Current Topics

On the picture, with Martijn Icks and Jennifer Keohane at the Auto/Biography and Reputation Politics conference,  2020, University of Vienna.  

Currently, we focus on several research ideas and their applications:
  • Studying and building effective defenses against character attacks.
  • Studying "immunity" against character attacks (both individual and political factors).
  • Researching and cataloging historical cases and designing their contemporary applications.
  • Analyzing individual vulnerabilities that make people susceptible to character attacks.
  • Examining character attacks against political leaders as a modern form of psychological warfare.
  • Further explaining psychological mechanisms of character attacks in specific cultural and historical contexts. 



Conference at GMU, 2019

• Organized by CARP (Serge Samoilenko, a 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 several countries.
• Facilitated a forthcoming research publication
• 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.

3rd CARP Conference, 2021

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