{"id":6854,"date":"2020-05-20T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/?p=6854"},"modified":"2021-06-24T16:42:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:42:30","slug":"democracy-and-the-pandemic-a-mini-conference-of-the-democracy-seminar-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/2020\/05\/20\/democracy-and-the-pandemic-a-mini-conference-of-the-democracy-seminar-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ONLINE | DEMOCRACY AND THE PANDEMIC: A MINI-CONFERENCE OF THE DEMOCRACY SEMINAR – MAY 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, MAY 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11AM – 2PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are the responses to the pandemic driving de-democratization?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00 – 11:15 AM – Introductions  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15 – 12:00 PM – Session 1: How are the state responses to the pandemic strengthening authoritarian regimes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: <\/strong>Jeffrey C. Goldfarb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Daniel Peres<\/strong>, Bolsonaro\u2019s Regime of Chaos and Fear: The Pandemic and the Collapse of Democracy in Brazil<\/em><\/li>
  2. Jacek Kucharczyk<\/strong>, Pandemic as a Catalyst for Populist Authoritarianism: The Case of Poland <\/em><\/li>
  3. Michal Va\u0161e\u010dka,<\/strong> From Mafia State to “Parish” Republic<\/em><\/li>
  4. Pawe\u0142 Marczewski<\/strong>, Torn Mask of Social Solidarity: Law and Justice Response to the Economic Downturn<\/em><\/li>
  5. Mark W. Frazier<\/strong>, Hong Kong in 2020: Pandemic, Protest and Great Power Rivalry <\/em><\/li>
  6. Andr\u00e1s Boz\u00f3ki<\/strong>, After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    12:00 – 12:15 PM – coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    12:15 – 1:00 PM – Session 2: How are the responses to the pandemic strengthening the centralization of power, and the municipal and community power that resists it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Facilitator: <\/strong>Jacek Kucharczyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer,<\/strong>  Authoritarian Appetites versus Local Solidarity<\/em><\/li>
    2. Krist\u00f3f Szombati<\/strong>, COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary <\/em><\/li>
    3. Utku Balaban, <\/strong>Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey<\/em><\/li>
    4. Daniel Gerbery, <\/strong>Trust or Discipline? What Saturates Civic Responses to a COVID-19 Crisis in Slovakia? <\/em><\/li>
    5. Nazan Bedirhanoglu,<\/strong> Turkey\u2019s Forged Success Story: Re-opening Without Closing Down?<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      1:00 – 1:15 PM – coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1:15 – 2:00 PM – Session 3: How are the responses to the pandemic strengthening authoritarian movements and institutions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Facilitator: <\/strong>Elzbieta Matynia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Alexandra Bitu\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1, <\/strong>Fascists in Slovak Politics: Waiting for a New Chance in Times of the COVID-19 crisis?<\/em><\/li>
      2. G\u00e1bor Scheiring<\/strong>, The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management:  The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary <\/em><\/li>
      3. Malkhaz Toria<\/strong>, The State of Emergency for All? Asymmetric Power Relations and Crisis of Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic <\/em> <\/li>
      4. Ali R\u0131za G\u00fcngen, <\/strong>Turkey\u2019s COVID-19 Response and Resilience of Authoritarianism<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        DAY 2 – THURSDAY, MAY 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        11:00 AM – 2:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        How is de-democratization constituted and opposed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        11:00 – 11:15 AM – Recap from Day 1 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        11:15 – 12:00 PM – Session 4: How do the pandemic and the authoritarian responses to it undermine human rights and gender justice?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Facilitator: <\/strong>Jeffrey C. Isaac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Pet\u0151cz<\/strong>,  Human Rights in the Times of Emergency<\/em><\/li>
        2. Kerem Altiparmak,<\/strong> New Expertise of Authoritarian Regimes: How to Escape From Implementation of International Standards: The Cases of Demirta\u015f and Kavala<\/em><\/li>
        3. Jan Orlovsky<\/strong>, NGO Sector in Slovakia as a Subject of Conspirators <\/em><\/li>
        4. Maria Bucur<\/strong>, Domestic Violence as Pandemic<\/em><\/li>
        5. El\u017cbieta Korolczuk,<\/strong> Gender Ideology as Pandemic: Anti-Gender Campaigns in a Time of Crisis <\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          12:00 – 12:15 PM – coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          12:15 – 1:00 PM – Session 5: What are new ways to constitute, defend, and strengthen democracy during the pandemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Facilitator: <\/strong>Jeffrey C. Goldfarb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. Chang Liu<\/strong>,  Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against a \u201cDiary\u201d <\/em><\/li>
          2. Pawel Knut<\/strong>, Another Plague – Old Challenges, New Responses: The Meaning of COVID-19 to Polish LGBT Movement <\/em><\/li>
          3. El\u00e7in Aktoprak,<\/strong> The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism<\/em><\/li>
          4. Open discussion<\/strong> of this topic given the proceedings thus far.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            1:00 – 1:15 PM – coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1:15 – 2:00 PM – Session 6: How do we resist dictatorships with a democratic face during the pandemic? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Facilitator: <\/strong>Elzbieta Matynia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Jeffrey C. Isaac<\/strong>, On the Challenges of Securing the November Election in USA Politics<\/em><\/li>
            2. Dagmar Kus\u00e1<\/strong>, Democracy “As If”<\/em> <\/em><\/li>
            3. Jeffrey C.  Goldfarb,<\/strong> The Expressive Dimension of Politics, Donald Trump and His Opposition<\/em><\/li>
            4. Samuel Marec, <\/strong>Trumpization of Political Communication during COVID-19 Crisis <\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              2:00 – 2:30 PM – Wrap-up Session <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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