10/07/2025 08:30
- 12:00
HALL: Main Ceremonial Hall
Proponent:
Cristofori S.,
Ferracci L.,
Mazzini E.
Chair:
Ruozzi F.
Speaker:
Campana Piva H.,
Cristofori S.,
Ferracci L.,
Maligot C.
This open panel is the result of a collaboration between the Foundation for Religious Sciences (FSCIRE, Bologna), the Jean Monnet research project "Freedom of Religion and Right to Information - FreeBeRI" (Link Campus University, Rome), and the research project "Towards a History of Italian Antisemitism (1870-2022): Rhetorics, Narratives, Conspiracies" (PRIN 2022 PNRR, Ca' Foscari University of Venice).
The central theme on which the convenors invite paper proposals focuses on the emergence, development, and dissemination of conspiracist discursive practices within various religious traditions. Particularly welcome are proposals that explore conspiracy theories as:
- forms of hate speech in antisemitic and racist propaganda in contemporary era;
- conspiracist interpretations of power relations in colonial and post-colonial contexts;
- conspiracy theories and historiographical interpretations;
- European and American right-wings, religious cultures and identities;
- the legacies of Vatican II: anti-Conciliarism and traditionalist cultures in recent times.