Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
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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Projects
- 1 Active
Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (SPACEX)
Hewitt, A., Jackson, P., Georges, H., Taylor, A., Smith, J. & Farini, F.
20/03/19 → 2/10/23
Project: Research › European
Research Output
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
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
Open Access
File
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
Open Access
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 31 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Open Access
Music, Youth and International Links in Post‐War British Fascism: The Transformation of Extremism. By Shaffer, Ryan. Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. x + 351pp. £56.99.
JACKSON, PAUL., 6 Mar 2019, In : History. 104, 360, p. 385-387 3 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book Review
The Murder of Jo Cox MP: A Case Study in Lone Actor Terrorism
Jackson, P., 30 Mar 2019, The New Authoritarianism: Vol. 2: A Risk Analysis of the European Alt-Right Phenomenon. Ibidem Press, p. 149 169 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter
Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu
Jackson, P. N., 24 Sep 2018, Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion. Dyrendal, A., Robertson, D. & Asprem, E. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 461-489 28 p. (Brill handbooks on contemporary religion; vol. 17).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter
Open Access
File
Discourse of the ‘Lone Wolf’: precarity and extremism in the transnational mythology of extreme right terror
Jackson, P., 2 Feb 2018.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper
Activities
A Century of Radical Right Extremism
Paul Jackson (Participant)
15 May 2019 → 17 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Modern British Studies Beyond Boundaries
Paul Jackson (Participant)
4 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
File
Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers
Paul Jackson (Participant)
8 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Extreme Right Aware Training Course
Paul Jackson (Organiser)
20 Sep 2019
Activity: Training Programmes › Organising a training programme › Research
Century of the Radical Right
Daniel Jones (Participant), Siobhan Hyland (Participant) & Paul Jackson (Participant)
16 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Teaching on the Extreme Right
Daniel Jones (Organiser), Paul Jackson (Organiser) & Siobhan Hyland (Organiser)
12 Apr 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Organising a conference or workshop › Research
Public history and the British extreme right
Paul Nicholas Jackson (Speaker)
7 Feb 2017
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
Expert Witness
Paul Nicholas Jackson (Advisor)
1 Jan 2014 → …
Activity: Consultancy › Work as a legal advisor, or provide testimony or statements as an expert witness
Press / Media
Significant contribution recognised for new Associate Professors
Liz Gulliford, Amin Hosseinian Far, Matthew Callender, John Sinclair, Mark Rothery, Karen Anthony, Tracey Redwood, Rachel Maunder, Rachel Garwood, Helen Caldwell, Paul Jackson, Cristina Devecchi, Adrian Pryce & Eunice Lumsden
3/09/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Far-right groups could exploit Brexit division, official says
23/01/19
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media
Far-right groups could exploit Brexit atmosphere, says counter-terror chief
23/01/19
11 items of Media coverage
Press/Media
Brexit opens possibility of 'far-right drift into extreme right-wing terrorism'
23/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Brexit opens possibility of 'far-right drift into extreme right-wing terrorism' ...
23/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Far-right groups could exploit Brexit atmosphere, police chief says
23/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
On auction in Northamptonshire - a 'touching personal gift from Hitler to his lieutenant'
16/11/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Impacts
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)