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.https://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3mmyhjthqd22jWe 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.29 May 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyhjthqd22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3mjjrn4dhq22dIn 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. https://www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blogs/extreme-right-explainer-what-is-an-extreme-right-dog-whistle/15 Apr 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrn4dhq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3mjjqxoag7c2dThe 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. https://www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blogs/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-extreme-right-and-environmentalism/15 Apr 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjqxoag7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3mi23hzns4c2mToday 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 https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/rec3.7004427 Mar 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi23hzns4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3mgufk3cmgc27The 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. https://www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blogs/call-for-papers-and-presentations-emotion-nationalism-and-extremism-contexts-and-responses/12 Mar 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgufk3cmgc27https://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3md42naag5s25Fantastic 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.23 Jan 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3md42naag5s25https://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3m52fzd5krc2yThis 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52fzd5krc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3m52fxfl24s2yThe @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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52fxfl24s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3lqwnqn6t4k2iMark 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.06 Jun 2025 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwnqn6t4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3lq5hm7qrbk2oWe 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5hm7qrbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/errnetwork.bsky.social/post/3lp2x73acjs2gOn 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 https://shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-catalogue/courses-trips/faculty-of-art-science-technology/addressing-the-extreme-right-threat-a-year-after-the-riots-6-june-202513 May 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:acdprpuirp2v2wisrcvyasmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2x73acjs2g