Extreme Right Research Network

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.

One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social

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...

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.

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!

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... 🗃️

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.

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

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 🗃️

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...

Research Blogs Read the latest updates from our Research Centres via our Blogs.

The @errnetwork.bsky.social website is now live! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Stay tuned for more content soon.

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....

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"

🌟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. 🗃️

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Cup of tea held in front of a university courtyard with trees and bushes

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.

It now has an online shop: shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...

Now has its own online shop for the free tickets! - shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...

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!

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!

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

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.