iolence has always played a central role in fascist ideology and Vpolitical practice, either as a means by which to overthrow governments, or to achieve national rebirth and cleansing through the physical removal or annihilation of political enemies and “alien” ethnic Since 1477 A1 Engelska Parken or racial communities. And yet there were huge differences when it A1 came to the dynamics and magnitude of violence depending on the political context in which fascists came to power and ruled. The relationship between fascism and violence has to a large degree Kungsgärdets been explored in two separate literatures. On the one hand, experts vårdcentral Villaväg on fascism have primarily focused on analyses of ideology, political e culture and social activities, with violence playing a secondary role in n Carolina Slottsbacke the analyses. On the other hand, scholars Redivivafrom the field of Holocaust General Information Pelle Svanslös Gö and genocide studies have usually focused on the implementation of The conference will be held at Campus Engelska Parken. The campus s ta Knutssons pr genocidal violence without necessarily dealing with fascist ideology houses ”Humanities Theatre”, where the keynote speeches and perEngelska se, or with its appeal and ability to achieve mass mobilisation. plenary sessions will be held. The park is located just behind Caro- parken lina Rediviva, the Uppsala University Library, and you need to pass V o The Second Convention of the Association of Comparative Fasist illavägen through to the park itself to see the main entrance of the venue m C 6 e n Studies (COMFAS) aims to bring the two fields together in order to a (see above). If you get lost, you can always find your way back by d foster synergies and cross-fertilisation. This will be achieved through a asking anyone for the direction to Carolina Rediviva. Kemikum cooperation betweenKarl XIVthe Hugo Valentin Centre as hosting institution Johan and Central European University as co-organiser. The conference was made possible by a generous financial contribution from the The Second Convention of the Karin Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences. Boye- Humanistiska International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies biblioteket teatern Matematikum Hugo Thunbergsvägen Valentin- Campus centrum Engelska parken The This event is organised in cooperation with: Vill Fysikum Svedberg- a v ä laboratoriet g Matikum e Fascism n COMFAS International Association and Violence for Comparative Fascist Studies Thunbergsvägen Map of campus Engelska parken. It is situated next to the Botanical Gardens (Botaniska trädgården) Uppsala, 25–27 September 2019 and behind the University Library Carolina Rediviva. Note that lunches will be provided in the cam- pus restaurant Matikum (indicated on the map with an ”x”). All activities will take place in building 22, housing the Humanities Theatre (Humanistiska teatern). Useful telephone numbers: Orangeriet English Park Campus (bldg. 4, fl. 1) Conference Police, ambulance and fire department: 112 Linneanum ◾ HUGO Thunbergsvägen 3 D Programme Villa University security service: +46 18 471 22 44 ◾ Tomtebo Box 521, 751 20 Uppsala Norbyvägen ◾ Taxi: +46 18 100 000 (UppsalaNordiska Taxi) Orangeriet VALENTIN Phone: +46 18 471 23 59 Afrikainstitutet ◾ University switchboard: +46 18 471 00 00 CENTRUM Email: [email protected] Hugo Valentin Centre: +46 18 471 23 59 ◾ The Hugo Valentin Centre Segerste ◾ Contact email: [email protected]ägen Follow us on twitter and facebook Thunbergsvägen ◾ Conference desk: +46 18 471 1552 (Sofi Pahlin) www.valentin.uu.se to keep up-to-date on activities. 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Map data May 13, 2019. 1:2500 A1 A1 1 Day I: Fascist Ideology and Violence Day 2: Violent Practice and Fascism Day 3: Legacies of Fascist Violence 25 September 26 September 27 September 08.30–09.00 09.00–10.30 (Eng22-0031) 09.00–10.30 (Eng22-1017) 09.00–10.30 (Eng22-0031) 09.00–10.30 (Eng22-1017) Panel 7: Violence in Thought and Practice Panel 8: Discourse and Fascist Violence in Italy Panel 15: Postwar Fascism in Transformation Panel 16: Continuities and Change in Radicalism Registration Moderator: Antonio Costa Pinto, Univ. of Lisbon Moderator: Michelle Gordon, Uppsala University Moderator: Vjeran Pavlaković, Univ. of Rijeka Moderator: Nikolina Židek, Univ. of Madrid 09.00–09.10: “Gangrenous Tissue Must be Removed!”: Violence in Fascist repression in the Italian fourth shore: the Still at the Gates: The Normalization of Fascist Revolutionary Violence, Fascist Hyper Masculinity Welcoming Address by Tomislav Dulić the Ideology of the Yugoslav ZBOR Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State in Libya Violence in Carl Schmitt’s Theory of the Partisan and Doublespeak in British Neo-Nazi Discourses 09.10–09.15: Rastko Lompar, Serbian Acad. of Sciences and Arts Giorgia Priorelli, University of Perugia Nicolás Sesma, University of Grenoble Alpes Paul Jackson, University of Northampton Constantin Iordachi, Central European University A Season of Political Violence: The Street Politics of “War Against the Jews”: Antisemitism and Wartime “They Even Had a Choir”: Revisionism of the Croati- “The Girl who was Chased by Fire”: Violence and 09.15–10.00: the July 1932 Reichstag Election Propaganda in La Difesa Della Razza, 1938–1943 an Post-Second World War Diaspora in Argentina Passion in Contemporary Swedish Fascist Novels Sara Sewell, Virginia Wesleyan University Francesco Cassata, University of Genoa Nikolina Židek, IE University Madrid Mattias Gardell, Uppsala University Keynote by Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University Fascists and Violence Changing Perception of Fascist Violence: Fin- Violent Words: Academic Language During Italian Legacies of Violence: The Ustaša and Radical Émigré Faces of Feminine Militancy in Greek Neo-Nazi land-Swedish Press Debate on the ‘Kristallnacht’ 1938 Colonialism Croat Separatism During the Cold War Discourse (Venue: Humanities Theatre) Matias Kaihovirta, University of Helsinki Marco Donadon, University of Padua Mate Nikola Tokić, Central European University Marianthi Anastasiadou, Univ. of Education Freiburg 10.30–11.00: Coffee break 10.30–11.00: Coffee break 10.30–11.00: Coffee break 10.30–11.00: Coffee break 10.15–11.45 (Eng22-0031) 10.15–11.45 (Eng22-1017) 11.00–12.45 (Eng22-0031) 11.00–12.45 (Eng22-1017) 11.00–12.30 (Eng22-0031) 11.00–12.30 (Eng22-1017) Panel 1: Violence in Fascist Ideology Panel 2: Violent Destruction and Rebirth Panel 9: Interwar Violent Interaction Panel 10: Interwar Violent Antisemitism Panel 17: The Legacy of Fascism in Post-socialist States Panel 18: The Radical Right and Fascism After 1990 Moderator: Deborah Barton, Univ. of Montreal Moderator: Lidia Santarelli, Princeton Univ. Moderator: Lars. M. Andersson, Uppsala Univ. Moderator: Sven Reichardt, Univ. of Konstanz Moderator: Tomislav Dulić, Uppsala University Moderator: Goran Miljan, Uppsala University Fascist Ideology and the Concept of Violence: The Fascist Violence as Iconoclastic Gesture: Fascist Terrorism in 1930s France Violence as Communication? Latvian Fascists’ “Thanks to Suffering at the Gallows our Freedom Will The ‘Americanisation’ of the British Extreme Right Worldview of Fascist Leaders and the Struggle for Survival Performing Revolution, Rebirth, and Eternity Chris Millington, Manchester Metropolitan Attacks on Jews in the 1930s be Reborn”: Jozef Tiso´s Death in the Slovak Diaspora in the 1990s Carlos Manuel Martins, University of Lisbon Aristotle Kallis, Keele University University Paula Oppermann, University of Glasgow and Social Memory about Fascist Slovakia Graham Macklin, University of Oslo Anton Hruboň, University in Banská Italians and Germans to the Cultural Conquest of Res Gestae Mussolini: Re-framing Fascist War and Counter-revolution in Swedish Fascism, Mainstreaming Exclusion: The Anti-semitism of the Antifascist Ustashas? The Radical Right and Distor- the “Great North” (1922-1945) Archaeology as Cultural Violence 1918–45 Legionary Movement in Interwar Romania The Ustaša Regime and the Modern Croatian state ted Remembrance of Croatia’s Fascist Legacy Fabio Ferrarini, University of Milan Flaminia Bartolini, University of Cambridge Nathaniel Kunkeler, Cambridge University Raul Cârstocea, University of Leicester Jurica Barić, University of Zagreb Vjeran Pavlaković, University of Rijeka The Sword and the Scales: Fascist Violence and the Abolitionism, “The Unfinished” and the Stages of The Anti-Italian Protests of 1940 in Colonial Tunisia Pogrom in Przytyk: Violence and Indigenization of Law in Interwar Romania Fascist Revolution Luke Sebastian Scalone, Northeastern University Fascism in the Polish Political Culture of the 1930s Cosmin Cercel, University of Nottingham Tomislav Dulić, Uppsala University Kamil Kijek, University of Wrocław 11.45–13.00: Lunch 11.45–13.00: Lunch 12.45–14.00: Lunch 12.45–14.00: Lunch 13.00–14.30 (Eng22-0031) 13.00–14.30 (Eng22-1017) 14.00–15.30 (Eng22-0031) 14.00–15.30 (Eng22-1017) Panel 3: Ideas of Exclusion and Dominance Panel 4: Cults of death Panel 11: Control and Violence Panel 12: Fascism and the Holocaust Moderator: Raul Cârstocea, Univ. of Leicester Moderator: Constantin Iordachi, CEU Moderator: Francesco Cassata Moderator: Aristotle Kallis Microhistories of Fascist Violence. Everyday Life, “To the Dead Comrades”: Death, Sacrifice, and Italian War Crimes in Axis-occupied Europe: “Experiencing Anti-Semitisms: The Jews of Milan Victims and Trauma in post World War One Italy