Dr Steven Woodbridge
Faculties, departments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Humanities
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- Penrhyn Road
Visiting Fellow - Humanities
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am a specialist in 20th century British, European and world history, with particular expertise in British fascist ideology and the wider nature of fascism and the contemporary extreme right. My research has focused on both the interwar and post-1945 periods. I keep a close eye on the current state of the far right across Britain, Europe and the wider globe.
I also have research interests in local history (especially Kingston, Richmond and the wider Thames Valley area), the history of film and TV, the nature of conspiracy theory, British politics and institutions, political thought and ideology, the nature and impact of war, and the role of intelligence and the secret state. I am the editor and manager of the History at Kingston blog site, to which I regularly contribute. In addition, I have both academic expertise in and practical experience of cemetery conservation, and have contributed to policy reviews on this at both municipal and national levels.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Modern Arts: History (Kingston, 1984)
- Msc Politics with Sociology (Birkbeck, University of London, 1987)
- PhD Political ideology of British Fascism (Kingston, 1998)
Domains
I have published articles and book contributions on the ideology, culture and nature of British fascism and the extreme right, together with other aspects of British history. I also regularly produce blogs which cover my ongoing or latest research findings. I have delivered a number of staff seminar and academic conference papers on fascism and the extreme right, together with other aspects of political and social history.
Publications
Discharged and discontented: organising ex-servicemen in Richmond 1917-20
Woodbridge, Steven, 2021, Richmond History Journal (2021/22), 42pp 40-49, Published
Book Review of: 'Fascism: A Quick Immersion' by Roger Griffin.
Woodbridge, Steven, 2021, e-Extreme (Newsletter of the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy) (22), 1pp 8-10, Published
The admiral who admired Hitler: Sir Barry Domvile, Nazism and early historical revisionism
Woodbridge, Steven, 2020, The British Association for Holocaust Studies (BAHS) website, Published
Book Review of: 'Fascists among us : online hate and the Christchurch Massacre' by Jeff Sparrow
Woodbridge, Steven, 2020, e-Extreme (Newsletter of the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy) (21), 2pp 19-21, Published
Anti-alien agitation in Richmond
Woodbridge, Steven, 2020, Richmond History Journal (2020), 41pp 40-47, Published
One of the first deniers? Conspiracy and early Holocaust denial in the post-war writings of Arnold Leese
Woodbridge, Steven, 2020, The British Association for Holocaust Studies (BAHS) website, Published
Reaction or revolution? Early interwar assessments of the nature of British Fascism in the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven, 2019, Storia e Futuro (50), Published
Land, home and nation: the ideology and activities of the Land and Home League, 1911-1918
Woodbridge, Steven, 2019, Journal of History and Cultures, 9pp 4-29, Published
Radical Readers: The Left Book Club in Richmond during the 1930s
Woodbridge, Steven, 2019, Richmond History (2019), 40, Published
Local, Global and Appealing to Women: The launch of the League of Nations Union in Richmond
Woodbridge, Steven, 2018, Richmond History Journal (2018), 39pp 63-69, Accepted/In press
Book Review of: 'Mosley and British Politics, 1918-32 : Oswald's Odyssey', by David Howell
Woodbridge, Steven, 2016, Parliamentary History (35), 2pp 215-217, Published
Richmond's 'Imps': The Junior Imperial League in the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven, 2016, Richmond History Journal, 37pp 64-69, Published
Book Review of 'A British Fascist in the Second World War: The Italian war diary of James Strachey Barnes, 1943-45' edited by Claudia Baldoli and Brendan Fleming
Woodbridge, Steven, 2015, Journal of Modern Italian Studies (20), 5pp 752-754, Published
Racial Fascism in Britain
Woodbridge, Steven, 2015, Bereginya-777-Owl (3), 26pp 152-165, Published
Book review of: 'Defining Democracy: Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City' by Daniel Prosterman (2013).
Woodbridge, Steven, 2013, e-Extreme, Electronic Newsletter of the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy (14), 4pp 8-10, Published
Rebellion revisited? Sunbury National Citizens Union, 1928-1931
Woodbridge, Steven, 2013, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 71pp 11-15, Published
Local and vocal: Arnold Leese and British Fascism in small-town politics.
Woodbridge, Steven, 2012, Journal of Medical Systems, 41pp 43-59, Published
Reluctant rebels: Sunbury Ratepayers Association 1923-1927
Woodbridge, Steven, 2012, Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 68pp 2-4, Published
Awakening Richmond: the National Citizens Union and fears of socialism
Woodbridge, Steven, 2011, Richmond History Journal, 32pp 75-79, Published
Christian credentials? The role of religion in British National Party ideology
Woodbridge, Steven, 2010, Journal for the Study of Radicalism (4), 1pp 25-54, Published
Fraudulent fascism: the attitude of early British fascists towards Mosley and the New Party
Woodbridge, Steven, 2009, Contemporary British History (23), 4pp 493-507, Published
A spy in Richmond: the Adams espionage case of 1939
Woodbridge, Steven, 2009, Richmond History Journal, 30pp 74-77, Published
Kingston and the Congo
Woodbridge, Steven, 2008, Ancestors, 73pp 44-46, Published
Fifth-Column fears in Richmond 1939-1940: a brief survey
Woodbridge, Steven, 2008, Richmond History Journal, 29pp 58-62, Published
Kingston and the Congo: the brief career of Dr Joseph Moloney
Woodbridge, Steven, 2008, Contributions to Nephrology, 15pp 6-7, Published
Using newspapers in historical research: challenges and problems
Woodbridge, Steven, 2007, PROphile (18), 3pp 6-7, Published
Hollywood in Surbiton: The Regents House Film Studio in the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven, 2006, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, 12pp 3-4, Published
The National Citizens Union in Richmond: a brief history
Woodbridge, Steven, 2006, Richmond History Journal, 27pp 85-88, Published
Book review of: 'British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State', edited by Nigel Copsey and David Renton
Woodbridge, Steven, 2006, Journal of Turbomachinery (7), 1, Published
Book review of: 'Fascists' by Michael Mann
Woodbridge, Steven, 2005, Journal of Thermal Stresses (6), 3, Published
Fascism in Richmond: a brief history
Woodbridge, Steven, 2005, Richmond History Journal, 26pp 34-36, Published
The 'bloody fools': local fascism during the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven, 2005, Geomicrobiology Journal, 9pp 6-7, Published
Book Review of: 'The radical right in Germany, 1870 to the present' by Lee McGowan
Woodbridge, Steven, 2004, History (89), 294pp 319-320, Published
Book Review of: 'Fascism in Britain: from Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front', by Richard Thurlow
Woodbridge, Steven, 2000, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (1), 4, Published
Plots against the world
Woodbridge, Steven, 1999, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 67pp 3-6, Published
Race and the British Right, 1978-1992: an introductory research guide
Woodbridge, Steven (1993). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: [Published]
Spies, lies and secret love-lives: five curious facts about Kingston's 'hidden' history
Woodbridge, Steven (2021). In: ., ., (eds.), Kingston upon Thames, U.K.:pp 6-9 [Published]
Inspired by the same spirit? British fascists and the Italian model in the 1920s.
Woodbridge, Steven (2020). In: Colacicco, Tamara, Gabellone, Anna Rita, (eds.), Florence, Italy: [Published]
Inspired by the same spirit? British Fascists and the Italian model during the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven (2018). [Published]
History and cultural heritage: the far right and the 'Battle for Britain'
Woodbridge, Steven (2015). In: Copsey, Nigel, Richardson, John E., (eds.) Routledgepp 27-48 [Published]
Ambivalent admiration? The response of other extreme-right groups to the rise of the BNP
Woodbridge, Steven (2011). In: Copsey, Nigel, Macklin, Graham, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.:pp 101-122 [Published]
The response of other extreme right movements to the rise of the British National Party
Woodbridge, Steven (2008). [Published]
Purifying the nation: critiques of cultural decadence and decline in British neo-fascist ideology
Woodbridge, Steven (2003). In: Gottlieb, J.V., Linehan, T.P., (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 129-144 [Published]
Purifying the Nation: British neo-Fascist ideas on representations of culture
Woodbridge, Steven (2001). [Published]
Inspired by the same spirit? British Fascists and the Italian model during the 1920s
Woodbridge, Steven(2018). [Published]
Extremely Nazi: the ideology and networking activities of a British extreme right 'umbrella' group
Woodbridge, Steven(2013). [Published]
The construction of 'History' by the British Extreme Right
Woodbridge, Steven(2012). [Published]
Universal fascist: The career and transnational ideology of major James Strachey Barnes
Woodbridge, Steven(2011). [Published]
The response of other extreme right movements to the rise of the British National Party
Woodbridge, Steven(2008). [Published]
The attitude of Early British Fascists towards Mosley and the New Party.
Woodbridge, Steven(2007). [Published]
Purifying the Nation: British neo-Fascist ideas on representations of culture
Woodbridge, Steven(2001). [Published]
The new world order and the rise of the right in the East and West: a comparative analysis
Woodbridge, Steven(1992). [Published]
The nature and development of the concept of national synthesis in British fascist ideology 1920-1940
Woodbridge, Steven (1998), PhD thesis [Accepted/In press]