This one-day workshop/conference will bring together practitioners, professionals and academics to debate and discuss the extreme right in Britain and globally.
Detailed Description
The Extreme Right Research Network at the University of Northampton is hosting a free day-long (9.30am-4.30pm) workshop, bringing together practitioners, professionals and academics to debate and discuss the extreme right in Britain and globally.
The event will explore key aspects of contemporary extreme right politics and will set a research agenda based on issues raised by all participants. As well as a range of workshop activities, there will be four keynote talks:
- Prof. Roger Griffin (Oxford Brookes University) on conceptualising the extreme right
- Dr Sophie James (Lancaster University) on marketing the extreme right
- Mark Wilson (Community Safety Officer, Dudley) on challenging the extreme right
- Rajesh Thind (Award-Winning Documentary Maker) on media representations of community impact of the extreme right
If you want to engage in a day-long set od discussions focused on ways academics and professionals can work together to research, understand and challenge the extreme right in Britain, then please book your free ticket here. Or for more information please contact Dr Daniel Jones at Daniel.Jones@northampton.ac.uk
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.
Lunch is provided
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