The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce the conference “Populismes: une généalogie transatlantique?” by Lynda Dematteo, organised in cooperation with the Anthropology Department and the IRTG diversity.
Tuesday, November 13, 4:15 pm
Le Carrefour des arts et des sciences, Room C-3061
University of Montreal, Lionel-Groulx Pavilion
3150, rue Jean-Brilliant
Free Entrance
Lynda Dematteo is a graduate of Sciences Po Lille (1996) and she obtained her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris (2002). After having been an Assistant professor at Charles de Gaulle University of Lille III, she was granted a scholarship by the Montreal Center for International Studies for a postdoctoral internship (2004-2006). In 2008, she was recruited by the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) to carry out studies on the impact of globalization on political life, and she is now a researcher at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. As a specialist in Italian politics, she has conducted numerous field research studies on Northern Italy, the transnational networks of the textile industry and the globalization of Made in Italy. She is studying the issue of political tensions and populist movements in the European and American contexts from an anthropological perspective.