Anton Volodymyrovich Shekhovtsov ( ua, Антон Володимирович Шеховцов; russian: Антон Владимирович Шеховцов; born 1978) is a

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political scientist, academic and writer. He is known for his writings on the European radical right and in particular its connections to

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. He is the editor of the ''Explorations of the Far Right'' book series at ''ibidem-Verlag'' and sits on the board of the open source ''Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies''.

Background

Shekhovtsov was born in 1978 in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, then in the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He studied English philology at the

Sevastopol National Technical University Sevastopol State University (formerly Sevastopol National Technical University (SevNTU), Sevastopol Instrument Engineering Institute (SIEI)) is a university in Sevastopol, Crimea. History Sevastopol Instrument Engineering Institute was founded ...

between 1995 and 2000, going on to teach business English at the

European University EU Business School is a private business school with campuses in Geneva and Montreux (Switzerland), Barcelona (Spain), and Munich (Germany). It is a member of OMNES Education Group since 2022. History EU Business School was established in ...

in Kyiv between 2000 until 2002. He returned to his alma mater to complete an

aspirantura Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "do ...

in Political Science between 2006 and 2009, and lectured there until 2010.

In the United Kingdom

Between 2010 and 2012 Shekhovtsov had two stints as a visiting fellow researcher at the

University of Northampton , mottoeng = Let us not be ignorant , established = 2005 (gained University status) 1975 (Nene College established) , type = Public , endowment = £0.95 m (2015) , chancellor = Richard Coles , vice_chancellor = ...

, 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 , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

between 2013 and 2017.

Works

Shekhovtsov's works have been featured on/at ''

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'', the

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'', the

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' and the

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Bibliography

*''Radical Russian Nationalism: Structures, Ideas, Persons'' (2009) with 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 * ''Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir'' (2017)

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