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Dr Kat Williams
@drkatw.bsky.social
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Third sector research by day, the German far-right by night. I like books, plants, knitting, and pretending that I'm going to start running again soon. My book on women and the AfD is due in 2026.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · Apr 22
🎉 I'm very happy to share that I will be publishing my PhD research on women and the AfD with Routledge's Fascism and Far Right book series. Due summer 2026! 🎉
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That time of the afternoon again.
An image of an incredibly tastefully curated Spotify playlist.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
So, I haven't done any book work this week as I needed some thinking space (I'm ahead of schedule though so I'm not too worried). Did I rest? Kinda 😅 this latest piece is based on panel 25 of the Bayeux Tapestry (chart by Roland Designs on Etsy 🧶)
A knitted reimagining of panel 25 of the Bayeux Tapestry in beige and rust coloured yarn. There is a bird, maybe a Griffin, and then some kinda long-tongued beast on the border. Bird detail on knitted panel. It looks like a stork. Or maybe a swan. Difficult to tell. This guy could be a Griffin, but also maybe a bog-standard lion or a dog. I think this last guy might be some kinda dragon, actually. Again, hard to tell.
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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No book work today, just strolling through the Wye Valley 🍂🍄🍁 plus bonus green men/foliate head carvings which apparently date from the 13th century
The view from the Eagle's Nest viewing platform in Upper Wyndwood. The platform was built in Victorian times. A front view of Tintern Abbey. Some lovely cottages in Tintern. A foliate head/green man carving at St Jerome's church in Usk, dating from the 13th century.
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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ashkingdon.bsky.social
COMING SOON: My Latest Article on the Terrorism-Climate-Conflict Nexus - The Darkest Shade of Green. Examining How ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah Weaponize Climate Disasters to Out-Govern Failing/Fragile States and Build Territorial Control 💃💃💃💃💃
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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crexuio.bsky.social
Join us today at 5 PM (CET) (8:00 AM PDT and 11:00 AM EDT) for a webinar on the ethical aspects of ethnographic fieldwork among the far right!
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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rassismus-toetet.bsky.social
#Leipzig: Nächste Woche Mittwoch Lesung mit @billstein.bsky.social um 19 Uhr im Conne Island aus dem Buch "Kein vergessen – Todesopfer rechter Gewalt in Deutschland nach 1945":

www.rassismus-toetet-leipzig.org/index.php/le...
Plakat mit Gesichtern von Todesopfern rechter Gewalt in Deutschland seit 1945. Das Buch heißt "Kein vergessen" und ist von Thomas Billstein im UNRAST Verlag im Oktober 2020 erschienen.
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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sabinedvolk.bsky.social
Happy to have contributed a chapter on culture and #memory in far-right #protest events in Eastern #Germany, and I’m especially excited that one of my fieldwork photographs was selected for the cover!

BTW this book is fully #openaccess
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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tilleckert.com
What a story: In Germany, a top AfD politician tried to cash in on diamond deals – teaming up with an alleged Chinese spy.

Outstanding reporting by @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social and Annika Leister.

www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Mit AfD-Spion in China: Die diskreten Diamantendeals der Familie Schmidt
Die Familie des AfD-Politikers Jan Wenzel Schmidt versucht, Geld mit künstlichen Diamanten zu machen. Mit einem Spion besichtigte er selbst die Produktion in China.
www.t-online.de
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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davidgilbert.bsky.social
“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
How many coffees is too many? Asking for a friend 👀

(Just to clarify in advance, that's a red Welsh Fire cricket hat in the background😅)
Kat sat at her desk feeling indecisive about whether to have another coffee or not. Could be dangerous territory. Could be transformative. That's the gamble.
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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audreygagnon.bsky.social
Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social
New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol
09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...
voxpol.eu
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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historyned.bsky.social
35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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manesweisskircher.bsky.social
🇩🇪 German Reunification Day!

In 2020, I wrote about how Germany's east–west divide links to #AfD success. Today, the article remains relevant — but the AfD’s rise across Germany shows that this is not only an east-west story.

➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @politicalquarterly.bsky.social
The Strength of Far‐Right AfD in Eastern Germany: The East‐West Divide and the Multiple Causes behind ‘Populism’
This article sheds light on one of the key developments in recent German politics and relates it to the broader debate on the electoral success of the far right. The rise of the Alternative für Deuts...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
drkatw.bsky.social
I remember that I came down with a stinking cold about 3 hours after arriving in London. Coincidentally, I have lurgy right now too✌️🤧
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
drkatw.bsky.social
This time last year @lizzypearson.bsky.social and I were invited to the BBC to talk about gender and radicalisation for the Thinking Allowed podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Gender and Radicalisation
How does gender influence men and women's participation in extremist politics?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
drkatw.bsky.social
Hate to brag but I finally got my urgent NHS referral, ***checks notes***, 1 year and 1 month after it was first made...
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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maargentino.com
It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism"

www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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alcs.co.uk
🥳 This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572!

Find out more:
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-di...
Your distribution questions answered
This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572. Get answers to your most pressing questions about our latest distribution.
www.alcs.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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milleridriss.bsky.social
It’s here: the absolute coolest thing I have done all year, and that is saying something!

“Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age” is an original podcast produced by Long Story Short Media featuring leading extremism expert Cynthia 1/

linktr.ee/manuppodcast
Image of the words Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
NEW ONLINE EVENT!

Travelling through a landscape of witches, wizards and wicker men, @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social will reveal how folklore continues to be lived in the present.

Tickets available now from @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/owen-ceri #booksky
September 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I for one have been living a bit too deliciously recently and must return to my book next week. This chart based on motifs from the 2015 film The Witch is by thewitchystitcher on Etsy 🧶🐐
A knitted tapestry based on motifs from the film The Witch. It's made with pink and black DK yarn and depicts goats and the words "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"
September 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Book update - I am now 4 chapters in and having a little break this week (and maybe next week 🤫). My next chapter will be a short-ish one about my methodological approach which I'm quite excited about. For now it's a chippy tea and maybe more knitting.
August 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Some of my recent masterpieces 😎 the Goya chart I found on Pinterest (not sure who the author is - let me know if you do), and the other two are from the online Antique Pattern Library 📚
A knitted, albeit simplified, version of Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya in red, glittery black and cream DK yarn. A knitted tapestry of a druid-like lady cutting mistletoe off a tree in light blue and forest green DK yarn. A knitted tapestry of a Valkyrie standing in a forest with a spear and shield in pink and purple DK yarn
August 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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milleridriss.bsky.social
Nothing like laying my own hands on my own book for the first time. Literally hot off the press 🔥🔥🔥
August 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM