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RGTGM : Infiltrators: The Mainstreaming of the Far-Right in the Americas

Friday, March 14, 2025
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

Infiltrators: The Mainstreaming of the Far Right in the Americas - Program

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Panel 1: Politics and Media

César Castillo-García, Wesleyan University

“It Happened Before: The American Experience as a Confluence of Peruvian Neo-Populismâ€

Nicole Hemmer, Vanderbilt University

“Beyond Responsible Conservatism: How Media Institutions Normalize the Far-Rightâ€

Mack Penner, University of Calgary

“‘Infiltration Problem:’ The Reform Party, the Heritage Front, and the Crack-Up of Canadian Conservatism in the 1990sâ€

Discussant: Subho Basu, 91ÉçÇø

Chair: Lorenz Lüthi, 91ÉçÇø

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Panel 2: Science and Faith

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Will Langford, Dalhousie University

“Naturopaths, Quebec Independence, and la Nouvelle droiteâ€

Becca Lewis, Stanford University

“The New (Digital) Man: George Gilder and the Creation of Reactionary Futurism, 1973-1990â€

Andre Pagliarini, Louisiana State University

“From Solidarity to Prosperity: The Shifting Politics of Religious Faith in Brazilâ€

Kirsten Weld, Harvard University

“Anticommunist Eugenics and Holy War in the Hispanophone Americas, from the Spanish Civil War to the Pink Tideâ€

Discussant: Piotr Kosicki, University of Maryland

Chair: Jacob Blanc, 91ÉçÇø

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Keynote

Quinn Slobodian, Boston University

“A Global History of Elon Muskâ€

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