On the second session of the IKG Forum Series on Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety, we host Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya from Istanbul Bilgi University, one of the co-editors of the volume, with his talk entitled "Nativist and Islamist Radicalisms in Europe: Focusing on Similarities" at IKG.

Based on the findings of extensive fieldwork of an ERC AdG research project, conducted in different European cities with 307 young European citizens in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, this talk elaborates on what is lurking behind the relational and reciprocal processes of radicalization among young Europeans with ‘native’ and ‘Muslim’ backgrounds, radical Islamism and right-wing extremism in particular. .
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Ayhan Kaya is a Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism at the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University; Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence; and a member of the Science Academy, Turkey. He is currently European Research Council Advanced Grant holder (ERC AdG, 2019-2024). He is specialized in European identities, Euro-Turks in Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Circassian diaspora in Turkey, the construction and articulation of modern transnational identities, refugee studies in Turkey, conventional and non-conventional forms of political participation in Turkey, and the rise of populist movements in the EU. He is the co-editor Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety (London: Routledge, 2023).
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- This Forum is open to all interested colleagues. Please feel free to disseminate this announcement to your networks & relevant audiences.
- The language of the inputs in this session is English.
- This is a hybrid meeting. In person meeting room is XE1-245 (Besprechungsraum).

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