Going Extreme. History, narratives and the threat to Europe's democracies

As part of the ARENAS (Analysis of and Responses to Extremist Narratives) project, financed by the Horizon Europe programme, the UAB's Centre for Studies on Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID) has organised the international congress Going Extreme. History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracies in Europe, which will take place on 25, 26 and 27 September. The congress will be held at the Mirador Hall of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. The inaugural session, which will take place on 25 Septmeber at 6 p.m., will consist in a debate on democracy, extremism and youth in which Judit Carrera, director of the CCCB, will participate; as well as journalist Milagros Pérez Oliva; Minister of Youth and Children Sira Riego; and professor in Political Science at the UAB and former Minister for Universities, Joan Subirats. The main researcher of the ARENAS project is Steven Forti, lecturer in the Department of Modern and Early Modern History at the UAB and researcher at the CEDID.