Symposium: Speaking with Forked Tongues

School of Social Sciences (the University of Northampton) presents:

A one-day International Symposium on the Language of Far-right Movements "Speaking with Forked Tongues: The Rhetoric of Right-Wing Extremism Today" that will be held at the University of Northampton, Park Campus (Northampton, UK) on 26 June 2009.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Roger Griffin, Professor Janet Wilson, Mr. Michael Ellis.

From Holocaust "revisionism" in places like Central Europe to "white nationalist" parties in Britain and France to veiled anti-Semitic conspiricism by the American ideologue, Lyndon LaRouche, the recourse to language as a political veil, rather than a transparent means of communication, has been a key feature of radical right-wing movements since 1945. This daylong event promises to uncover salient techniques and relevant practices employed in far-right rhetoric, for the benefit of contemporary researchers, policy-makers and the wider public.

Registration and lunch £25 (£10 unwaged).

For further information, or to register, please contact the organizers:

Dr. Matthew Feldman (matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk) and Dr. Paul Jackson (paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk). Read more...