The Far Right and Antifascism Working Group is a collective at UVA dedicated to studies of fascism and anti-fascism, supported by the Power, Violence and Inequality Collective. Co-chaired by Rosa Hamilton and Natasha Roth-Rowland, both graduate students from the History Department identifying as queer, the group is intended as a safe and open space encouraging interdisciplinary approaches and cooperation between faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.
The group will hold monthly workshops throughout the academic year, culminating in a spring conference. All topics related to a broad understanding of fascism and anti-fascism are invited, but of particular interest are intersectional approaches and topics involving transnational and post-1945 movements, especially those originating outside the United States and Europe.
If you are interested in joining the working group, please contact either Rosa Hamilton or Natasha Roth-Rowland. You can follow the working group on Twitter at @FRAFGroup.
Co-chair bios:
Rosa Hamilton
Rosa Hamilton is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Virginia writing her dissertation on queer antifascism in twentieth-century Europe.
Natasha Roth-Rowland
Natasha Roth-Rowland is a doctoral student in History, researching the Jewish far-right in Israel-Palestine and the United States, with a particular focus on nationalism (in particular religious nationalism) and intra-Jewish ethnic relations. More broadly, she is interested in issues of ethnic conflict, violence, and the intersections of race, gender, and religion in nationalist and right-wing discourses.
Prior to joining UVA's History PhD program, Natasha spent several years living in Israel-Palestine, working as a translator and breaking news editor for various news outlets, and reporting from the West Bank and Jerusalem. She is also a blogger and former associate editor at +972 Magazine.
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