Trickster Politics: Global Perspectives
10:30 am Welcome and introduction: Why Trickster Politics?
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss
Bjørn Thomassen, Roskilde University
Srirupa Roy, University of Göttingen
11:00 am What Is a Political Trickster? Ambivalence, Charisma, and the Shadow
Chair
Camil Roman, John Cabot University
Discussant
Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss
Agnes Horváth, Founder of International Political Anthropology The Sweet and Sour Trickster in the Global, Mimetic World
Solon J. Simmons, George Mason University Trickster or Shadow? Directionality, Disruption, and the Cunning of History
12:30 pm Lunch break
2:00 pm Liminality, Symbolisation, and Trickster Logics
Chair
Flavia Canestrini, Luiss
Discussant
Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University
Árpád Szakolczai, University College Cork, Emeritus Professor of Global Trickster Logic
Cesare Silla, University of Urbino Trickster Logics in Liminal Transitions: World-Images, Symbolisation, and Social Change
3:30 pm Coffee break
4:00 pm Tricksters in Moments of Rupture: Fascism and Revolution
Chair
Hans Kundnani, NYU and LSE
Discussant
Thomas Blom Hansen, Stanford University
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss
Bjørn Thomassen, Roskilde University
Mussolini as a Political Trickster: Rethinking Leadership in Times of Crisis
Walter Armbrust, University of Oxford
Egypt and the politics of the trickster