A History of Xenophobia: from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today

About A History of Xenophobia: from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today

History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is what causes xenophobia. Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?

Publisher

History Hub

Category

education · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Oct 2022

Latest episode

11 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2024

   Episode 15. Joe Mulhall - From postwar British fascism to the rise of the global far right.

   Joe Mulhall is the Director of research at HOPE not hate, the UK's largest anti-fascism organisation..

2. 

   6 Jun 2024

   Episode 14. Matt Golder - Far Right Parties in Europe.

   Matt Golder is Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University and the interviewee in the episode 15 of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

3. 

   27 May 2024

   Episode 13. Eoin O'Malley - The Far Right in Ireland.

   Associate Professor Eoin O'Malley (DCU) is the interviewee in the 13th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

4. 

   20 May 2024

   Episode 12. David Art - The development of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe.

   Professor David Art (Tufts) is the interviewee in the 12th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

5. 

   21 Dec 2022

   Episode 11. Elizabeth Buettner - Europe After Empire - The response to (post)colonial migration in Europe.

   Professor Elizabeth Buettner (Amsterdam) is the interviewee in the 11th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

6. 

   14 Dec 2022

   Episode 10. William Brustein. Anti-Semitism in Europe before the Holocaust.

   Professor William Brustein (West Virginia) is the interviewee in the 10th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

7. 

   7 Dec 2022

   Episode 9. Maddalena Marinari. Unwanted - American restrictionism and Italian and Jewish immigrants, 1882-1924.

   Dr Maddalena Marinari (Gustavus Adolphus College) is the interviewee in the ninth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

8. 

   30 Nov 2022

   Episode 8. Kathryn Pillay, Indian Migrants in South Africa, 1860s-1900s.

   Dr Kathryn Pillay (University of KwaZulu-Natal) is the interviewee in the eight episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

9. 

   23 Nov 2022

   Episode 7. Mae Ngai, The Chinese Question - The Gold Rushes and Global Politics.

   Professor Mae Ngai (Columbia University) is the interviewee in the seventh episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

10. 

    16 Nov 2022

    Episode 6. Marilyn Lake, Drawing the Global Colour Line - White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality.

    Marilyn Lake (Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne) is the interviewee in the sixth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

11. 

    9 Nov 2022

    Episode 5. Hidetaka Hirota - Irish migrants in mid-19th century Boston and New York.

    Associate Professor Hidetaka Hirota (Berkeley) is the interviewee in the fifth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

12. 

    30 Oct 2022

    Episode 4. Leo Lucassen - Mob violence towards labour migrants – from medieval England to 1930s Myanmar.

    Professor Leo Lucassen (Leiden) is the interviewee in the fourth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

13. 

    26 Oct 2022

    Episode 3. Elisabeth Ivarsflaten - Gender and the Radical Right.

    Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (University of Bergen) is the interviewee in the third episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

14. 

    19 Oct 2022

    Episode 2. Ruth Wodak - Politics of Fear.

    Emeritus Professor Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) is the interviewee in the second episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

15. 

    12 Oct 2022

    Episode 1. Lars Rensmann - Explaining demand and supply-side factors behind nativists' success.

    Professor Lars Rensmann (University of Passau) is the first interview in 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

16. 

    10 Oct 2022

    Introduction to the series with Irial Glynn and Yanli Xie.

    Irial Glynn and Yanli Xie discuss the reasons for making the series 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

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