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Dr Helen Young
Associate Professor Helen Young
Deakin University
Contact
helen.young@deakin.edu.auInstitution
Deakin University
Research Areas
Far-right extremist fictionwhite supremacy and racismvideo gamesmedievalismpopular cultureconspiracy theories.
Helen Young is Associate Professor of literary and cultural studies in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, and from 2024-2028 will be an Australian Research Council Future Fellow leading the project “The Politics of Medievalism: Persuasive Narratives”. Helen has a PhD (2007) from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts/Creative Arts Hons I (2002) from the University of Wollongong.
Key Publications
Books
| Violent emotions: the ‘Aryan’ medievalisms of Harold A. Covington, (in press) (2022) | Young, H |
| Race, Whiteness and ‘Reality’ in Medievalist Videogames (2021) | Young, H |
| Race and Popular Fantasy Literature: Habits of Whiteness (2016) | Young, H |
Journal Articles
| Authoritarian Politics and Conspiracy Fictions: The Case of QAnon (2022) | Young, H and Boucher, G M |
Analyses & Commentary
| Why the far-right and white supremacists have embraced the Middle Ages and their symbols (2021) | Young, H |
| What is the link between computer gaming and hate-based ideologies? (2020) | Young, H and Boucher, G |
| Normalising conspiracy theories: videogames, violence and the far-Right (2020) | Young, H and Boucher, G |
Grants and Projects
| Accelerationist FictionDeakin Motion Lab, 2021-2022 | Boucher, G and Young, H |
| Medievalisms in Far-right Culture |