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Dr Paul Jackson specializes in the history of fascism and the extreme right, especially in Britain after 1945. He is also the curator of the Searchlight Archive at the university, which is one of the UK’s largest collections of material related to the recent history of extreme right groups.
He is editor of Bloomsbury’s book series A Modern History of Politics and Violence, and his most recent book is Colin Jordan and Britain’s Neo-Nazi Movement: Hitler’s Echo (Bloomsbury, 2017).
His Twitter handle is @pnjackson101.
Supervision
Anna Castriota; History
The Disintegration of the System: Far-Right Terrorism, Fascist Mysticism and Metapolitics.
Siobhan Hyland; History
Searchlight magazine's Anti-fascist campaign to uncover Second World War era war criminals living in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s.
Daniel Jones; History
British far right and anti-fascist media's construction of identity: Searchlight and Spearhead, 1964 - 1982.
Paul Stewart; History
Medmenham: Anglo-american photographic intelligence in the Second World War.
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Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (SPACEX)
Hewitt, A., Jackson, P., Georges, H., Taylor, A., Smith, J. & Farini, F.
1/03/20 → 3/02/25
Project: Research › European
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#hitlerwasright: National Action and National Socialism for the 21st Century
Jackson, P., 1 Jun 2021, In: La Revue Populism. 1, 1, p. 109-127Research output: Contribution to Journal › Reprint
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Campaigning for Justice: Anti-Fascist Campaigners, Nazi-Era Collaborator War Criminals and Britain's Failure to Prosecute
Hyland, S. & Jackson, P., 20 Jan 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of Britain and the Holocaust . Lawson, T. & Pierce, A. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmilan, p. 201-218 18 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Debate: Donald Trump and Fascism Studies
Jackson, P., 24 Jun 2021, In: Fascism. 10, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
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From Slime Mould to Rhizome Revisited: The Anglophone Neo-Nazi Cultic Milieu, Past and Present
Jackson, P., 12 Nov 2020, Beyond the Fascist Century: Essays in Honour of Roger Griffin. Iordachi, C. & Kallis, A. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmilan, p. 257 25 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Pioneers of World Wide Web Fascism: The British Extreme Right and Web 1.0
Jackson, P., 12 Mar 2020, Digital Extremisms : Readings in Violence, Radicalisation and Extremism in the Online Space. Lee, B. & Littler, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmilan, p. 13-36 24 p. (Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Transnational neo-Nazism in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia
Jackson, P., 28 Feb 2020, Washington: George Washington University. 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › peer-review
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Cultic milieus and the extreme right: As a concept for framing how elements of the extreme right give their activism a sense of profound significance, the cultic remains useful and relevant.
Jackson, P., 9 May 2019, In: OpenDemocracy.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Short Survey
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Dreaming of a National Socialist World: Dreaming of a National Socialist World: The World Union of National Socialists (wuns) and the Recurring Vision of Transnational Neo-Nazism
Jackson, P., 17 Dec 2019, In: Fascism. 8, 2, p. 275 - 306 32 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Using Radical Collections
Daniel Jones (Organiser), Paul Jackson (Organiser), Rachel Moss (Organiser) & Siobhan Hyland (Organiser)
4 Dec 2020Activity: Organising a conference or workshop › Research
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Reflecting on Writing About the World Union of National Socialists using the Searchlight Archive
Paul Jackson (Author)
15 May 2019 → 17 May 2019Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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‘Fascism Beyond Nations’: The (British?) Extreme Right and Transnational Imagined Communities, Past and Present
Paul Jackson (Author)
4 Jul 2019Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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National Action, Atomwaffen Division and Cultures of Neo-Nazi Transnational Activism
Paul Jackson (Author)
8 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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The Searchlight Archive – Cataloguing the Extreme
Daniel Jones (Speaker), Siobhan Hyland (Speaker) & Paul Jackson (Speaker)
16 May 2019Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Symposium › Research
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Extreme Right Aware Training Course
Paul Jackson (Organiser)
20 Sep 2019Activity: Training Programmes › Organising a training programme › Research
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Teaching on the Extreme Right
Daniel Jones (Organiser), Paul Jackson (Organiser) & Siobhan Hyland (Organiser)
12 Apr 2018Activity: Organising a conference or workshop › Research
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Public history and the British extreme right
Paul Nicholas Jackson (Speaker)
7 Feb 2017Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
Press / Media
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Significant contribution recognised for new Associate Professors
Liz Gulliford, Amin Hosseinian Far, Matthew Callender, John Sinclair, Mark Rothery, Karen Anthony, Tracey Redwood, Rachel Maunder, Helen Caldwell, Paul Jackson, Cristina Devecchi, Adrian Pryce & Eunice Lumsden
3/09/20
1 item of Media coverage
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Far-right groups could exploit Brexit atmosphere, police chief says
23/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Brexit opens possibility of 'far-right drift into extreme right-wing terrorism' ...
23/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Far-right groups could exploit Brexit division, official says
23/01/19
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Far-right groups could exploit Brexit atmosphere, says counter-terror chief
23/01/19
11 items of Media coverage
Press/Media
Impacts
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Media Commentator on Far and Extreme Right Politics, Activism and Terrorism
Paul Jackson (Principal Investigator)
Impact: Cultural impacts, 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (UN SDG)