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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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searchlightarchive.bsky.social
Gerry Gable, long-time editor of Searchlight, sadly died last weekend. The work of Gerry and his comrades forms our Searchlight Collection, the heart of the Searchlight Archive, and we are honoured to continue his legacy in some small way. Rest well, Gerry. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/remembe...
Remembering renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor Gerry Gable (1937-2026) | UON
The University of Northampton pays tribute to renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor, Gerry Gable, who sadly passed away on 3 January 2026.
www.northampton.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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emmyeklundh.bsky.social
My new book is out now! Read for an alternative view on populism in Europe, influenced by decolonial theory, feminism and psychoanalysis.

I'm available to do book talks in 2026! @populismpsa.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu...
Europe’s Populist Condition
Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
Just watching Marco Rubio on BBC News talk about Maduro playing "big boy games" and "losing" and it is completely unhinged.
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
And it's only the 3rd of January 🫩
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
Ending 2025 with three outstanding knitting projects 🧶 I don't really like the jumper but I'll finish it out of spite.
The border of a Bayeux tapestry-inspired knitting project. Orange background and bright blue stranded colour work. There are three beasts, one of whom is a large bird, the other two look like big cats, but it's hard to tell. Middle beast on Bayeux tapestry knitting project. It's probably a lion. A knitted jumper in two parts, literally. There's a back panel and three quarters of a raglan sleeve. It is knitted in stripes of orange, magenta, and green. A nearly-finished pair of knitted socks. They are mismatching colours and they're made with leftover scraps. The left sock kinda looks like an ice cream and the right sock a rainbow.
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
Book update: intro, methods, and 4 chapters complete. I will work on the conclusion over the coming weeks. I'm working at my day job up to and including Christmas Eve, but am excited to log off for a few days and absolutely demolish the massive Toblerone I got from Costco 😎🥂
December 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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carolinepennock.bsky.social
Bloody finally.
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
drkatw.bsky.social
I would call it my magnum opus but I call everything my magnum opus and it doesn't have the same impact after a while. But! I am pleased, especially with the flow of Harold Godwinson's sash. Very satisfying. Hard to see the detail when you work up close for so many hours 🧐
A knitted interpretation of panel 25 of the Bayeux Tapestry. Harold Godwinson visits King Edward. The King is sat on some kinda regal dais and Harold is paying homage. A zoomed in image of Harold Godwinson's sash which I find especially pleasing as it has a nice flow. It crosses his body and then drapes over his left arm.
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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hopenothate.org.uk
Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s former leader in Wales has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. What does Nigel Farage think about this?
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
I should clarify that when I say "design flaws" what I really mean is "Kat didn't read the chart properly." This excellent chart was created by Roland Designs on Etsy.
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
The plan is to take it to the British Museum next year and take a photo with it in proximity to the tapestry exhibition. Or at least in the building. Or the sign outside. Whatever works. Just a bit of fun innit.
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
drkatw.bsky.social
Mistakes have been made but I can at least claim that any design flaws are in the spirit of the real thing 😂 42 rows left 🙌😎
A nearly completed knitted reconstruction of panel 25 of the Bayeux Tapestry. Harold and his shield bearer go to visit King Edward in London. The background is a beige colour and the detail is a rusty brown colour.
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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carantes.bsky.social
🚗BEEP BEEP🚗
Reminder that next Tuesday (18 Nov) Dr Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social will be giving the annual Carantes Samain talk online, this time on the extreme right and medievalism! See the link below about how to RSVP. All are welcome! Fáilte roimh chách!

carantes.org/2025/10/15/o...
October 2025 Newsletter
Dear friends,  We hope this 25th newsletter finds you well as Fall settles over the northern hemisphere, and Spring greets the southern. We continue to watch with heartbreak and anger as viole…
carantes.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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grahammacklin.bsky.social
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025
This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...
journals.sagepub.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
drkatw.bsky.social
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
drkatw.bsky.social
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