Politics Program and Center for Civic Engagement Present
The Concept of Populism at the Time of Crisis
Ertuğ Tombuş (Humboldt University, Berlin) in conversation with Bard's own Pinar Kemerli and Archie Magno
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Olin Humanities, Room 205
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Ertuğ Tombuş presents: When is a Populist No Longer a Populist? From Laclau to Arato and the Lifecycle of Populist Politics. 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Ertuğ Tombuş is Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. From 2017 to 2020, he was Academic Coordinator of the Blickwechsel: Contemporary Turkey Studies Program at HU Berlin. Ertuğ Tombuş is Managing Editor of Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory. He holds two PhDs, in Political Science and Sociology. His teaching and research focus on democratic theory, politics and law, constitution-making, comparative constitutionalism, populism, contemporary social theory, and Turkish politics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Olin Humanities, Room 205
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