The far right’s engagement with religion is complex and, despite its widely recognized centrality, has long remained underexplored. In light of current world political dynamics, this conference aims to illuminate how religion and the far right intertwine globally by examining their mutual entanglements, forms of appropriation, and claims to religious authenticity…
This conference will examine the periodization of the radical right and its perception of the past from a transnational perspective. Case studies on French- and German-speaking worlds are particularly welcome, but other areas of focus are also possible, namely European spaces with global interconnections. Our conference is structured around two main concerns.
Auf H-Soz-Kult sind der Tagungsbericht zur ZAER-Tagung „Extreme Right Transnational: Towards a New Postwar History“, die vom 9. bis 10. Oktober 2025 an der Universität Fribourg stattfand, sowie ein Bericht zur Tagung „Transnational Perspectives on Europe’s Extreme Right“, die vom 21. bis 23. Oktober 2025 an der Universität Mannheim durchgeführt wurde, erschienen.
The conference will examine the transnational dimensions and dynamics of the extreme right after 1945 from an actor-centred perspective. It will…
International Conference
Extreme Right Transnational: Towards a New Post-War History
October 9–10, 2025, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)