About Christopher Millington

I’m a historian of modern France, political extremism and violence, and terrorism. I completed a PhD at Cardiff University in 2009, under the supervision of Prof. Kevin Passmore. I have worked at Birkbeck, University of London, Cardiff University (where I held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship), and Swansea University. I joined MMU in August 2018.
Chris Millington is Professor of Modern European History and lead of the Histories and Cultures of Conflict research group at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of eight books including Murder in Marseille: Right-Wing Terrorism in 1930s Europe ((Manchester University Press, 2025), The Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904-1939 (Stanford University press, 2023), and France in the Second World War Collaboration, Resistance, Holocaust, Empire (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).
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NBN Episodes hosted by Christopher:

God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Jacob Ware (Columbia UP, 2024)

October 10, 2026

God, Guns, and Sedition

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

In this episode, I spoke with Jacob Ware, co-author, with Bruce Hoffman, of God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America, published in 2024 …

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924-2024 with Amy King (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Amy King

In this episode, I speak with Dr Amy King of Bristol University about her book, The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memor…

Marita Sturken, "Terrorism in American Memory: Memorials, Museums, and Architecture in the Post-9/11 Era" (NYU Press, 2022)

September 6, 2026

Terrorism in American Memory

Marita Sturken

Terrorism in American Memory argues that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and all that followed in its wake were the primary force shaping United States …

Jacob Hagstrom, "Asymmetric Warfare: Politics and Cultures of Violence in the Modern Era" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 18, 2026

Asymmetric Warfare

Jacob Hagstrom

The forces that fight asymmetric wars are so distinct that one side avoids direct military confrontation in favor of political, social, or otherwise u…