Conspiracy Culture
A Symposium
Free and Open to the Public, but you have to find and pay for parking at UC Irvine. Park in the Student Center Lot.
Conspiracy Culture & Revisiting Hofstadter’s Paranoid Style
Location: McCormick Screening Room (Humanities Gateway 1070)
Friday, October 17
10:00–10:30am
→ Opening Remarks:
Professor Catherine Liu
“Introduction to Conspiracy Culture and the work of Richard Hofstadter”
10:30am–11:30am
Moderator: Cem Ismail Adeemir
Miguel Penabella
“Teaching Conspiracy on January 6th”
11:30am-12:30pm
Moderator: George Hoare
Chelsea Kai Roesch
“The Paranoid Style of Cyberlibertarians”
12:30pm–2:00pm
→ Lunch for speakers in room HG 1002
2:00pm – 3:30 pm
Moderator: Tara Heffernan
Kyna McClenaghan
The Paranoid Style and the Cinematic Imagination in Charlie Kirk Conspiracies
3:45 pm– 4:45 pm
Moderator: Chelsea Kai Roesch
George Hoare
“The Paranoid Style in British Politics”
6:30pm
Dinner at Noodle Nest at Diamond Jamboree Shopping Center, 2710 Alton Pkwy, Ste 117, Irvine, CA 92606 (complimentary for presenters, all others are welcome to join and pay individually)
Saturday, October 18
10:00am–11:00am
Professor Catherine Liu
“Zombies, Clowns and Gangsters”
11:00am–12:00pm
Moderator: Kyna McClenaghan
Leonardo de Souza Moura
“Moral Battles in the Media: The Case of Rede Globo and the New Brazilian Right”
12:30pm–2:00pm
→ Lunch in room HG 1002
1:30pm-2:30pm
Moderator: George Hoare
Cem Ismail Addemir
“Rational Organization and Social Darwinism: Recovering Hofstadter’s Critique of the American Liberal Tradition”
2:45 pm–3:45 pm
Moderator: Miguel Penabella
Tara Heffernan
“The Paranoid Style and the Aesthetics of Control”
3:45pm–4:30pm
→ Concluding Remarks & Discussion
Professor Catherine Liu