The Big Hoax: The Conspiracy of the “Other”: Revolution, Replacement and Reinvention

Brendan Fay, Tad Tuleja and Sergio Schargel

The Big Hoax: The Conspiracy of the “Other”: Revolution, Replacement and Reinvention

Brendan Fay, Tad Tuleja and Sergio Schargel

1:00pm

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Explore the history of conspiracy theories around white supremacy, nationalism and the Great Replacement, from the 1920s to now, with Dr. Brendan Fay, Dr. Tad Tuleja and Dr. Sergio Schargel. This includes an analysis of how conspiracy theories on communism have been adapted through the last 70 years of Brazil’s history, mainly by Integralism and Bolsonarism, and an examination of conspiracy theories within the Nazi party leading to a violent purge within the party itself that helped consolidate power and control for Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and the SS.

This event is part of the annual interdisciplinary Humber Liberal Arts Conference. This year’s focus is The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present. Tune in to plenary sessions, free and open to the public, October 22–23.

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Panel Discussion

Explore the history of conspiracy theories around white supremacy, nationalism and the Great Replacement, from the 1920s to now, with Dr. Brendan Fay, Dr. Tad Tuleja and Dr. Sergio Schargel. This includes an analysis of how conspiracy theories on communism have been adapted through the last 70 years of Brazil’s history, mainly by Integralism and Bolsonarism, and an examination of conspiracy theories within the Nazi party leading to a violent purge within the party itself that helped consolidate power and control for Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and the SS.

This event is part of the annual interdisciplinary Humber Liberal Arts Conference. This year’s focus is The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present. Tune in to plenary sessions, free and open to the public, October 22–23.

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Featured Authors

Brendan Fay
Dr. Brendan Fay, Ph.D., is the Associate Professor of Library Management at Emporia State University, with broad interests in the function of information within closed societies, with a special focus on Nazi Germany. Fay’s research examines the role of conspiracy theories in helping bring the Nazis to power, consolidating rule and radicalizing policy over the course of the Third Reich. His first book was My Classical Music in Weimar Germany: Culture and Politics before the Third Reich and he is working on a manuscript tentatively titled The Power of Conspiracy: Nazi Information Worlds Between Weimar and the Third Reich.

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Tad Tuleja
Dr. Tad Tuleja, Ph.D., is a folklorist with particular interests in ethnicity, stereotyping, conspiracy theories and popular culture. Tuleja was educated at Yale, the University of Sussex and the University of Texas at Austin, where his doctoral dissertation examined the mass media “othering” of Mexico in the 1920s. As a songwriter, he received a development grant from the Puffin Foundation and have just released a debut EP entitled Waters Wide Between. At Harvard, Princeton, Colby College and the University of Oklahoma, Tuleja taught courses on ethnicity, gender, revenge, urban legends and military culture and has authored several scholarly articles and thirty books.

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Sergio Schargel
Sergio Schargel is a Ph.D candidate in Literature at USP, Ph.D candidate in Media at UERJ, Ph.D candidate in Political Science at UFF and master candidate in Political Science at UNIRIO. He holds a master’s degree in Literature from PUC-Rio, as well as bachelor’s in Social Communication, Journalism and Social Communication, Advertising and Marketing, both from PUC-Rio. Sergio works as a MEI Communication Analyst at the Igarape Institute. His research and artistic production are focused on the relationship between literature and politics, covering themes such as political theory, political literature, post-memory, anti-Semitism and the work of Sylvia Serafim Thibau.

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