Théo Aiolfi
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Chercheur entre politique et performance @univbourgeurope | Chaire Professeur Junior | Convenor of @populismPSA | Style; Populisme; Extrême-droite
Dijon, France
Joined June 2013
My first book, The Populist Style, is finally out! 🎉✨ It is available in open access (DL link here: https://t.co/MIvFg1fbn4) and there is a 30% discount code (NEW30) for those who want to get a hardback copy ( https://t.co/S5OLO32aPj) Here's a summary of the book: (1/25)
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Message amusant de Ruffin : il revendique le « populisme » (comme genre littéraire) et célèbre Mamdani « immigrant et musulman » tout en se comparant à lui, mais laisse entendre au final qu’il voit dans la stratégie du nouveau maire de New York un cosmopolitisme diviseur. 🤷♂️
Bravo Zohran Mamdani ! Quelles leçons tirer de sa victoire à New-York, alors que l'oligarchie trumpiste s'est liguée contre lui ? Comment a-t-il renversé la table ? Par une primaire. Par la question sociale comme obsession. Par une campagne de terrain. Par un candidat qui se
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Thank you Andreína Hernández-Ross for the kind review! "Aiolfi’s interdisciplinary method, blending political theory, critical analysis and performance studies, offers a sophisticated framework, tools to analyse populism’s performative dimensions." https://t.co/rxhXDPwGmu
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Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book! 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 https://t.co/2mqn2fkdM0
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👇 Free and online. A rare chance to hear from some of the sharpest people around, definitely worth participating. Highly recommend! 🌟
We are proud to announce the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @Waxwards and @TheoAiolfi on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo and @bjmoffitt. You can read the CfP here ( https://t.co/1Q9BSkS8WB) and submit your abstracts by July 31.
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Last reminder 📢 Only three days left to submit your abstracts for our online symposium on the visual side of populism! https://t.co/aRSTOFpZZ7
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Visualising populist identities: Populist performances on screen(s)
We are proud to announce the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @Waxwards and @TheoAiolfi on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo and @bjmoffitt. You can read the CfP here ( https://t.co/1Q9BSkS8WB) and submit your abstracts by July 31.
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Very happy to say I submitted my PhD thesis today! I can talk academia another time, but for the moment I’m just as happy as I look ✨
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Kind reminder about the deadline at the end of July to submit abstracts for the online symposium "Visualising populist identities" on December 2nd and 3rd! Call for Paper here: https://t.co/aRSTOFqxOF Abstract submission there:
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Thank you for your interest in the online symposium "Visualising populist identities: populist performances on screen(s)", jointly organised by University College Cork, Ireland, and Université...
We are proud to announce the online symposium "Visualising populist identities", organised by @Waxwards and @TheoAiolfi on Dec 2-3, 2025, with keynotes by @mecasullo and @bjmoffitt. You can read the CfP here ( https://t.co/1Q9BSkS8WB) and submit your abstracts by July 31.
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What incredibly kind words Reid, thank you! Your doctoral research was such a huge influence for our argument, and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to dig deeper than what our article covers: https://t.co/N6CyMeBWzV
I can’t wait to read this piece by two friends and amazing colleagues. A power team in pushing discourse theory and left populism studies forward
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This morning we started #BISA2025 with a special roundtable celebrating the work of Dr Emma Hutchison. Given by @BISAWG_Emotions this was a moving celebration and gratitude to all the work, study and teaching Emma did with emotions and politics. 🌟
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Article passionnant sur le tournant stratégique de LFI sur le rapport peuple / subalternes. Remontez le fil pour le résumé.
16/ Read the full article: “From sovereignty to créolisation: populist strategies and the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.” Out now in @JournalCES. (DM me if you face difficulties accessing it!) https://t.co/lOP2vgWs45
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Fier de vous présenter notre intervention sur la construction du peuple dans les stratégies de la gauche française. Cet article parle de l'évolution stratégique de LFI, des divergences entre Ruffin et Mélenchon, de créolisation et du rôle du peuple dans la démocratie radicale.
📢 PUBLICATION ALERT New article with @TheoAiolfi in @JournalCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics—or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to @mazzuele, Rojas-Andrés & @JacopoCustodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇
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Article online👇 From sovereignty to créolisation: populist strategies and the Mélenchon-Ruffin split. A response to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini, and Custodi Thomás Zicman de Barros & Théo Aiolfi👇 https://t.co/TW7faIoUGz
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This article contributes to current debates on left-wing populism in Europe by addressing the strategic tensions between patriotic discourse and so-called ‘identity’ agendas. It does so by examinin...
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📢 PUBLICATION ALERT New article with @TheoAiolfi in @JournalCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics—or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to @mazzuele, Rojas-Andrés & @JacopoCustodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇
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Finishing this book wasn't exactly easy, but it's out there now and I can hardly believe it... Anyone and everyone can read it and download it, as it is Open Access. We are happy to come to your institution and present the findings in the Autumn, just drop us a line!
Our brand new monograph, discussing the findings of our work together throughout the last seven years, is now out for @OxUniPress and free to read and download!
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Thank you to the wonderful editing team @davidcadier, @achryssogelos and @sdestradi for their trust and open-mindedness to unorthodox perspectives.
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My physical copy of the @routledgebooks Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy just arrived at home. What an impressive collective work! I am very honoured to have contributed the theoretical chapter on the stylistic approach to populism.
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Delighted to see this out! It was a real pleasure to co-author this piece with the brilliant @AnneMarieHoude on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ vaccine and its significance for EU–UK relations. It’s open access - do have a look! 🧵👇
🚨New Publication🚨I'm thrilled to share my latest article on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ covid vaccine and EU-UK relations, available on @IAJournal_CH's website🇬🇧🇪🇺 As always, it was a joy to work with @NGellwitzki on this project. https://t.co/BMRhFbGktX
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🚨New Publication🚨I'm thrilled to share my latest article on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ covid vaccine and EU-UK relations, available on @IAJournal_CH's website🇬🇧🇪🇺 As always, it was a joy to work with @NGellwitzki on this project. https://t.co/BMRhFbGktX
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To what extent does the politics of emotions drive processes of (de)politicization? This article studies the case of the intense ‘vaccine war’ between the
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After it took over two years to get our first collaborative article published, it feels surreal that our second one got accepted in the same year! This couldn't have happened without the talented prose and professionalism of @bolandeira. I cannot wait for this one to be out!
Nothing better than wrapping up the day with good news: another article co-authored with the brilliant @TheoAiolfi has just been accepted for publication! That’s our second in 2025 — and this one is bound to stir some debate. More soon!
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Nothing better than wrapping up the day with good news: another article co-authored with the brilliant @TheoAiolfi has just been accepted for publication! That’s our second in 2025 — and this one is bound to stir some debate. More soon!
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