Renationalization, Populism, and Political

FU-HUJI Workshop Renationalization, Populism, and Political Communication in East Asia, Europe, and Israel

3-4 Dec 2017

The Truman Institute, Abba Eban Hall The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dec. 3 | Day 1

Dec. 4 | Day 2

9:30-10:00 Registration and Coffee

9:30-11:00 Part IV: Political Communication, Non-state actors & Social Policy

10:00-10:20 Introduction Nissim Otmazgin, Hebrew University Verena Blechinger-Talcott, Freie Universität Berlin 10:30-12:00 Panel I: Populism Andreas Eder, FU Berlin: “Populists, Nationalists, Friends or foes of democracy? The Effects, Compositions and Changes of Populist and Nationalist Elements in the Discourses of Hashimoto Toru and Koike Yuriko“ Sigal Ben-Raphael Galanti, Beit Berl Academic College: “Populism and Phyletism in Israel’s Likud Party“ Naama Weiss and Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Depts. of Political Science and Communication, Hebrew University: “Populist Rhetoric and Political Actors in Israel“ 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-15:30 Panel II: Foreign and Security Policy Verena Blechinger-Talcott, FU Berlin/GEAS (Japan): “Non-Voters, Dealigned Voters and the New Political Activism in Japan“ Kai Schulze, FU Berlin (Japan): “Secrecy, Transparency and Democracy in Germany and Japan“ Yitzhak Schihor, Dept. of Political Science and Asian Studies, Hebrew University (China): “Dead End: Youth Activism, Nationalism, and Political Change in Greater China“ Alon Levkowitz, East Asian Studies, Bar Illan University and the Hebrew University (Korea): “Populism in Korea: from Internal Politics to External Crisis“ 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-17:30 Panel III: PhD Projects Tim Herbort, FU Berlin (Japan) “Whose Responsibility? Recent Social Inclusion Initiatives in Japan“ Elena Korshenko, GEAS (Japan): “New Parties’ Position Taking in the Japanese Diet and Its Implications“ Jan Niggemeier, GEAS (Japan): “The Other Labour Movement: Community Unions as Strategic Field Challengers in Japanese Labour Activism“ 18:00 Cocktail Reception

Idan Douieb, Political Science, and Lilach Nir, Political Science and Communication, Hebrew University: “The Effects of Candidate SelfPresentation as “Authentic” on Popular Opinion“ Hannes Mosler, GEAS (Korea): “Mobilizing Bias: Political Polarization in South Korea“ Emina Popovic, GEAS (China): “(Co-opted) Advocacy in (Consultative) Authoritarianism“ 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:30 Concluding Panel Chair: Nissim Otmazgin and Verena Blechinger-Talcott: “Aims and Scopes of Future Cooperation“