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The notion of 'European heritage' plays an increasingly important role in the discursive constructions of a collective sense of European belonging. This Special Issue critically reviews some of the contemporary instrumentalizations of European heritage as processes of borderwork by which various political and non-political actors demarcate the boundaries of Europe and European identity. Specifically, the nine contributions shed light on some of the top-down and bottom-up uses of European heritage and explore whether the borderwork of European heritage delineates and separates Europeanness as an exclusive and singular identity, or whether it constitutes a space of exchange, flow and entanglement where Europeanness is defined as inclusive and pluralistic. Characterized by interdisciplinarity, methodological variety and a conception of Europe broader than the European Union, this Special Issue aims to broaden the scope of scholarship in European studies and (critical) heritage studies.

Intro -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: COVID-19 and the Radical Right -- How is the Far Right Capitalizing on COVID-19? -- How COVID-19 Will Impact the Fight Against the Radical Right -- For the Far Right, The COVID-19 Crisis is a PR Opportunity -- COVID-19's Victims: Populism -- Chapter 2: Case Studies from Europe and North America -- Flanders First: How COVID-19 has Boosted the Flemish Radical Populist Right -- Germany: Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Weakening the Far Right? -- COVID-19 and the Pause of Far-Right Demonstrations in Germany -- Amid COVID-19, Trump Attempts to Rewrite History -- Will France's Marine Le Pen be a Profiteer or Victim of the Pandemic? -- How the European Union Lost Italy to the Radical Right -- After COVID-19: Will Matteo Salvini Lead Europe's Radical Right? -- COVID-19 & -- the (temporary) Fall of the Populist Radical Right in European Politics? -- The Spanish Right, COVID-19 and 'Socio-Communism' -- Tilting at Windmills: The Spanish Radical Populist Right in Times of COVID-19 -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and Radical-Right Conspiracy Theories -- The Oldest Hatred, Conspiracy Theories and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- COVID-19 and the Radical Right: Conspiracy, Disinformation and Xenophobia -- The Dangers of Right-Wing COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories -- Apocalypse Now: The Conspiracy Theories of the Radical Right -- Chapter 4: COVID-19 and the Rise of Racism and Religious Hatred -- The 'Other' in a Time of Crisis: Europe's Populist Radical Right Response to COVID-19 -- Anti-Asian Racism Amid COVID-19 Echoes US History of Blaming Immigrants for Disease -- Canada and the 'Yellow Peril' Conspiracy Amidst COVID-19 -- "#CORONAJIHAD": How the Far Right in India is Responding to the Pandemic -- Chapter 5: COVID-19 and the Radical Right's Transition Online.