The Nordic Network of Conspiracy Theory Research Inaugural Conference, 23-24 May 2024,Lund University, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, LUX Building, Helgonavägen 3, 223 62 Lund This event is hosted by the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Division of Ethnology in collaboration with the CEMES Network Future Society and Democracy in Europe, as well as the ERC project CONSPIRATIONS. Day 1, May 23 | |
10:00 – 10:15 Opening, Room: B251 | |
10:20 – 12:00 Parallel Sessions | |
Conspiracist Antisemitism (NORFAS), Room: B237 Paavo Ahonen, University of Helsinki A New Antisemitic Stereotype in the Finnish Press after the October Revolution Lars M Andersson, Uppsala University Antisemitism as National Enlightenment in Sweden Sofie Lene Bak, University of Copenhagen “Denmark Contra Jvdæos”: Conspiracist Antisemitism and Stigmatised Knowledge in Danish National Socialism 1938–1945 Nicola Karcher and Kjetil Braut Simonsen, Østfold University College & Jewish Museum Oslo The Apocalyptic Battle’. Antisemitic Conspiracism in Norway During the German Occupation Oula Silvennoinen, University of Helsinki For Freedom and Justice? The Vasara-Circle as a Conduit of Conspiracist Antisemitism in Interwar Finlan | Health, wellbeing, Covid-19 and disinformation Room: B251 Rikke Alberg Peters, UCL- University College Lillebælt, Denmark “Is there no disease?” – Anti-government conspiracy theories in Denmark during and after the corona lockdown Otto Mäki, University of Turku Conspiracy Beliefs about COVID-19: Results from a Population Survey in Finland Kasper Grotle Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark 9/11, COVID-19 and the Hidden Power of the Elite: Conspiracy Theories in Denmark in the 21st Century Olof Sundin, Lund University AI models and consequences for media and information literacy Linus Andersson, Halmstad University Sara Svensson, Halmstad University Understanding the dissemination of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy beliefs among adolescents in Sweden |
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch | |
13.00 – 14.20 PARALLEL SESSIONS | |
Conspiracy Theories and Politics (Part 1), Room: B251 Eirikur Bergmann, Bifröst University Three-step rhetorical model of conspiratorial populists Patrik Fridlund, Lund University Conspiracy Theories, Populism and the Threat to Politics Hannah Richardsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Conspiratorial thinking: it ́s impact on political behavior and satisfaction with democracy Emma Ricknell, Linnaeus University “Swedes are so dumb and naïve. It’s just as bad here!” – How American claim of election fraud can travel across the Atlantic. | Concepts and esthetics (Part 1), Room: B237 Rickard Andersson, Lund University The emperor without clothes is ugly: On the rise of political conspiracism Mikael Eriksson, Högskolan i Borås “Valuation of Epistemic Authority in Refused Knowledge Communities” Aaron J. Goldman, Lund University Why Conspiracy Theories Are (Not) Theoretically Interesting Melina Tsapos, Lund University Dimensions of Conspiracy: Toward a Unifying Frameworkfor Understanding Conspiracy Theory Belief |
14.20 – 14:50 Coffee | |
14:50 – 15:50 Parallel Sessions continue | |
Conspiracy Theories and Politics (Part 2), Room: B251 Hulda Thorisdottir, University of Iceland How trust, distrust and mistrust relate to conspiracy mentality Ela Drazkiewicz, Lund University Conspiracy Clutter: conspiracy theories in everyday politics Tamar Kikacheishvili, Linnaeus University “No to Russian Law” Protests and Conspiracy Theories about Nordic Countries in Georgian Alternative Media Bo Petersson, Malmö University Mythmaking and conspiracy theories in the legitimization of Russia’s war against Ukraine | Concepts and esthetics (Part 2), Room: B237 Tatjana Menise & Lisa Mari Madisson, University of Tartu Literary Tropes in Conspiracy Theories: A Blend of Fiction and Realism Tobias Pontara, University of Gothenburg Conspiracy soundtracks. The role of sound and music in conspiracy theoretical documentaries Andreas Önnerfors, Linnaeus university & Annette Mars, Malmö university The Soundtrack of Climate Change Denial: Imagining Conspiracy and Doom in the Writings and Music of Jacob Nordangård |
15:50 – 16.20 Coffee | |
16.20 – 17.00 Let’s talk about CONNOR: A Round Table Discussion, Room: B251 | |
18:00 DINNER | |
Day 2, May 24 | |
10.00 – 11.45 Parallel Sessions |
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Conspiracist “cultic milieu”, religion and extremism (Part 1), Room: B336 Claus B. Christensen, Roskilde University, history Conspiracy theory and right-wing extremist subculture in Denmark 1920-45 - The Nordic connection. Asbjørn Dyrendal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Conspirituality or Religious Conspiracism? Anders Lundberg, Linnaeus University and Kristian Steiner, Malmö University The great conspiracy - How world affairs and the spiritual connect in the writings of Pentecostal pastor Kjell Sjöberg Gustaf Forsell, Uppsala University A Racial Faith for the Nordic Race: Antisemitic Conspiracism and Christianity in Interwar Swedish National Socialism Aslak Rostad, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, NTNU The Tradition of Anti-Masonic Discourse in Norway | Ordinary people, Room: B251 Marsanna Petersen, Lund University Truthers and Truth Defenders in Sweden – An Ethnographic Study of Conspiracy Theories andConflicts over Truths Niko Pyrhönen University of Helsinki & Gwenaelle Bauvois, University of Helsinki Everyday encounters with the contemporary conspiracy culture Analyzing perspectives from life course interviews with ordinary people. Toni Saarinen, University of Helsinki Conspiracism between and beyond the vernacular and the institutional Rikard Friberg von Sydow, Södertörns Högskola Targeted Individuals – Between Magic, Electronic Surveillance and Mental Illness
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11:45 – 12:45 Lunch |
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12:45 – 14:10 Parallel Sessions | |
Case studies, Room: B336 Anders Eriksson, Lund University Alexander Dugin's digital apocalyptic: Russian propaganda between orthodox nationalism and rightwing antiglobalism. Steven Sampson, Lund University Why do smart people believe conspiracies? Towards an anthropology of Intellectuals Cristoffer Tidelius, Uppsala University Conspiracy mentality in Sweden: results from a 2020 survey | Radicalisation, Susceptibility, Dissemination and Interventions, Room: B251 Jutta Haider, Högskolan i Borås Datification of conspiracy fragments and opposition to the green transition Amanda Persson, Lund University Digital platforms, the manosphere and youth gender identity Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Hanken School of Economics A Journey Mapping Approach to Online-Self Radicalization |
14.10 – 14.40 Coffee Break | |
14:40 -15:40 Closing Panel: What’s next for CONNOR? Room: B251 | |