Current Topics

On the picture, with Martijn Icks and Jennifer Keohane at the Auto/Biography and Reputation Politics conference,  University of Vienna. Check our website for updates.

We are currently focusing on several research areas and their practical applications:

• Developing effective defenses against character attacks.
  
• The gender factor in character attacks.
  
• Investigating "immunity" to character attacks, considering both individual and political factors.
• Researching and cataloging historical cases and exploring their relevance to contemporary settings.
• Analyzing individual vulnerabilities that make people more susceptible to character attacks.
• Examining character attacks on political leaders as a modern form of psychological warfare.
• Exploring the psychological mechanisms of character attacks within specific cultural and historical contexts.
  

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Conference at GMU, 2019

• Organized by CARP (Serge Samoilenko, conference chair)
• Hosted more than 60 participants and guests from 12 countries
• Facilitated several research publications including the Handbook (2020)

Conference in Amsterdam, 2019

• Organized and hosted by Martijn Icks and Edwina Hagen.
• Gathered scholars from fourteen countries.
• Facilitated a forthcoming research publication as a Series (Amsterdam University Press)
• Gave an impulse to new research collaboration

Conference in Vienna, 2020

• Sponsored by the University of Vienna
• Chaired by Dr. Nadja Gernalzick
• Gathered scholars from twelve countries
• Facilitated an academic publication (an edited volume). See our announcements.

4th CARP Conference, 2025
MARCH, Arlington, VA, USA

Watch for announcements about the date and location of our 2025 conference