Staff Profile:Prof Matthew Worley

Name:

Professor Matthew Worley

Job Title:

Professor of Modern History

Responsibilities:

History REF and Impact Lead

My teaching responsibilities include:

• An MA option, 'Building a New Jerusalem: The Labour Party, 1900-45
• A 'special' third-year module, 'Anarchy in the UK: Punk, Politics and Youth Culture, 1976-84'
• A third-year module, 'Political Extremism in Britain between the Wars'
• A second-year module, 'From War to the New Millennium: Making Modern Britain'
• A first-year option, 'Noise Annoys, A Soundtrack to British History, 1945-90'

I have successfully supervised a number of PhD students and am always keen to do so. I would welcome students interested in questions of youth and music culture, British twentieth-century politics, communism, socialism and fascism. My own focus tends to be British, but PhDs related to European, US and wider world manifestations of these subjects would be of great interest.

Areas of Interest:

My main areas of interest lay in twentieth-century British culture and politics. My early research was concentrated on the interwar years, with a particular interest in the British labour movement. I have also written on communism in Britain and in Europe, while my research into Sir Oswald Mosley's New Party led me to work on the far right of the British political spectrum.

My current research is directed towards the link between politics and youth culture in post-45 Britain. This has led to the publication of No Future: Politics, Punk and Society, 1976-84 (CUP, 2017), alongside various articles, chapters and edited collections. I am a co-founder of the Subcultures Network (for further information please click here)

Research groups / Centres:

• Subcultures Network
• I am a co-founder and editor of Twentieth Century Communism

Publications:

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Number of items: 65.

2021

• Henry, W. and Worley, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-8714, eds. (2021) Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline: The System is Sound. Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music. Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN 9783030551605 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55161-2

2020

• Worley, M. (2020) ‘If I had more time it could be better, but the new wave’s about spontaneity, right?’: finding meaning in Britain’s early punk fanzines (1976–77). Punk and Post-Punk, 9 (2). pp. 223-245. ISSN 2044-1983 doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/punk_00028_1
• Worley, M. (2020) Guitars give way to guns: a commentary on an interview with Jean-Marc Rouillan. Transposition: Musique et Sciences Sociales, Hors-série 2. ISSN 2110-6134 doi: https://doi.org/10.4000/transposition.3780

2018

• Puccini, J., Smith, E. and Worley, M., eds. (2018) The Far Left in Australia since 1945. Routledge, London, pp286. ISBN 9781138541580
• Worley, M. (2018) Whose culture? Fanzines, politics and agency. In: Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines from 1976. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 55-71. ISBN 9781526120595
• Street, J., Worley, M. and Wilkinson, D. (2018) "Does it threaten the status quo?" Elite responses to british punk, 1976–78. Popular Music, 37 (2). pp. 271-289. ISSN 0261-1430 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026114301800003X
• Copsey, N. and Worley, M., eds. (2018) Tomorrow belongs to us: the British far right since 1967. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781138675162
• Worley, M. and Lohman, K. (2018) Bloody revolutions, fascist dreams, anarchy and peace: Crass, Rondos and the politics of punk, 1977–84. Britain and the World: Historical Journal of the British Scholar Society, 11 (1). pp. 51-74. ISSN 2043-8567 doi: https://doi.org/10.3366/brw.2018.0287
• Smith, E. and Worley, M., eds. (2018) The British left and Ireland in the twentieth century. Contemporary British History, 32 (4). Taylor & Francis.
• Worley, M. (2018) No doves fly here: British punk and Cold War dystopia. Journal for the Studies of British Cultures, 24 (1/2017). pp. 59-71. (ISBN: 9783826065379)

2017

• Smith, E. and Worley, M., eds. (2017) Waiting for the revolution: the British far left from 1956. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp279. ISBN 9781526113658
• Worley, M. and Copsey, N. (2017) White youth: the Far Right, Punk and British Youth Culture, 1977–87. In: Copsey, N. and Worley, M. (eds.) Tomorrow Belongs to Us: The British Far Right since 1967. Routledge. doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315563824
• Worley, M. (2017) No future: punk, politics and British youth culture, 1976–1984. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp404. ISBN 9781316625606
• Clausen, S. (2017) Reading International 2: CRASH! presents ‘A Better Britain II: Britlins’. [Show/Exhibition]
• Clausen, S., Worley, M., King, S. and Hunt, A. (2017) Reading International: CRASH! ‘A Better Britain II: Britlins’. Reading International. ISBN 9781912115723

2016

• Dines , M. and Worley, M., eds. (2016) The aesthetic of our anger: anarcho-punk, politics and music. Minor Compositions, Colchester, pp325. ISBN 9781570273186
• Worley, M. (2016) Riotous assembly: British punk's diaspora in the summer of '81. In: Andresen, K. and van der Steen, B. (eds.) A European Youth Revolt: European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 217-227. ISBN 9781137565693
• Worley, M. (2016) Marx-Lenin-Rotten-Strummer: British Marxism and Youth Culture in the 1970's. Contemporary British History, 30 (4). pp. 505-521. ISSN 1743-7997 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2016.1206820
• Worley, M. and Copsey, N. (2016) White youth: the Far Right, Punk and British youth culture. JOMEC Journal, 9. pp. 27-47. ISSN 2049-2340 doi: https://doi.org/10.18573/j.2016.10041

2015

• Worley, M. (2015) Punk, Politics and British (fan)zines, 1974-84:'While the world was dying, did you wonder why? History Workshop Journal, 79 (1). pp. 76-106. ISSN 0309-2984 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbu043
• The Subcultures Network, and Worley, M. (2015) Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 1-336. ISBN 9780719090295

2014

• Worley, M. (2014) Oi!Oi!Oi!: class locality and British punk. In: Subcultures Network, T. (ed.) Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 34-64. ISBN 9780719090295 (http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719090295)
• Smith, E. and Worley, M., eds. (2014) Against the grain: the far left in Britain from 1956. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp272. ISBN 9780719095900
• Worley, M. (2014) 'Hey little rich boy, take a good look at me': punk, class and British oi! Punk and Post-Punk, 3 (1). pp. 5-20. ISSN 2044-1983 doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/punk.3.1.5_1
• Worley, M. (2014) Revolution rock? : The Clash, Joe Strummer and the British Left in the early days of punk. In: Faulk, B. and Harris, B. (eds.) Punk rock warlord : critical perspectives on the life and work of Joe Strummer. Ashgate popular and folk music series. Ashgate, Farnham, pp. 81-92. ISBN 9781472410559
• Smith, E. and Worley, M. (2014) Introduction: the far Left in Britain from 1956. In: Smith, E. and Worley, M. (eds.) Against the Grain: The Far Left in Britain from 1956. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780719095900

2013

• Worley, M. (2013) Oi! Oi! Oi! : class locality and British punk. Twentieth Century British History, 24 (4). pp. 606-636. ISSN 1477-4674 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwt001
• Worley, M. (2013) Communism and Fascism in 1920s and 1930s Britain. In: Sharpe, A. (ed.) W. H. Auden in context. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 9780521196574 (Part III. Political, Historical and Theoretical Contexts)

2012

• Worley, M. and Goretti, L. (2012) Communist youth, Communist generations : a reappraisal. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 4. pp. 5-13. ISSN 1758-6437
• Worley, M. (2012) Finding Fascism: the politics of Sir Oswald Mosley, 1929-32. In: Karcher, N. K. and Kjostvedt, A. G. (eds.) Movements and Ideas of the Extreme Right in Europe. Zivilisationen & Geschichte (21). Peter Lang, pp. 103-116. ISBN 9783631601365
• Worley, M. (2012) Shot by both sides: Punk, politics and the end of “Consensus”. Contemporary British History, 26 (3). pp. 333-354. ISSN 1743-7997 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2012.703013

2011

• Worley, M. (2011) One nation under the bomb: the Cold War and British punk to 1984. Journal for the Study of Radicalism, 5 (2). pp. 65-84. ISSN 1930-1189
• Worley, M. (2011) Why fascism? Sir Oswald Mosley and the conception of the British Union of Fascists. History, 96 (321). pp. 68-83. ISSN 1468-229X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2010.00507.x

2010

• Worley, M. (2010) Oswald Mosley and the New Party. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp248. ISBN 9780230206977
• Worley, M. (2010) Introduction: communism and political violence. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 2. pp. 1-7. ISSN 1758-6437

2009

• Worley, M. (2009) Introduction: the New Party. Contemporary British History, 23 (4). pp. 421-423. ISSN 1743-7997 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460903198069
• Worley, M. (2009) Introduction. In: Worley, M. (ed.) The foundations of the British Labour Party: identities, cultures and perspectives, 1900-39. Studies in Labour History (XIV). Ashgate, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780754667315
• Worley, M. (2009) The fruits on the tree. In: The foundations of the British Labour Party: identities, cultures and perspectives, 1900-39. Studies in Labour History, XIV. Ashgate, pp. 193-212. ISBN 9780754667315
• Worley, M. (2009) Aus dem Schatten: Ein Überblick über die aktuelle Forschung zur Kommunistischen Partei Großbritanniens. Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung. pp. 349-358. ISSN 0944-629X
• Worley, M., ed. (2009) Oswald Mosley and the New Party. Contemporary British History (special issue), 23 (4). Routledge, pp. 421-617.
• Worley, M., ed. (2009) The foundations of the British Labour Party: identities, cultures and perspectives, 1900-39. Studies in Labour History, XIV. Ashgate, pp274. ISBN 97807546673115
• Worley, M. (2009) The red flag and the fine city: the Norwich Labour Party 1900–1945. In: Grimwood, I., Gyford, J., Newens, S., Mathew, D. and Worley, M. (eds.) Labour in the east: essays in Labour history in Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex. Labour Heritage, London, UK, pp. 118-132.

2008

• Worley, M. (2008) The Soviet Union and Bolshevism abroad. In: Atkin, N. (ed.) Themes in Modern Euorpean History, 1890-1945. Routledge, pp416. ISBN 9780415391849
• Worley, M., ed. (2008) Palmiro Togliatti: a political biography. Communist Lives. I B Tauris, pp352. ISBN 9781845117269
• Worley, M., LaPorte, N. and Morgan, K., eds. (2008) Bolshevism, Stalinism and the Comintern: perspectives on Stalinization, 1917-53. Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp336. ISBN 9780230006713
• Worley, M., Laporte, N. and Morgan, K. (2008) Stalinization and Communist historiography. In: Worley, M., Laporte, N. and Morgan, K. (eds.) Bolshevism, Stalinism and the Comintern: perspectives on Stalinization, 1917-53. Palgrave, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9780230006713
• Worley, M. and Taylor, K. (2008) Testing the limits: Stalinization and the New Zealand and British Communist Parties. In: Worley, M., Laporte, N. and Morgan, K. (eds.) Bolshevism, Stalinism and the Comintern: perspectives on Stalinization, 1917-53. Palgrave, pp336. ISBN 9780230006713
• Worley, M. (2008) Towards a comparative history of Communism: a survey of the British and German Communist Parties to 1933. Contemporary British History, 22 (2). pp. 227-255. ISSN 1743-7997 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460701189575
• Worley, M. (2008) A call to action: new party candidates and the 1931 General Election. Parliamentary History, 27 (2). pp. 236-255. ISSN 1750-0206 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-0206.2008.00038.x

2007

• Worley, M. (2007) Activism: editorial. Socialist History (32). ISSN 0969-4331
• Worley, M. (2007) What was the new party? Sir Oswald Mosley and associated responses to the ‘crisis’, 1931−1932. History, 92 (305). pp. 39-63. ISSN 1468-229X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2007.00385.x
• Worley, M. (2007) Who makes the Nazis? North west experiences of the New Party, 1931-32. North West Labour History Journal, 32. pp. 7-15. ISSN 1362-6302

2006

• Worley, M. (2006) Reckitt, Eva Collet (1890-1976). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68893

2005

• Worley, M. (2005) Building the party: Labour party activism in five British counties between the wars. Labour History Review, 70 (1). pp. 73-95. ISSN 0961-5652
• Worley, M. (2005) Labour inside the gate: a history of the British Labour Party between the Wars. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, London, pp256. ISBN 9781850437987
• Worley, M., Ball, S. and Thorpe, A. (2005) Elections, leaflets and whist drives: constituency party members in Britain between the wars. In: Worley, M. (ed.) Labour's grass roots: essays on the activities of local Labour parties and members, 1918-45. Studies in Labour history. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK, pp. 7-32. ISBN 9780754640073
• Worley, M. (2005) Introduction: Labour's grass roots. In: Worley, M. (ed.) Labour's grass roots: essays on the activities local Labour parties and members, 1918-45. Studies in Labour history. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780754640073
• Worley, M., ed. (2005) Labour's grass roots: essays on the activities of local Labour parties and members, 1918-45. Studies in Labour history . Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp390. ISBN 9780754640073

2004

• Worley, M. (2004) Courting disaster? The Comintern and the Third Period. In: Worley, M. (ed.) In search of revolution: international Communist parties in the Third Period. I.B. Tauris, London, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9781850434078
• Worley, M. (2004) Echoes from the dustbin of history: a reply to John McIlroy and Alan Campbell. Labour History Review, 69 (3). pp. 367-372. ISSN 0961-5652
• Worley, M., ed. (2004) In search of revolution: international Communist parties in the third period. I. B. Tauris, London, pp400. ISBN 9781850434078
• Ball, S., Thorpe, A. and Worley, M. (2004) Researching the grass roots: the records of constituency level political parties in five British counties, 1918-1945. Archives, 110. pp. 72-94. ISSN 0003-9535
• Hunt, K. and Worley, M. (2004) Rethinking British Communist Party women in the 1920s. Twentieth Century British History, 15 (1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 1477-4674 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/15.1.1
• Worley, M. (2004) To the left and back again: the Communist Party of Great Britain and the third period. In: Worley, M. (ed.) In search of revolution: international communist parties in the third period. I.B. Tauris, London, pp. 65-87. ISBN 9781850434078
• Worley, M. and Flinn, A., eds. (2004) Youth cultures and politics. Socialist History Journal, 26. Socialist History Society. ISBN 1854891596

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