Anton Volodymyrovich Shekhovtsov (Ukrainian: Антон Володимирович Шеховцов; Russian: Антон Владимирович Шеховцов; born 1978) is a Ukrainian political scientist, academic and writer. He is known for his writings on the European radical right and in particular its connections to Russia. He is the editor of the Explorations of the Far Right book series at ibidem-Verlag and sits on the board of the open access journal Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies.
Anton Shekhovtsov | |
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Антон Володимирович Шеховцов | |
 Anton Shekhovtsov in 2016 | |
| Born | 1978 Sevastopol, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Other names | Антон Владимирович Шеховцов |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Sevastopol National Technical University University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Science |
| Main interests | Far-right movements in Europe, Neo-Eurasianism |
| Website | shekhovtsov |
Background
editShekhovtsov was born in 1978 in Sevastopol,[1] then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. He studied English philology at the Sevastopol National Technical University between 1995 and 2000, going on to teach business English at the European University in Kyiv between 2000 until 2002. He returned to his alma mater to complete an aspirantura in Political Science between 2006 and 2009, and lectured there until 2010.
In the United Kingdom
editBetween 2010 and 2012 Shekhovtsov had two stints as a visiting fellow researcher at the University of Northampton, as part of the Radicalism and New Media Research Group. He then went on to complete a PhD in Slavonic and East European studies at University College London between 2013 and 2017.
Works
editShekhovtsov's works have been featured on/at OpenDemocracy[2], the Chatham House,[3] Foreign Affairs[4], the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs[5] and the Aspen Institute.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Radical Russian Nationalism: Structures, Ideas, Persons (2009) with Aleksandr Verkhovsky and Galina Kozhevnikova
- New Radical Right-Wing Parties in European Democracies: Determinants of Electoral Support (2011)
- White Power Music: Scenes of Extreme-Right Cultural Resistance (2012) with Paul Jackson
- The Postwar Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate (2014) with Paul Jackson[7]
- Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir (2017)[8][9]
- The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence: The Case of Janusz Niedźwiecki (2022)[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". Eurozine. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". openDemocracy. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". Chatham House. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". Foreign Affairs. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". Carnegie Council. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Anton Shekhovtsov". Aspen Institute. 14 July 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ Shaffer, Ryan (2018). "The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate. Edited by Paul Jackson and Anton Shekhovtsov. Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. xii + 155pp. $64.00". History. 103 (354): 189–190. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12565.
- ^ Droalin, Rodolphe (2018). "Anton Shekhovtsov, Russia and the Western Far Right". Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest. 3 (3): 135–141. doi:10.3917/receo1.493.0135.
- ^ Kuzio, Taras (2018). "Russia and the Western Far Right. Tango Noir". Europe-Asia Studies. 70 (10): 1715–1717. doi:10.1080/09668136.2018.1543971. S2CID 158236745.
- ^ "The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence". Centre for Democratic Integrity. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
External links
edit- Official Website
- Official Blog
- Official Blog (to 2018)