Matthew Feldman (historian)

Matthew Feldman (born 1977) is an Anglo-American historian and political scientist.[1] As Emeritus Professor in the Modern History of Ideas at Teesside University, and Professorial Fellow at the University of York, Feldman specializes in fascism and the far right in Europe and the United States. He serves as director of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CAAR).[2][3][4][5]

This article is about the Anglo-American political scientist. For the American politician, see Matthew Feldman.

Feldman is the author of several books on political extremism, and on Samuel Beckett, including Politics, Intellectuals and Faith (2020); Falsifying Beckett (2015); Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935–1945 (2013); and Beckett's Books (2006).

Education

Born in California, Feldman was awarded a BA in modern history and English in 1999, an MA in the history of fascism in 2000, and a PhD in 2004 for a thesis entitled "Sourcing 'Aporetics': An Empirical Study on Philosophical Influences in the Development of Samuel Beckett's Writings". All his degrees were completed at Oxford Brookes University.[1][6]

Career

After teaching history part-time at Oxford Brookes and the University of Northampton, Feldman was appointed in 2008 as senior lecturer in 20th-century history at Northhampton. In 2010 he became Reader in Contemporary History at Teesside and in June 2014 Professor in the Modern History of Ideas.[6] As of 2017 he was co-director of Teesside's Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies (CFAPS).[7]

Selected works
  • (2021) with Steven Matthews. Fascism's Cultural Crusader: Ezra Pound and International Fascism. London: Bloomsbury (forthcoming).
  • (2020) with Steven Matthews (eds.). Samuel Beckett's 'Philosophy Notes'. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming). ISBN 978-0198734864
  • (2020). Politics, Intellectuals and Faith: Essays by Martin Feldman. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press.
  • (2017) with Jorge Dagnino and Paul Stocker (eds.). The 'New Man' in Radical Right Ideology and Practice, 1919–1945. London: Bloomsbury.
  • (2015). Falsifying Beckett: Essays on Archives, Philosophy, and Methodology in Beckett Studies. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press.
  • (2014) with Paul Jackson (eds.). Doublespeak: The Rhetoric of the Far-Right since 1945. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press.
  • (2013). Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935–1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.[8][9]
  • (2008) with Marius Turda and Tudor Georgescu (eds.). Clerical Fascism in Interwar Europe. London: Routledge.
  • (2006). Beckett's Books: A Cultural History of the Interwar Notes. London: Bloomsbury/Continuum. ISBN 978-0826490599
  • (2004) with Roger Griffin (eds.). Fascism: Critical Concepts in Political Science. Vol 1–5. London: Routledge.

References
  1. "Feldman Matthew". World Who's Who. Routledge.
  2. "Professor Matthew Feldman". Centre for Analysis of the Right.
  3. Dearden, Lizzie (26 July 2020). "New neo-Nazi terrorist groups will emerge as government bans 'not effective', experts warn". The Independent.
  4. Colborne, Michael and Hajdari, Una (14 May 2020). "Europe's Far-Right has a Cure for COVID-19: Nationalism". BalkanInsight.
  5. "Neo-Nazi teenager convicted of preparing to commit terrorist acts". ITV News, 20 November 2019.
  6. "Curriculum Vitae – Professor Matthew Feldman". Teesside University.
  7. "Teesside University expert contributes to debate on the far-right". Teesside University, 5 September 2017.
  8. Hadjiyiannis, Christos (Fall 2015). "Reviewed Work: Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935–45 by Matthew Feldman". Journal of Modern Literature. 39(1), pp. 112–126. doi:10.2979/jmodelite.39.1.112
  9. Marsh, Alec (September 2014). "Matthew Feldman: Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935-1945". Make It New: The Ezra Pound Society Magazine, Volume 1.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.