Dr Kat Williams
@drkatw.bsky.social
Research administration by day, the German far-right by night. I like books, plants, knitting, and pretending that I'm going to start running again soon. My book on women and the AfD is now available 🎉
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Dr Kat Williams
@drkatw.bsky.social
· Sep 3
I'm so absolutely thrilled and grateful to receive a box of my very own book this morning 🥂🎉🪩🥳
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My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req)
escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
September 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req)
escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
I keep forgetting to write on my blog posts that I'd be happy to talk about my book if there's interest. However, I've just started a new job so we'd have to wrangle it. Online in the evenings would mostly be fine, with more scope for in-person in early 2027 if that's your thing.
October 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I keep forgetting to write on my blog posts that I'd be happy to talk about my book if there's interest. However, I've just started a new job so we'd have to wrangle it. Online in the evenings would mostly be fine, with more scope for in-person in early 2027 if that's your thing.
Some thoughts about the importance of language learning and utilising foreign-language resources in research on the far right ⬇️
Thinking locally, thinking globally
I went to a workshop day on the materiality of the far right a couple of weeks ago and in discussing our various projects, the topic of the importance of foreign-language resources was briefly touc…
drkatwilliams.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Some thoughts about the importance of language learning and utilising foreign-language resources in research on the far right ⬇️
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I recently finished reading @drkatw.bsky.social's important and very timely book on women's engagement in the far-right Alternative Für Deutschland, examined through a critical feminist lens.
A must-read for everyone who wants to have an in-depth insight ⬇
www.routledge.com/Women-and-Al...
A must-read for everyone who wants to have an in-depth insight ⬇
www.routledge.com/Women-and-Al...
September 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I recently finished reading @drkatw.bsky.social's important and very timely book on women's engagement in the far-right Alternative Für Deutschland, examined through a critical feminist lens.
A must-read for everyone who wants to have an in-depth insight ⬇
www.routledge.com/Women-and-Al...
A must-read for everyone who wants to have an in-depth insight ⬇
www.routledge.com/Women-and-Al...
It's just a few thoughts. Trying to get the hang of the whole blogging thing around work and life. It's not perfect, but then what is? Maybe Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven, but that's a different discussion altogether.
September 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
It's just a few thoughts. Trying to get the hang of the whole blogging thing around work and life. It's not perfect, but then what is? Maybe Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven, but that's a different discussion altogether.
My latest blog post on what recent election results in Germany do (or don't) tell us about the groups which vote for the AfD:
The numbers game
In the introduction to my book, I make the argument that the AfD’s emergence onto the political stage in 2013 is not entirely unprecedented; the German far right has in fact existed in one form or …
drkatwilliams.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
My latest blog post on what recent election results in Germany do (or don't) tell us about the groups which vote for the AfD:
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1/Nie werde ich den 18. März 1990 in meinem Leben vergessen: Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben durfte ich wählen - und habe seither keine einzige Wahl verpaßt.Viel zu viele Menschen in unserem Land haben längst vergessen, wie viele Menschen für freie,geheime, allgemeine und gleiche Wahlen gekämpft und
September 20, 2026 at 11:34 AM
1/Nie werde ich den 18. März 1990 in meinem Leben vergessen: Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben durfte ich wählen - und habe seither keine einzige Wahl verpaßt.Viel zu viele Menschen in unserem Land haben längst vergessen, wie viele Menschen für freie,geheime, allgemeine und gleiche Wahlen gekämpft und
I sent a friend in Germany a copy of my book but it's being returned to sender as apparently the address is wrong. I wrote "-n" instead of "-r" on a relative pronoun in the address line but everything else (building name and number, post code etc.) was correct. Absolutely maddening.
September 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I sent a friend in Germany a copy of my book but it's being returned to sender as apparently the address is wrong. I wrote "-n" instead of "-r" on a relative pronoun in the address line but everything else (building name and number, post code etc.) was correct. Absolutely maddening.
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Just a couple of days away from my desk, and look what the book fairy has left for me! Recommended, if slightly scary reading for anyone interest in #femonationlism (and other things #farright)
August 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Just a couple of days away from my desk, and look what the book fairy has left for me! Recommended, if slightly scary reading for anyone interest in #femonationlism (and other things #farright)
I couldn't have done it without my stellar PhD supervisors Claudia and @hdiamond.bsky.social ♥️
Here it is. The excellent book by @drkatw.bsky.social. It’s been a great pleasure to supervise this research project. Kat put so much hard work into this book, and it couldn’t be more timely and important. I hope you’ll all read it.
September 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I couldn't have done it without my stellar PhD supervisors Claudia and @hdiamond.bsky.social ♥️
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Flush with its success in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is in a strong position heading into two other state elections later this month, according to polls www.newsweek.com/german-far-r...
German far-right AfD chances of winning next state elections
After getting the most votes in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has its eye on Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin later this month.
www.newsweek.com
September 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Flush with its success in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is in a strong position heading into two other state elections later this month, according to polls www.newsweek.com/german-far-r...
I have finally gotten around to launching my blog. Be kind to me, graphic design isn't my passion 🤣🥲 hoping to post semi-regularly about my independent research activities. Sorry about the big thumbnail of my face.
Dr Kat Williams
Researcher and author
www.drkatwilliams.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I have finally gotten around to launching my blog. Be kind to me, graphic design isn't my passion 🤣🥲 hoping to post semi-regularly about my independent research activities. Sorry about the big thumbnail of my face.
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This piece gives a good overview of what might happen next in Saxony-Anhalt.
Germany’s far-right AfD scores its biggest win with Saxony-Anhalt landslide
An anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party is on the threshold of holding significant power for the first time.
www.politico.eu
September 7, 2026 at 7:31 AM
This piece gives a good overview of what might happen next in Saxony-Anhalt.
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My first solo-author article, Is the Far-Right Anti-Science?, is now published in Social Epistemology. It explores the far-right’s epistemic struggle to claim scientific authority, attacking and co-opting science to legitimise white supremacy & misogyny—an issue academia must increasingly attend to
Excellent and incredibly timely article
'scholars must engage deeply with the far-right’s epistemic and metapolitical strategies, exploring how to challenge scientific misinformation when it assumes the appearance of scientific legitimacy'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'scholars must engage deeply with the far-right’s epistemic and metapolitical strategies, exploring how to challenge scientific misinformation when it assumes the appearance of scientific legitimacy'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is the Far-Right Anti-Science? Hierarchies, Metapolitics and Struggles for Epistemic Authority
The right-wing actors are widely described as being anti-science. However, while the far-right often rejects science outright when it conflicts with their ideological, economic, or cultural priorit...
www.tandfonline.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
My first solo-author article, Is the Far-Right Anti-Science?, is now published in Social Epistemology. It explores the far-right’s epistemic struggle to claim scientific authority, attacking and co-opting science to legitimise white supremacy & misogyny—an issue academia must increasingly attend to
I'm so absolutely thrilled and grateful to receive a box of my very own book this morning 🥂🎉🪩🥳
September 3, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I'm so absolutely thrilled and grateful to receive a box of my very own book this morning 🥂🎉🪩🥳
Just in case you needed a lil extra incentive to support my independent research work 😉 (released in HB and e-book format on 25th Aug) 🥂
August 13, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Just in case you needed a lil extra incentive to support my independent research work 😉 (released in HB and e-book format on 25th Aug) 🥂
As the last frond of Halley's comet crept nearer my elbow, I felt my soul leave my body. Tattooed by Dylan David at Stronghold in Cardiff ☄️
August 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
As the last frond of Halley's comet crept nearer my elbow, I felt my soul leave my body. Tattooed by Dylan David at Stronghold in Cardiff ☄️
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Registration is open for our international conference “Ideologies and Networks Across Borders: The Transnational Far Right” in Leipzig!
Join us for a broad range of panels + keynotes by Anukriti Dixit, @vladimirsafatle.bsky.social & @kai-arzheimer.com.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ideologies...
Join us for a broad range of panels + keynotes by Anukriti Dixit, @vladimirsafatle.bsky.social & @kai-arzheimer.com.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ideologies...
August 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Registration is open for our international conference “Ideologies and Networks Across Borders: The Transnational Far Right” in Leipzig!
Join us for a broad range of panels + keynotes by Anukriti Dixit, @vladimirsafatle.bsky.social & @kai-arzheimer.com.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ideologies...
Join us for a broad range of panels + keynotes by Anukriti Dixit, @vladimirsafatle.bsky.social & @kai-arzheimer.com.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ideologies...
My forthcoming book is available to pre-order from today 🎉⬇️ notify your university libraries across the lands
Women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
Women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) sheds new light on aspects of women’s support for the far right.
Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) is the second largest party in G...
www.routledge.com
August 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
My forthcoming book is available to pre-order from today 🎉⬇️ notify your university libraries across the lands
As my 40th birthday approaches, I have bought a dress with squids and sea critters on it and booked a tattoo. What tat design, you ask? Well, it's Halley's comet as it is interpreted on the Bayeux Tapestry 😂☄️ my only plan as I enter my 4th decade is to keep being this cool 😎
July 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
As my 40th birthday approaches, I have bought a dress with squids and sea critters on it and booked a tattoo. What tat design, you ask? Well, it's Halley's comet as it is interpreted on the Bayeux Tapestry 😂☄️ my only plan as I enter my 4th decade is to keep being this cool 😎
"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see." An underrated classic.
There are two types of people in this world:
Those who will watch Jurassic Park tonight.
Those who will watch Event Horizon tonight.
Those who will watch Jurassic Park tonight.
Those who will watch Event Horizon tonight.
July 13, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see." An underrated classic.
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"I am the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times" is a quite a thing for Nigel Farage to say when two MPs have been murdered in the last decade, Stephen Timms was stabbed twice in the stomach in 2010 and there was a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper
July 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"I am the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times" is a quite a thing for Nigel Farage to say when two MPs have been murdered in the last decade, Stephen Timms was stabbed twice in the stomach in 2010 and there was a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper
When you have laryngitis 😢 but you're still feeling smug about getting tickets to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition 😎
July 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
When you have laryngitis 😢 but you're still feeling smug about getting tickets to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition 😎