapter by PI Michael Butter in which he criticizes the psychological research on conspiracy theories from the perspective of cultural history.

[Roland Imhoff @rolandimhoff]

Nächsten Monat erscheint der von mir herausgegebene Band zur "Psychologie der Verschwörungstheorien" mit interdisziplinäre Einwürfen. Hier ein Vorab-Interview. https://t.co/juwzDZKNL7

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Our keynote speakers are @AnastasiyaAst16, @ElaDra, @peter_g_knight, @SRadnitz and @PaulAdamTaggart. Here's our CfP. Please share it widely and consider submitting a proposal.

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In the meantime, we are happy to announce that our final conference will take place in Talinn in September 2024. We organize it in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics at the University of Tartu.

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We have been silent for a while because, like many others, we do not feel comfortable here anymore. We are currently organizing our transition to Mastodon and this place in the sky. Stay tuned for details.

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@BeatrizBuarqueR These info sheets are excellent, but I disagree with this one. Conspiracy theories of the deep state have been popular in the U.S. since the Kennedy assassination. It's problematic to conflate QAnon with the far more popular and wider belief in a deep state.

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@TinkeringHuman @peterforberg @JosephineLukito @JoeUscinski Resource: The manifold material collected by the EU COST Action "Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories"
https://t.co/OuoUOjMyxi