<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">Perth colleagues and friends might be interested in the below Research, Community and Engagement event &quot;Combatting Populism&quot; (Wed, 12 September, 4-6pm, UWA Social Sciences Lecture Theatre), part of Social Sciences Week 2018.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">===================================<br>In an era marked by Brexit, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, the election of US President Donald Trump, and many years of problematic governance in parts of South East Asia and South America, we are beginning to learn what <span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">right-wing populism is, how it comes about, and how it puts at risk some of the core institutions of a just and ethical society and obscures some of the alternatives used to describe future societies.</span></p><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:inherit">But how do we challenge and combat populism? Is it enough to say we just don’t like it? Do we argue for the solidification of liberal institutions, or do we push for even more radical social and governmental systems? In what ways are different groups, organisations and communities actively combatting populism already? What can the humanities and social sciences learn from existing real-world experience, and how can we better work together to address one of the world&#39;s significant social and political problems?</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">Please join Professor John Keane (The University of Sydney), Professor Mark Beeson (UWA), Fremantle Mayor Dr Brad Pettitt, Dr Jasmina Brankovic, Jaime Yallup, and community members for a lively discussion on how we can address (and have already been addressing!) right-wing populism and protect social justice and ethical societies.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">RSVP: Essential by registering online at <a href="https://bit.ly/combat-pop-uwa" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit">http://bit.ly/combat-pop-uwa</a></p><div style="font-family:inherit;margin-left:2px;float:none;padding:0px;display:inline-block"><div id="gmail-{0DE9E47C-871A-4F90-8440-B190C216800A}_5" class="gmail-mcafee_OK" style="background-position:50% 50%;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;height:16px;width:16px;font-family:inherit"></div></div><br>by Friday 7 September 2018.<p></p></div></div><div><div class="gmail-PlainText" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,NotoColorEmoji,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,&quot;Android Emoji&quot;,EmojiSymbols">____________________________________________<br><br><b>Assoc Professor Rob Cover<br></b>Deputy Head of School, Social Sciences<br>(Community and Engagement)</div><div class="gmail-PlainText" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,NotoColorEmoji,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,&quot;Android Emoji&quot;,EmojiSymbols"><br></div><div class="gmail-PlainText" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,NotoColorEmoji,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,&quot;Android Emoji&quot;,EmojiSymbols">The University of Western Australia<br>Crawley WA 6009<br><br>Rm 1.16, Social Sciences Building<br>+61 8 6488 4305 wk<br>0437 902 967 sms<br><br><a href="mailto:rob.cover@uwa.edu.au">rob.cover@uwa.edu.au</a><br>Profile:    <a href="http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/rob.cover">http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/rob.cover</a> <br>____________________________________________<br></div><div class="gmail-PlainText" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,NotoColorEmoji,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,&quot;Android Emoji&quot;,EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="background-image:initial">ROB&#39;s RECENT BOOKS:</span><br></b><span style="background-image:initial">Queer Youth Suicide, Culture and Identity: Unliveable Lives? - <a href="http://bit.ly/qys2012" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-LPNoLP">http://bit.ly/qys2012</a> </span><br><span style="background-image:initial">Vulnerability and Exposure: Footballer Scandals, Masculine Identity and Ethics - <a href="http://bit.ly/VulnExp" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-LPNoLP">http://bit.ly/VulnExp</a> </span><br><span style="background-image:initial">Digital Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online Self - <a href="http://bit.ly/DigIdentities" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-LPNoLP">http://bit.ly/DigIdentities</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image:initial"></span>Emergent Identities: New Sexualities, Genders and Relationships in a Digital ERa - <a href="http://bit.ly/Em-Id" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-LPNoLP">http://bit.ly/Em-Id</a><br><span style="background-image:initial">____________________________________________</span></p></span></div></div></div>