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Visiting scholars

DESIRE also serves as an important focal point of incoming scholars on senior, postdoctoral and predoctoral level. The following research visits have taken place so far.

Giorgos Katsambekis

Home university: Loughborough University 
Time of stay: 10 - 16 December 2017
Activities during stay: 

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Joan MirÓ

Home university: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
​Time of stay: March - June 2018
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​Marie Tuley

Home university: University of Sussex
Time of stay: September 2018 - August 2019
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Omran Shroufi

Home university: University of York
Time of stay: January 2020 - September 2022
Activities during stay:
  • Presented draft journal article, ‘Populists talking about Populism’ at DESIRE seminar no. 11, 6 May 2020 (Co-written by Benjamin De Cleen).
  • Presented Paper with Benjamin De Cleen, ‘German New Right Discourse about Populism’, 71st PSA Annual International Conference, University of Belfast, 30 March 2021.    
  • Presented PhD chapter, ‘AfD’s Position towards Israel/Palestine in the 19th Bundestag’, DESIRE seminar no. 14, 15 December 2021.
  • Presented draft journal article, ‘The emergence of the pro-Israel European Far Right’ at DESIRE seminar no. 19, 26 June 2022.
  • Presented Paper, ‘Far-Right Intellectual Discourse About Populism: A German Case Study and Some Future Avenues for Research’, 6th Populism Specialist Group (PSA) Workshop, University of Brighton, 23 September 2023.
Results of stay: 
  • Published article, ‘Far-right intellectual discourse about populism’ - co-written by Benjamin De Cleen – in Journal of Political Ideologies in 2021.
  • In close cooperation with Benjamin De Cleen, finalised PhD thesis and passed with no corrections in January 2023.
  • Worked on and submitted forthcoming book chapter, ‘What the far right is(n’t)’ for the edited book, ‘The ethics of researching the Far Right’.

Seongcheol Kim

Home university: University of Kassel
Time of stay: 15 - 26 November 2021
Activities during stay:
  • Presented draft journal article, ‘Between Autonomy and Representation: Toward a Post-Foundational Discourse Analytic Framework for the Study of Horizontality and Verticality’, at DESIRE seminar no. 13, 24 November 2021.
  • Presented draft book chapter, ‘Report on trade unions and workplace representation in Belgium’, at DESIRE seminar no. 13, 24 November 2021.
  • Conducted interviews with Flemish trade unions and did expert interview with Benjamin De Cleen.
Results of stay:
  • Integrated feedback from DESIRE seminar, eventually published research article, ‘Between Autonomy and Representation: Toward a Post-Foundational Discourse Analytic Framework for the Study of Horizontality and Verticality’ in journal of Critical Discourse Studies in 2022.
  • Integrating feedback from DESIRE seminar, eventually published book, ‘The Far Right in the Workplace’, co-written by Samuel Greef and Wolfgang Schroeder.
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Samuel Bennett

Home university: Adam Mickiewicz University
Time of stay: 26 - 28 April 2022
Activities during stay:
  • Presented draft journal article, ‘Booing as ‘not racism’: Soft hate speech, racism and free speech at Euro 2020’, at DESIRE seminar no. 17, 27 April 2022.
  • Joint DESIRE-ECHO Guest lecture, ‘Doing Qualitative (Discourse) Analysis on Twitter’, 28 April 2022.
  • Led PhD Masterclass, ‘Using Digital Methods to research online discourse’, 28 April 2022.​

Archibald Gustin

Home university: Université de Liège
​Time of stay: March - June 2022
Avtivities during stay: 
  • Presented PhD chapter, ‘A study of the mainstreaming strategy of far-right parties through the prism of their gender politics’, DESIRE seminar no. 16, 23 March 2022.
  • Presented PhD Chapter, ‘Revisiting the articulation of nationalism and populism through a gender approach of far-right discourses. The case of the Vlaams Belang’, DESIRE seminar no. 19, 29 June 2022.
Results of stay:
  • Research stay resulted in joint PhD with the Université de Liège from academic year 2022-2023.
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Jorge Ramos-Gonzalez

Home uiniversity: University of Salamanca
Time of stay: March - May 2023
Activities during stay: 
  • Participated in PhD Masterclass with Yannis Stavrakakis prior to Discourse Theory: Ways Forward, 2nd Edition conference.
  • Participated in Discourse Theory: Ways Forward, 2nd Edition conference. Brussels, 22 March 2023.
  • Finalized draft article ‘Sorel’s theory of myth and its influence on Laclau’s theory of populism’.
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