Fascist Radicalism and the
New Media
17 September 2010, 9.00 a.m. — 5.30 p.m.
Symposium at the University of Northampton,
Park Campus
Featuring presentations from practitioners and authorities:
East Midlands Community Contact Unit
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Durham Constabulary and NECTU
With panels of academic experts covering:
New Media and Cyber-terrorism
The Radical Right in Britain and Europe
Roundtable Discussion on Fascism and the Internet
Registration fee £25 (£10 concessions)
This one-day symposium will bring together cutting-edge academic research on
the contemporary far-right in the UK and Europe with a range of practitioners and
enforcement bodies, including presentations by British police, local government
and national officials. By focussing upon key areas related to new media technologies (the internet, personal communications devices, portable video, and so on)
increasingly employed by the European far-right, from online radicalisation to cyber-terrorism, this event specifically seeks to forge a dialogue between front-line
professionals and relevant academic experts. Presentations on security threats
posed by extreme right-wing groups; the English Defence League’s use of Facebook; and the evolving far-right music scene, amongst others, will collectively address the relationship between new media technologies and the recent resurgence
of the far-right across Britain and Europe. An introductory keynote lecture, concluding roundtable discussion and several panels over the course of the day will
thus provide an up-to-date analysis on a fast-changing topic. Registration fee also
includes lunch, coffee and conference pack.
For further details, or to register for this event, please contact:
Dr Mathew Feldman (matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk) or
Dr Paul Jackson (paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk)