Based on our online PhD colloquium on fascism and far-right studies, NORFAS and SWEFAS, in collaboration with the Department of History at Uppsala University, will host a Nordic Doctoral Symposium on Fascism Studies. The symposium will take place in autumn… Read More »Upcoming PhD colloquium on Fascism and Far-Right Studies
On June 16–17, 2025, NORFAS will together with the Department of History at Uppsala University arrange the international conference Flight, Adaptation and Resilience: Fascists, Collaborators and War Criminals in the Post-War Nordic Periphery. The early post-war history after the defeat… Read More »Call for papers: International NORFAS Conference on Post-War Fascism 16-17 June
On 4-5 September, 2024, several NORFAS scholars participated in an international workshop on then use of uniforms and accessories by political movements held at Malmö University, Sweden. The workshop, which was organised by professor Johan A. Lundin and postdoc Charlie… Read More »Workshop on political uniforms at Malmö University
Series of lectures and talks in Oslo, autumn 2024. One of the biggest threats to democracy today is the rise of anti-democratic, authoritarian and neo-fascist movements, parties, and regimes around the world. The fight against fascism and for democracy has… Read More »Antifascism then and now – what have we learned?
On 21–22 August 2024, we will launch the special issue “The Print Culture of Conspiracist Antisemitism 1917–1945: Universal Patterns and Nordic Particularities” at the Oslo Jewish Museum. Edited by Nicola Karcher and Kjetil Braut Simonsen and based on a cooperation… Read More »Special Issue on Antisemitism: Launch on 21–22 August
We are pleased to announce that NORFAS steering committee member Sofie Lene Bak has received a research grant of 6,19 million DKK from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a groundbreaking four-year project titled Code and Conspiracy. Antisemitism in Denmark After… Read More »Research Grant for Project on Post-1945 Antisemitism
NORFAS-members Lars M. Andersson and Sofie Lene Bak participated in a panel discussion in Oslo on antisemitism and Jewish life in the Nordic countries at the workshop held on 11-12 April 2024 by the Nordic Jewish Studies Network. The workshop… Read More »Nordic Jewish Studies Network Workshop
On 25 March, NORFAS-researcher Celestine S. Kunkeler will be presenting their latest research on gender and far-right activism at a digital seminar at Pennsylvania State University. The lecture is titled “Women of the Counter-Revolution: The mobilisation of reactionary femininity in… Read More »Digital Seminar with Celestine Kunkeler on 25 March
We are delighted to announce that NORFAS-researcher Gustaf Forsell, Uppsala University, successfully defended his PhD thesis “Blodet och korset: tankefigurer i kristen nationalsocialism i Sverige, 1925–1945” on 19 January 2024. The opponent was Professor Stefanie von Schnurbein, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The… Read More »NORFAS Member Defended his PhD Thesis
We are glad to announce that NORFAS, as part of a multi-disciplinary consortium, has received funding to establish a network and a hub, SWEFAS, for fascism studies at the Uppsala University. The funding source is CIRCUS, the Centre for Integrated… Read More »Funding for Fascism Scholars at Uppsala University