The round table on "Nationalism and populism: a challenge for Europe and the world", organised by the Municipal Library of Lyon in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, will be held on Saturday January 12th from 14:30 to 17:00 at the municipal library of Lyon and the Italian Cultural Institute of Lyon. Moderated by Joachim Umlauf, Director of the Goethe German institute, the panel discussion also includes Sofia Ventura, Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Jérôme Vaillant, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary German Civilization at the University of Lille and Karoline Postel- Vinay, Director of Research at the International Sciences Research Center PO.