Conference: SENTIMENTAL STATE(S) – SENTIMENTAL POLITICS OF ORDER AND BELONGING

THURSDAY, 21.09.
09:00 – 11:00 Panel I: Sentimental Leadership
Chair: Christian Krug
Julian Müller (TU Graz)
“Politics as a Tough Vocation. The Exhibition of Sensibility in Contemporary Political
Communication in Germany”
Andrea Klinger (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
“Affective Polarization and the Crisis of Democracy in France: Sentimentality,
Memories of the Past, and the Populist Right during the 2022 Elections”
Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway University of London)
“Crowning Sentiments”
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break (Neue UB)
11:30 – 13:00 Panel I: Sentimental Leadership
Chair: Thomas Demmelhuber
Antonia Thies (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
“Back for the Future. Sentimental Repertoires of Collective We-Identities and Belonging
in Saudi Arabia”
Duncan McCargo (Nanyang Technological University)
“‘Not the Same as Before’? Contested Discourses of Political Change in Thailand’s 2023 Elections”
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00 Panel II: The People’s Feelings
Chair: Marc Matten
Bin Xu (Emory University)
“When the State Cries and When It Doesn‘t: Politics of Sentiments in Disasters“
Heike Paul & Sarah Marak (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
“‘Rally Around the Christmas Tree’: The Sentimental Politics of a Civil Religious Holiday”
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break (Neue UB)
16:30 – 18:00 Panel II: The People’s Feelings
Chair: Sarah Pritz
Jan-Christoph Marschelke (University of Regensburg)
“Sentimental Collectivization. An Exploration in Praxeology, Nationalism Studies,
and Mass Psychology“
Vincent Steinbach (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
“United by Rage. Reflections on the Emergence of the Critical Milieu during the
Covid-19 Pandemic”
19:00 Conference Dinner
Herzstück, Schiffstraße 14