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Extreme Right Research Network

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The Extreme Right Research Network is dedicated to understanding the extreme right of today by understanding its past, and using that to inform future intervention and engagement. Part of the Centre for Historical Studies at the University of Northampton.

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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We just had out monthly ERRN Seminar, with an amazing talk by Dr Alex Carter of @unibirmingham.bsky.social looking at the Folk Against Fascism, and how it organised to stop the BNP entering the British folk scene in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In case you missed it, a couple of weeks ago a blog went up from @pnjackson.bsky.social on our site - looking at how the extreme right make use of dogwhistles, hiding their messages within what may be common language that for them has layered meanings. www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
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Extreme Right Explainer: What is an extreme right ‘dog whistle’? | UON
Use of coded and ambiguous language, hidden messages and multiple layers of meaning are common features of far and extreme right politics, past and...
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The latest blog is up! Following on from Prof. Paul Jackson's look at dogwhistles, Dr Dan Jones talks about how the extreme right have engaged with environmentalism - using mainstream language to cloak concept-dense narratives. www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
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Hiding in plain sight – the extreme right and environmentalism | UON
The environment has moved increasingly into a mainstream debate over the last 30 years, so it is not a surprise that the extreme right have sought to...
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Today our seminar is by the great Kate McCoubrey, exploring the Women's Division of the British Movement and activity in the Welsh Borderlands. You can read her great recent (open access) piece at compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The last few days to get an abstract in for our conference on the 12th of June, run in collaboration with CST's SAFE team. Emotion, Nationalism and Extremism - Contexts and Responses. In person at Northampton, deadline for abstracts 15th March. www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
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Call for Papers and Presentations – Emotion, Nationalism and Extremism: Contexts and Responses | UON
University of Northampton, Waterside Campus 12 June 2026 This one-day conference will bring together academics and practitioners to consider the...
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Fantastic first ERRN Seminar of 2026, with the brilliant Dr Ben Lee exploring the evolution of violent subcultures. Really fascinating talk, and lots to think about both in terms of how we conceptualise these groups for research, and also how we tackle them via practical intervention.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social
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Searchlight Archive @searchlightarchive.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Gerry Gable, long-time editor of Searchlight, sadly died last weekend. The work of Gerry and his comrades forms our Searchlight Collection, the heart of the Searchlight Archive, and we are honoured to continue his legacy in some small way. Rest well, Gerry. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/remembe...
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Remembering renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor Gerry Gable (1937-2026) | UON
The University of Northampton pays tribute to renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor, Gerry Gable, who sadly passed away on 3 January 2026.
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MATER @maternetwork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Welcome to MATER (Medievalists Against the Extreme Right), an offshoot of the @errnetwork.bsky.social at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. The network is run by @menysnoweballes.bsky.social. Get in touch for details of meetings and events.
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Searchlight Archive @searchlightarchive.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Really delighted that the initiative we are running with the University Archives under @uninorthampton.bsky.social Centre for Historical Studies to bring together and support local groups working with or around archives and collections got featured in This Year In Archives! Find us in the Midlands!
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
In @errnetwork.bsky.social's latest blog post @siobhanhyland.bsky.social explains how she's working on my British Academy/Leverhulme Trust funded project as a research assistant: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... 🗃️
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The Extreme Right and its use of the medieval past to inform its profile | UON
This blog follows on from Associate Professor Rachel Moss’ blog on Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past. During the summer, I...
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This week's archive image - one of a number of pictures held in the archive around the Spearhead group and their activities. As well as these, pictures also cover them lounging in the grass with their legs kicked up, lectures from Colin Jordan, and a rather bored looking audience.
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The @searchlightarchive.bsky.social, part of the Extreme Right Research Network, is starting posting archive items every week - last week they shared this still from a digitised Super8 film, the outcome of a digitisation project supported by the University of Northampton's Research Directorate
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If you're interested in my new project on medievalism & the extreme right, you can read the first update on our blog here: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... As the project progresses, @siobhanhyland.bsky.social and I will write updates to share info & upcoming events. @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️
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Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past | UON
A few years ago, my colleague (and Searchlight archivist) Dr Dan Jones sent me some scans of items I might find interesting. One of them was a scan...
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A little story from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social - with a huge thank you to Jen and the press team at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. A letter from Otto Frank to Maurice Ludmer, then editor of @searchlightmag.bsky.social. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/a-fathe...
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A Father’s Fight for Justice: Unpublished letter from Otto Frank to the British press discovered in University of Northampton’s Searchlight Archive | UON
A discovery has been made deep within the archives at the University of Northampton which casts a new spotlight on a father’s fight for justice in...
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The @errnetwork.bsky.social website is now live! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Stay tuned for more content soon.
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Research Blogs
Read the latest updates from our Research Centres via our Blogs.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Congratulations to my PhD student Billy Mann for the publication of his first article! doi.org/10.1111/rec3... @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️"Faith in Fear: Conspiracy Theories as an Explanatory Tradition Within the American Christian Right"
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Faith in Fear: Conspiracy Theories as an Explanatory Tradition Within the American Christian Right
Since the 1970s, the Christian right in America has developed from a movement deliberately detached from politics into a lobbying force wielding influence in the heart of the American political syste....
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟 Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Mark Wilson, our partner from Dudley Council, is talking the workshop through the practicalities of managing the extreme right, exploring the response to the 2024 Riots. A fascinating insight into how our work can inform work, and how our partners operate.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Session 2 of @errnetwork.bsky.social event from Mark Wilson (Community Safety Officer, Dudley) on challenging the extreme right - moving from the theoretical to the practical.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Our @errnetwork.bsky.social event Addressing the Extreme Right event has kicked off with world expert in fascism Roger Griffin talking to us about defining extremism.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Great to be at the @errnetwork.bsky.social Addressing the Extreme Right Threat workshop day. @pnjackson.bsky.social just announcing our new website, soon to have podcasts. Running a @searchlightarchive.bsky.social stall, including some classic copies of @searchlightmag.bsky.social
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Fancy a last minute trip to Northampton on Friday to discuss combatting the extreme right? We've got a couple of travel bursaries left - if this would help you attend do get in touch, we'd love to have you here.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Just a week until this event organised by @pnjackson.bsky.social @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and myself. Still a few tickets left, and time to alter the catering, so do get in touch. We also have a couple of £75 travel bursaries left if it helps people attend.
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We have 4x£75 travel bursaries available for PGRs, ECRs and precarious researchers for this event. Just drop an email to daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk if you would like more information. And you can book until early next week, but we are getting low on tickets! Link in original post.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
GREAT news - we have a slight budget surplus on this event so we are able to offer 4 x £75 travel bursaries to PGRs/ECRs/other precariously employed researchers: so if you'd like to join us in Northampton for the day, contact @narson.bsky.social on daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk.
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day. Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Searchlight Archive @searchlightarchive.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Along with the University Archive we will be hosting the Northamptonshire Archives and Collections meetup on the 31st of July at 2pm - every 6 months we meet up, have cake and tea, and discuss what is going on with our local heritage groups and how we can support them.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Day 1 done in the archives for my British Academy project today with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social who is my RA and @narson.bsky.social the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social archivist! I can’t show you any of the archive material here as it’s horrible extremist stuff, so here is my archive tea break.
Cup of tea held in front of a university courtyard with trees and bushes
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It now has an online shop: shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Extreme Right Aware, 23 May 2025 | Northampton Online Store
This one-day training package is aimed at people whose work engages with the Prevent Agenda and want a deeper understanding of the British and internationa
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Now has its own online shop for the free tickets! - shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Addressing the Extreme Right Threat: A Year after the Riots, 6 June 2025 | Northampton Online Store
This one-day workshop/conference will bring together practitioners, professionals and academics to debate and discuss the extreme right in Britain and glob
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
On the 6th of June we will be hosting our first major summer event - a free day-long workshop bringing together academics with practitioners and professionals to discuss the extreme right. A year on from riots that played out across Britain, we have some fantastic speakers. Come join us!
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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Join us for the updated 2025 Extreme Right Aware on the 23rd of May. Online shop portal coming soon, in meantime contact Dan on the email listed!
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.
A poster for the event, in blue with a picture of a burning police van on the right. The main text reads:

Extreme Right Aware
23 May 2025
10am to 3.30pm
Waterside Campus
Sunley Hotel

The extreme right space is fast-changing and complex. What risks does it pose? What draws people to such extremism? How does it cultivate violence and even terrorism? What can be done to tackle it?

Updated for 2025, this Extreme Right Aware CPD workshop will explore the history of the extreme right, help you identify extreme-right groups and messaging, and explore how they organise and campaign – including in the online space.

The day-long CPD workshop offers an important introduction to those new to this area, will deepen knowledge, and acts as a refresher for those already experienced working on the extreme right.

Lunch and refreshments are provided, and parking is available. Tickets are £20, and free tickets are available for charities and educational groups, or as incentives for group bookings.

Please contact Dr Daniel Jones at: Daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.
A poster advertising the Addressing the Extreme Right Threat: A Year after the Riots workshop at the University of Northampton. It takes place on the 6th of June 2025, from 9.30am to 4.30pm, and is free to register.

The event will explore key aspects of contemporary extreme right politics and will set a research agenda for the Extreme Right Research Network based on the issues raised by all participants. As well as workshop activities, there will be four keynote talks from Prof. Roger Griffin, Dr Sophie James, Mark Wilson and Rajesh Thind.

We welcome a wide range of participants including academic researchers (including postgraduate and early career researchers), as well as practitioners and professionals such as journalists, policymakers, specialists from local government, charities and NGOs, and the policing and criminal justice sector.

Any queries, or to register your interest, please contact Dr Daniel Jones at Daniel.Jones@northampton.ac.uk.
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