Mr Andrew Fergus Wilson

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Job title: Assistant Head of Social Science; Programme Leader BA (Hons) Sociology; Subject Leader JHS Sociology

Email: a.f.wilson@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591849
Room: E108b

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I am working with Sociology teachers in Derbyshire to develop the 'Derbyshire Schools Sociology Network' as a resource for schools, FE colleges, students, and educators.

I am currently co-editing a collection of essays on nationalism, extremism, and transgression which is to be published by CSP.

Recent publications

(2013) 'From Mushrooms to the stars: 2012 and the apocalyptic milieu' in S.Harvey & S.Newcombe (eds.) Prophecy in the New Millennium - When Prophecies Persist. Farnham: Ashgate

(2013) 'See you tomorrow: Apocalyptic Refusal in English Culture' in J.Aston & J.Walliss (eds.) Small Screen Revelations: Apocalypse in Contemporary Television. Sheffield: Phoenix

(2012) 'The Invisible Empire: Political extremity and myths of origin in the networked cultic milieu' in Marion Gibson, Garry Tregidga and Shelley Trower (eds.) Myth, Mysticism, and 'Celtic' Nationalism. London: Routledge

(2011) 'On the outskirts of the new global village: computer-mediated visions of the end.' In Rob G. Howard (ed.) Network Apocalypse: Visions of the End in an Age of Internet Media Sheffield: Phoenix Press

(2011) 'Beyond reason: The exotic millennium in English culture' Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. Vol. 23(2). Summer 2011

Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences

School: School of Education

Subject Area: Social Science

Assistant Subject Head of Applied Social and Community Studies.

Subject Leader for Joint Honours Popular Culture & Media

Module Leader of Popular Culture; Visual Cultures; Understanding Supernatural Belief and New Religious Movements; Violence and Belief: Apocalypse & Conspiracy

Teaching responsibilities

Level 4

  • Crime and Society
  • Media, Culture and Society

Level 5

  • Cultures of Consumption: Identity in a Consumer Society
  • Crime and the Media

Level 6

  • After Modernity: Apocalypse, Magic and Conspiracy

Research interests

Apocalyptic and millenarian beliefs; the apocalypse in popular culture; prophecy on the internet; new religious movements, with particular interest in UFO and alien worship; the cultic milieu; belief in the supernatural and its connection with new forms of spirituality; the use of pagan beliefs in neo-fascist identities.

Recent Conferences

Co-organiser of 'Nationalism, Identity and Belief'. One day symposium at the University of Derby. 25th March 2013

'The Invisible Empire: Political extremity and myths of origin in the cultic milieu' delivered at Mysticism, Myth, Nationalism Conference, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, 23 & 24 July 2010

Media experience

BBC World Service, BBC Radio 2, Derby Evening Telegraph, BBC Radio Derby, NewsTalk Radio (Ireland), Straits Times (Singapore)

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