Dr Nicholas Startin
BA, MPhil, PhD
Lecturer in French and European Studies
1WN 2.34
Email: n.j.startin@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 6899
Profile
Dr Nick Startin’s research focuses on the Far Right in Contemporary Europe and on the impact of Euroscepticism on nation states (with a particular emphasis on the French case).
His PhD in Politics was awarded by Brunel University. He also gained an M.Phil in French Studies from Birmingham University and a PGCE from the University of Warwick. Prior to arriving at Bath, he lectured for a decade in French, European Studies and Politics at the University of the West of England in Bristol.
He was awarded the 2008 Political Studies Association (PSA) 'Vincent Wright Prize' for the best research paper on French Politics and in the same year was nominated PSA’s' Bernard Crick Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award'.
In 2011 he co-founded the thriving University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) research network on Euroscepticism, and co-edited the forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) entitled ‘Confronting Euroscepticism’, to be published in January 2013.
He has made a number of national and regional media appearances on BBC and Sky News in relation to French elections, EU referenda and the recent crisis in the Eurozone. At Bath he is the French 'year abroad officer'.
Research interests
- The Far Right in Contemporary Europe
- The impact of Euroscepticism on nation states
- The role of EU referenda
- French Elections and political parties
Teaching
Undergraduate
- PL20622A: French Translation
- PL20726: European Integration (Unit leader)
- PL20872: La France dans Le Monde
- PL30107: Culture and Identity
- PL30294: In Search of Europe
- PL30623A: French Translation
- PL30865: The Far Right in France (Unit Leader)
Publications
Book Sections
Startin, N., 2008. The French rejection of the 2005 EU constitution in a global context: a public opinion perspective. In: Szarka, J. and MacLean, M., eds. France on the world stage. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91-110.
Startin, N., 2005. Maastricht, Amsterdam and Beyond: The troubled evolution of the French Right. In: Drake, H., ed. French Relations with the EU. London: Routledge, pp. 64-85.
Articles
Mondon, A. and Startin, N., 2013. Far-right earthquake could be bigger than 2002 for France. The Conversation, 2 July 2013.
Usherwood, S. and Startin, N., 2013. Euroscepticism as a persistent phenomenon. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 57 (1), pp. 1-16.
Startin, N. and Krouwel, A., 2013. Euroscepticism re-galvanized: the consequences of the 2005 French and Dutch rejections of the EU constitution. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 57 (1), pp. 65-84.
Startin, N., 2010. Where to for the Radical Right in the European Parliament? The rise and fall of transnational political cooperation. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 11 (4), pp. 429-449.
Startin, N., 2009. Book review: M. Bainbridge & P. Whyman (2008) Britain, the Euro and Beyond, Aldershot, Ashgate. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 10 (1), pp. 143-145.
Neocleous, M. and Startin, N., 2003. 'Protest' and fail to survive: Le Pen and the great moving right show. Politics, 23 (3), pp. 145-155.
Startin, N., 2001. Candidate centred and party free elections: Lessons from the Livingstone mayoral campaign. Representation, 38 (1), pp. 31-45.
Startin, N., 2001. Book Review: Front Contre Front (by Darmon, M. & Rosso, R.). Modern and Contemporary France, 9 (1), p. 104.
Startin, N., 2001. Book Review: L’Europe Autrement (by De Villiers, P. & Berthu, G.). Modern and Contemporary France, 9 (3), pp. 395-396.
Startin, N., 2000. Book Reviews: Front Contre Front (by Darmon, M & Rosso, R) and Politics on the Fringe (by Declair, E G). Party Politics, 6 (4), pp. 524-526.
Startin, N., 1999. Book Review: La Défaite Impossible (by Mano, J-L & Birenbaum,G). Modern and Contemporary France, 7 (2), pp. 258-259.
Conference or Workshop Items
Startin, N. J., 2013. From the margins to the mainstream: The evolution of the debate surrounding UK membership of the EU. In: CRONEM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013 - Researching European Integration: Beyond Methodological Nationalism and Disciplinary Silos, 2013-07-02 - 2013-07-03, Guildford, University of Surrey.
Startin, N. J. and Usherwood, S., 2011. Euroscepticism as a persistent phenomenon. In: UACES Annual Conference, 2011-09-05 - 2012-09-07, Cambridge.
Startin, N. J., 2011. Opposing Europe, opposing globalisation: Unity or division on the far-right. Submitted to: Political Studies Annual Conference 2011, 2011-04-19 - 2011-04-21, London.
Startin, N. J., 2010. Opposing Europe, opposing globalisation: The case of the far-right. In: UACES Annual Research Conference 2010, 2010-09-06 - 2010-09-08, Bruges.
Startin, N. J., 2009. Where to for the far-right in the European Parliament: The rise and fall of transnational political cooperation. In: UACES Annual Research Conference 2009, 2009-09-03 - 2009-09-05, Angers.
Startin, N. J., 2008. From low-key ambivalence to qualified opposition: the French Front national and the European Union. In: Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference 2008, 2008-04-01 - 2008-04-03, Swansea.
