International conference co-organised by EHESS (CESPRA) and Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREW) Supported by the Political Studies Association's Political Leadership Group and Labour Movements Group

Friday 18 June 2021 Online

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE (CET Paris Time)

10:00 Welcome and opening remarks Emmanuelle Avril (CREW), Yohann Aucante (CESPRA) Mark Bennister (PSA's Political Leadership Group), Patrick Diamond/Karl Pike (PSA's Labour Movements Group) Toufik Abdou (CREW) and Denis Rayer (CESPRA)

10:15 Keynote : “Left populism and the politics of caricature”, Chris Clarke Chairs: Toufik Abdou and Denis Rayer

10:45 Q & A

11:15 Tea break

11:30 Panel 1 : Ideas and ideology Chair : Yohann Aucante, EHESS

11:30 “The intellectual production of Corbynism, 2015-2020”, Nicolas Jara-Joly, Université Paris Nanterre

11:45 “Manifesto for the Movement : Inside Momentum’s plan to influence the 2019 Labour Party general election manifesto”, Toufik Abdou, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

12:00 “New Jerusalems? The Labour’s Party Economic Policy-Making in the 1930s and 2010s”, Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary, University of London

12:15 “Reimagining the State under Corbyn”, Emma Bell, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc

12:30 Q & A

13:00-14:00 : Lunch break

14:00 Panel 2: Leading the party Chair: Emmanuelle Avril, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

14:00 “Myth and meaning: what animated Corbyn's leadership of the British Labour Party?”, Karl Pike, Queen Mary, University of London

14:15 “Jeremy Corbyn and Dilemmas of Leadership”, Mark Bennister, University of Lincoln, Ben Worthy, Birkbeck, University of London

14:30 Q & A

14:45 Panel 3: Party democracy and organisation Chair: Rémi Lefebvre, Université de Lille

14:45 “Under new Management ? New Politics and Toxic Legacies in the Labour Party”, Emmanuelle Avril, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

15:00 “'Open Selections' : How the debates on the selection of parliamentary candidates polarized Jeremy Corbyn's dominant coalition”, Denis Rayer, EHESS

15:15 “Jeremy Corbyn and Trade Unions : Past Symbiosis to Handle Today's Disruption in the British Workplace ?”, Lovatiana Raveloarison, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

15:30 Q & A

15:50 Tea break

16:00 Panel 4: “Corbynism” as a cultural project Chair : David Fée, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

16:00 “'Oh Jeremy Corbyn.' Young voters, the youthquake and Corbynmania in Great Britain (2015-2020)”, Sarah Pickard, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

16:15 “Corbynism: political image and influence” Yves Golder, Université de Strasbourg

16:30 “#ForTheManyNotTheFew. Jeremy Corbyn’s presentation style and speech on Instagram.” Elodie Berthet, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas

16:45 “A case study in film, examining the relationship between Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Loach”, Susannah O'Carroll, Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble

17:00 Q & A

17:30 General discussion and Concluding remarks Thierry Labica, Université Paris Nanterre