Chair: Aras Köksal, Sociology, University of Minnesota.

The Structure of Populist Sentiment by Howard Lavine, Political Science and Wendy Rahn, Political Science, University of Minnesota.

The Political Psychology of Inequality and Why It Matters for Populism by Alina Oxendine, Political Science, Hamline University.

Marx America Gramsci Again: Understanding Trumpism through Bonapartism and Caesarism by Jeremy Meckler, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota.

Chair: Rose Brewer, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota.

Interrogating White Racial Politics, Right & Left: Trump, Warren and the Native Origins Controversy by Enid Logan, Sociology and African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota.

Racing Away: The Racial Attitudes of Obama-to Trump Voters in 2016 by Ryan Jerome LeCount, Sociology, Hamline University.

Back to the Future?: Fundamental Federalism, Voter Suppression, and the Shelby v. Holder Decision by Adrienne Jones, Political Science, Morehouse College.

Three-Fifths: Challenging Recent Racial Revisionist Argument by, Rober Brown, Political Science, Spelman College.

The European Far-Right in Transatlantic Perspective

organized by the Center for German & European Studies, University of Minnesota and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota.

Chair: Joachim Savelsberg, Professor of Sociology and Law, Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair

The European Union and COVID, Good News or Bad News for European Populisms? by Catherine Guisan, Political Science, University of Minnesota.

Who are ‘The Pure People’? Populist Supporters and the Role of Media in the Populist Imagined Community by Clara Juarez Miro, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota.

Between Red and Brown: German Populism and the Appeal to the Past by Paul Petzschmann, European Studies, Carleton College.

A 'Jewish Question 2.0'? Philo/Anti-Semitism and Pro-Israel Politics among the European Far Right by Alejandro Baer, Sociology, Dept. of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Populist Mobilizations, Authoritarian Regimes, and Global Justice

Chair: Tinaz Pavri, Social Sciences and Education, Asian Studies Program, Spelman College.

Populist Rallies in United States: Nostalgia as a Force of State Mobilization by Yagmur Karakaya, Sociology, University of Minnesota and Penny Edgell, Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Ousting the Erstwhile Custodians of Discourse by Anuradha Sajjanhar, Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Why do Authoritarian Regimes Have Antagonistic Relationships with Academia? Turkey as a Case Study by Nur Adam, University of Minnesota, and Benjamin Toff, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota.

Global Justice and Race: An Appraisal by Oumar Ba, Political Science, Morehouse College.

Race, Representation and Democracy.

Chair: Joseph Peschek, Political Science, Hamline University.

Thinking Outside the (Ballot) Box: Reconceptualizing Political Participation in a Democracy Under Threat by Adam Le, Political Science, University of Minnesota.

Social Control Goes To The Polls: Racial Threat and White Support for Voter ID Policies by Ryan Jerome LeCount, Sociology, Hamline University.

Untangling the Effects of Race and Legislative Behavior on Constituent Attitudes by Matthew Platt, Political Science, Morehouse College.

White Identity and Black Lives Matter: Amending and Defending Privilege in the Wake of the 2020 Uprising by Geneva Cole, Political Science, University of Chicago.

Immigration, Right-Wing Populism, and Color-Blind Racism.

Chair: Kent Weber, The Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College.

Ascendant Fascism: the Politics of Matteo Salvini by Anthony D. Sargenti, World Languages, Literature and Cultures, University of Arkansas, and Anthony Justin Barnum, Sociology and Criminology, University of Arkansas.

The Populist Deception of Neoliberalism: Markets, Mass Violence, and Migration in El Salvador by Patrick McNamara, History, University of Minnesota.

Colorblind Racism in Contemporary Germany: Immigrants, Black Germans and (de)Racialization of the German State by Daniel Williams, Sociology, St. Catherine University.

Resistance, Exclusion,Crisis, and the State

Chair: Michael Minta, Political Science, University of Minnesota

The Stable State? Federal Employees’ Responses to Emergent Authoritarianism, by Jaime Kucinskas, Sociology, Hamilton College.

"Relief for the Taxpayers: Taxpayer Populism and the Narrowing of the Public." by Brooke Depenbusch, History, Colgate University.

A State of Exception: Securitization Theory and the Politics of Crisis Framing by Sutina Chou, Political Science, University of Minnesota.

‘Outgroups’ in the Russian Empire, the USSR and the Russian Federation: a comparative analysis by Abalian Anna, Ethnic Politics, Saint-Petersburg State University.

Criminal Justice, Incarceration, and Democracy.

Chair: Joshua Page, Sociology, University of Minnesota.

The Carceral State, Racial Capitalism, and the Promise of Abolition Democracy by Nancy Heitzeg Sociology and Critical Studies of Race and Ethnicity, St. Catherine University.

Locked Up, Locked Out, & Still Fighting: The Continuity of Activism Behind Bars by Britany Gatewood, Center for Educational Opportunity, Albany State University.

Free Angela? Black Queer Fugitivity and the Politics of In(de)terminable Abolition by Jaeden Johnson, Political Science, Morehouse College.

Populism, Ethno-Nationalism and the Politics of Immigration Enforcement in the United States by Patrisia Macias-Rojas, Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago.

White Racial Identity, Nationalism, and Right Wing Extremism.

Chair: Joseph Gerteis, Sociology, University of Minnesota.

White’s Racial Identity Centrality and Social Dominance Orientation Predict Far-Right Extremism by Hui Bai, Psychology, University of Minnesota.

The Well Armed (White) Woman: Populist Postfeminism and the Construction of a Gun Rights Regime of (Post) Truth by Bree Trisler, Communication Studies, University of Minnesota.

The Supreme Court's Facilitation of White Christian Nationalism by Caroline Mala Corbin, School of Law, University of Miami.

Economic Populism and White Grievance In the Age of Financialization and Hyperinequality by Karen Ho, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota.