BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//妻友社区 - ECPv6.14.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:妻友社区 X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 妻友社区 REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T170000 DTSTAMP:20261023T120440 CREATED:20261015T040311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T040311Z UID:23875-1793721600-1793725200@www.lemoyne.edu SUMMARY:QAnon Becomes the Conspiracy: The Politics of Conspiracy Theory in the United States DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines the presence and politics of conspiracy theory discourses in the United States. More generally\, the talk identifies and analyzes the conditions of possibility for contemporary conspiracy theory discourses with a particular focus on the QAnon conspiracy theory. This talk investigates what conspiracy theories aim to express as well as evaluates how political elites aim to channel and govern them.\n\nOn Wednesday\, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Reilley Room\, Samuel Beckenhauer\, Ph.D. will present 鈥淨Anon Becomes the Conspiracy: The Politics of Conspiracy Theory in the United States.鈥� Beckenhauer鈥檚 research employs discourse analysis to examine the production\, proliferation and governance of conspiracy theory discourses in the United States. He teaches courses in Integrative Professional Studies at SUNY Oswego and holds a Ph.D. with a concentration in political thought from the interdisciplinary Alliance for Social\, Political\, Ethical\, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) doctoral program at Virginia Tech.\n\nThis talk is part of the Fall 2026 Social Science Seminar Series\, sponsored by the social science departments: anthropology\, criminology and sociology; economics; political science; and psychology. URL:/event/qanon-becomes-the-conspiracy-the-politics-of-conspiracy-theory-in-the-united-states/ LOCATION:Reilley Room\, 1419 Salt Springs Road\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13214\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR