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THE BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY AT A CROSSROADS
- International,
- Rencontre - conférence,
Date(s)
du 6 novembre 2025 au 7 novembre 2025
Lieu(x)
Site Tanneurs
Amphi C
Chères et chers collègues,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier au colloque international, interuniversitaire et interdisciplinaire
les jeudi 6 et vendredi 7 novembre 2025.
Ce colloque est co-organisé par les cinq partenaires du projet "Liberalism and Conservatism at a crossroads" :
AGORA de l'Université CY Cergy Paris, BABEL de l'Université de Toulon, CREW de l'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, ICD de l'Université de Tours et TIL de l'Université Bourgogne-Europe. Il est notamment soutenu par le CRECIB et le CONSERVATISM STUDIES GROUP de la PSA.
Les inscriptions sont obligatoires, sur https://ukconsparty2025.sciencesconf.org/
ou lecture ci-dessous :
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier au colloque international, interuniversitaire et interdisciplinaire
"THE BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY AT A CROSSROADS"
qui se tiendra à Tours sur le site des Tanneurs, amphithéatre Cles jeudi 6 et vendredi 7 novembre 2025.
Ce colloque est co-organisé par les cinq partenaires du projet "Liberalism and Conservatism at a crossroads" :
AGORA de l'Université CY Cergy Paris, BABEL de l'Université de Toulon, CREW de l'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, ICD de l'Université de Tours et TIL de l'Université Bourgogne-Europe. Il est notamment soutenu par le CRECIB et le CONSERVATISM STUDIES GROUP de la PSA.
Les inscriptions sont obligatoires, sur https://ukconsparty2025.sciencesconf.org/
ou lecture ci-dessous :
Thursday 6 November 2025
08:30: Welcome and registration
09:00: Words of welcome – Erick FALC'HER-POYROUX, Co-director of ICD (UR 6297)
09:10: In Memoriam – Agnès ALEXANDRE-COLLIER
09:15: Opening Session
Chair: Catherine Marshall, Cergy Paris Université, France
Keynote Speaker: Emily JONES, University of Manchester
Impressions of Disraeli: Myths and the Making of Conservative Traditions
10:15: Coffee Break
10:30: Session 1 - Change and continuity
Chair: Nathalie Champroux, Université de Tours, France
Edmund Neill, Northeastern University, London, United Kingdom
Conservative Government Through a Thatcherite Lens: 2010-24
Anne Cousson, Université de Poitiers, France
The Conservative Party and the New British Bill of Rights: ideological evolutions and political priorities
David Jeffery, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
The conservatism of Kemi Badenoch
12:00: Lunch Break
13:00: Session 2 - Populisms
Chair: Stéphane Porion, Université de Tours, France
Alma-Pierre Bonnet, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France
From Brexit to the ‘culture wars’: towards an anatomy of populist discourse within the British Conservative Party (2006-2024)
Rod Dacombe, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
Conspiracy theories in contemporary Conservative politics in the UK
14:00: Coffee Break
14:15: Session 3 - Identity
Chair: Karine Tournier-Sol, Université de Toulon, France
Nicholas Startin, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Brexit as fact or fiction? The Conservative Party and declining Generation Z Support
Stéphane Revillet, Université de Bourgogne, France
Rishi Sunak’s ‘war on woke’ during PMQs
Rima Saini, School of Law at Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Post-racial politics and the ‘Brown Tory’
15:45: End of the first conference day
Guided tour of Tours
Friday 7 November 2025
08:30: Welcome and registration
09:00: Opening Session
Chair: Catherine Marshall, Cergy Paris Université, France
Keynote Speaker: Tim BALE, Queen Mary University of London
The Conservative Party in an era of two-bloc politics
10:00: Coffee Break
10:15: Session 4 - Factionalism
Chair: Stéphane Porion, Université de Tours, France
Virgile Lorenzoni, Université d’Aix Marseille, France
From the conservative vanguard to a strategic and ideological crossroads: Thatcher-era think tanks and their relationship with the contemporary Conservative Party
Axel Bercq, Université de Toulon, France
Conservative intra-party groups and party renewal after the 2024 General Election
11:15: Coffee Break
11:30: Session 5 - Regions and territories
Chair: Laurence Harris, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Fiona Simpkins, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
‘Taking back control’: Conservative unionism in Scotland after Brexit
Alan Convery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Representing the Red Wall: Conservative MPs’ Views and Representational Styles
12:30: Lunch Break
13:30: Session 6 - Policies
Chair: Nathalie A. Champroux, Université de Tours, France
Thibaud Harrois, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
From ‘liberal conservatism’ to ‘conservative realism’: the Conservative Party’s approach to foreign and defence policy
Lucie de Carvalho, Université de Lille, France
The Energy Policy of the Conservatives over their Last Five Years in Power
Laurence Harris, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Where is the alternative? Reconstructing an economic vision after the 2024 electoral defeat
15:00: Coffee Break
15:15: Round Table
David Jeffery and the CONSERVATISM STUDIES Group, Political Studies Association, London, United Kingdom
16:15: Conclusive remarks
08:30: Welcome and registration
09:00: Words of welcome – Erick FALC'HER-POYROUX, Co-director of ICD (UR 6297)
09:10: In Memoriam – Agnès ALEXANDRE-COLLIER
09:15: Opening Session
Chair: Catherine Marshall, Cergy Paris Université, France
Keynote Speaker: Emily JONES, University of Manchester
Impressions of Disraeli: Myths and the Making of Conservative Traditions
10:15: Coffee Break
10:30: Session 1 - Change and continuity
Chair: Nathalie Champroux, Université de Tours, France
Edmund Neill, Northeastern University, London, United Kingdom
Conservative Government Through a Thatcherite Lens: 2010-24
Anne Cousson, Université de Poitiers, France
The Conservative Party and the New British Bill of Rights: ideological evolutions and political priorities
David Jeffery, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
The conservatism of Kemi Badenoch
12:00: Lunch Break
13:00: Session 2 - Populisms
Chair: Stéphane Porion, Université de Tours, France
Alma-Pierre Bonnet, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France
From Brexit to the ‘culture wars’: towards an anatomy of populist discourse within the British Conservative Party (2006-2024)
Rod Dacombe, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
Conspiracy theories in contemporary Conservative politics in the UK
14:00: Coffee Break
14:15: Session 3 - Identity
Chair: Karine Tournier-Sol, Université de Toulon, France
Nicholas Startin, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Brexit as fact or fiction? The Conservative Party and declining Generation Z Support
Stéphane Revillet, Université de Bourgogne, France
Rishi Sunak’s ‘war on woke’ during PMQs
Rima Saini, School of Law at Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Post-racial politics and the ‘Brown Tory’
15:45: End of the first conference day
Guided tour of Tours
Friday 7 November 2025
08:30: Welcome and registration
09:00: Opening Session
Chair: Catherine Marshall, Cergy Paris Université, France
Keynote Speaker: Tim BALE, Queen Mary University of London
The Conservative Party in an era of two-bloc politics
10:00: Coffee Break
10:15: Session 4 - Factionalism
Chair: Stéphane Porion, Université de Tours, France
Virgile Lorenzoni, Université d’Aix Marseille, France
From the conservative vanguard to a strategic and ideological crossroads: Thatcher-era think tanks and their relationship with the contemporary Conservative Party
Axel Bercq, Université de Toulon, France
Conservative intra-party groups and party renewal after the 2024 General Election
11:15: Coffee Break
11:30: Session 5 - Regions and territories
Chair: Laurence Harris, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Fiona Simpkins, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
‘Taking back control’: Conservative unionism in Scotland after Brexit
Alan Convery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Representing the Red Wall: Conservative MPs’ Views and Representational Styles
12:30: Lunch Break
13:30: Session 6 - Policies
Chair: Nathalie A. Champroux, Université de Tours, France
Thibaud Harrois, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
From ‘liberal conservatism’ to ‘conservative realism’: the Conservative Party’s approach to foreign and defence policy
Lucie de Carvalho, Université de Lille, France
The Energy Policy of the Conservatives over their Last Five Years in Power
Laurence Harris, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Where is the alternative? Reconstructing an economic vision after the 2024 electoral defeat
15:00: Coffee Break
15:15: Round Table
David Jeffery and the CONSERVATISM STUDIES Group, Political Studies Association, London, United Kingdom
16:15: Conclusive remarks