Research Training Group World Politics RTG 2225
Julia Pfau
Doctoral Researcher
E-Mail: julia.pfau@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106 67633
Office: Gebäude X B2-217, Locations Map
Postbox: Nr. 398 im Gebäude X - Magistrale - Ebene C2
Doctoral Project:
The Making of Personalized '-Isms' in World Politics.
- Biography
Since 10/2023 Doctoral Researcher at the Research Training Group "World Politics", Bielefeld University 07/2023-09/2023 Trainee, European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg 10/2018-11/2022 MA Sociology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 09/2019-12/2019 Term Abroad, Central European University (CEU), Department of Gender Studies, Budapest, Hungary 10/2016-10/2017 Team Assistant Project Management, Smith Heimann GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany 04/2015-09/2018 BA Sociology and Art History, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Abstract
Trumpism, Orbánism, Merkelism - these terms, that we come across in the news, are inspired by politicians, their behaviors and performances. In many cases people using these words do not define their meanings to their audience, rather they have an expectation that a common understanding of the terms exists with the public in every respective context.
With a sociohistorical approach, I explore the use of various '-Isms' based on political actors as defining forces. In doing so, I aim to examine the historical and political contexts in which '-Isms' arise as well as how they are developed, used and adapted across time and location.- Publications
- Research Stays and Conferences
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Pfau, J. (2025). "The Emergence of Personalized '-Isms' in World Politics", presented at 'Sociology of the Future/The Future of Sociology, ISA RC16 Midterm Conference', University of Innsbruck, Austria, 2-4 July 2025.
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Pfau, J. (2025). "Conservative Media and the Making of Trump’s Charismatic Populism", presented at 'Canadian Sociological Association, Annual Conference: Committing Sociology for Social Impact', Toronto, Canada, 1-13 June 2025.
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Pfau, J. (2025). "Global Media and the Rise of Far-Right Politics", presented at 'Canadian Sociological Association, Annual Conference: Committing Sociology for Social Impact', Toronto, Canada, 1-13 June 2025.
- Pfau, J. (2024). "Liberal Order at stake: 'Threat to democracy' as rhetorical device in World Politics", presented at the Workshop 'Reflecting World Politics: Taking Stock, Looking Back and to the Future' organized by the third cohort of the RTG World Politics at Bielefeld University, Germany, 28-29 November 2024.
- Pfau, J. (2024). "The Emergence of Trumpism in Political Discourses", presented at 'Foucault: 40 Years After, Rethinking Foucault's Historical Ontology of Ourselves: Subjects, Subjectivation, Self-Practices’ International Conference, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 21-22 June 2024.
- Pfau, J. (2024). "The Making of Personalized 'Isms' in World Politics", presented at the 'Transatlantic Workshop in History (organized by Bielefeld University and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)', Bielefeld University, Germany, 16-21 May 2024.
- Pfau, J. (2024). "Membership Categories als Kampfbegriffe am Beispiel des 'Trumpismus' in deutschsprachigen Medien”, presented at the Conference 'Membership Categorization Analysis. Soziologische Perspektiven auf ein Forschungsprogramm', College for Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany, 21-22 March 2024.
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