Medievalists Against the Extreme Right: Online Workshop
Details of the first MATER workshop of 2026 on how we approach teaching medieval antisemitism in the modern classroom, which will be held on Tuesday 24 February
4 February 2026
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Northampton Historical Association Programme 2025-26
Announcing the Northampton Historical Association Programme of talks in 2025-26.
28 January 2026
Gerry Gable: A Personal Reflection
In this short blog, Professor Paul Jackson reflects on some personal memories of Gerry Gable, who sadly passed away in January 2026.
19 January 2026
Call for Papers and Presentations – Emotion, Nationalism and Extremism: Contexts and Responses
Call for papers and presentations for a one-day conference on 12 June 2026 at the University of Northampton focused on the emotive nature of contemporary extreme right politics and culture.
18 December 2025
The Crusades and the online far right
In this blog, William Hatfield discusses how medieval themes are found in contemporary online extremist cultures.
4 December 2025
The Extreme Right and its use of the medieval past to inform its profile
In this blog, Siobhán Hyland discusses her recent research into the ways in which British extreme right groups have used the medieval world from 1962-1982.
26 November 2025
Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present
Participants for a two-day workshop in June 2026 at the University of Northampton are invited to present working papers related to political nostalgias, past and present.
17 November 2025
Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past
Rachel Moss introduces her new project, a systematic analysis of archival materials related to the inner workings of the British extreme right in a significant period of change for this…
17 September 2025
MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right
The Extreme Right Research Network are establishing a new group to interrogate what role medievalism plays in radicalising people into extreme right spaces, and what role educators and experts in…
31 July 2025
What do we mean when we say ‘Conspiracy Theory’?
This blog by Billy Mann explores some key critical themes in the study of conspiracy theories. It reflects on how cultures of conspiracy encompass a wide range of themes and…
25 July 2025