Pete Simi, the University of Wyoming Department of Criminal Justice 2009 William D. Griffith speaker, will discuss the White Power Movement and hate culture Thursday, Sept. 17, at 1:20 in Room 306 of the UW Classroom Building.
Simi's lecture, "American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's
Hidden Spaces of Hate," examines how neo-Nazi groups persist in the
United States and the connection between hate culture and extremist
violence. The lecture follows the subject of his book with the same
title, which will be available in December.
Simi is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. His
research focuses on juvenile delinquency and gangs, hate crime and hate
groups, violence, social movements and social psychology. In recent
years he has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork with neo-Nazi
groups across the United States.
He has published a series of articles that examine organizational
dynamics, criminal activity, and the white power music scene. In 2006,
Simi was awarded a grant from the Department of Justice to study
recruitment strategies among white supremacist terror groups.
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2009