Staff profile

Andrzej Olechnowicz has research interests in the social and cultural history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain. His current research lies in two areas: the evolution and character of the British monarchy since 1837, seeking to understand its popularity and influence in shaping national identity; and notions of ‘leisure’, ‘community’ and ‘mass society’ in inter-war Britain. Teaching specialisms include nineteenth-century social history, the impact of twentieth-century wars in shaping British society and social policy, and the origins of the Edwardian Liberal welfare reforms.

• British anti-fascism in the 1930s
• British social history since 1830
• the modern British monarchy

Authored book

• Working-class Housing in England between the Wars: the Becontree Estate
  Olechnowicz, A. (1997). Working-class Housing in England between the Wars: the Becontree Estate. Oxford University Press

Chapter in book

• 'For the many may be better than the few’: republicans and anti-monarchism in contemporary Britain.
  Olechnowicz, A. (2017). 'For the many may be better than the few’: republicans and anti-monarchism in contemporary Britain. In A. Pankratz, & C.-U. Viol (Eds.), (un)Making the Monarchy (201-226). Universitätsverlag Winter
• Britain's 'Quasi-Magical Monarchy' in the Mid-Twentieth Century.
  Olechnowicz, A. (2011). Britain's 'Quasi-Magical Monarchy' in the Mid-Twentieth Century. In C. V. Griffiths, J. J. Nott, & W. Whyte (Eds.), Classes, Cultures and Politics: Essays on British History for Ross McKibbin (70-84). Oxford University Press
• Introduction: Historians and the Study of Anti-fascism.
  Olechnowicz, A. (2010). Introduction: Historians and the Study of Anti-fascism. In N. Copsey, & A. Olechnowicz (Eds.), Varieties of Anti-fascism. Britain in the Inter-war Period (1-27). Palgrave Macmillan
• Labour theorises fascism: A.D. Lindsay and Harold Laski.
  Olechnowicz, A. (2010). Labour theorises fascism: A.D. Lindsay and Harold Laski. In N. Copsey, & A. Olechnowicz (Eds.), Varieties of Anti-fascism. Britain in the Inter-war Period (202-23). Palgrave Macmillan
• 'A jealous hatred': royal popularity and social inequality
  Olechnowicz, A. (2007). 'A jealous hatred': royal popularity and social inequality. In A. Olechnowicz (Ed.), The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present (280-314). Cambridge University Press
• Historians and the modern British monarchy
  Olechnowicz, A. (2007). Historians and the modern British monarchy. In A. Olechnowicz (Ed.), The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present (6-44). Cambridge University Press

Edited book

• Varieties of Anti-fascism. Britain in the Inter-war Period
  Copsey, N., & Olechnowicz, A. (Eds.). (2010). Varieties of Anti-fascism. Britain in the Inter-war Period. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230282674
• The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present
  Olechnowicz, A. (Ed.). (2007). The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present. Cambridge University Press

Journal Article

• Unemployed workers, 'enforced leisure' and education for 'the right use of leisure' in Britain in the 1930s
  Olechnowicz, A. (2005). Unemployed workers, 'enforced leisure' and education for 'the right use of leisure' in Britain in the 1930s. Labour History Review, 70(1), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.3828/lhr.70.1.27
• Liberal anti-fascism in the 1930s : the case of Sir Ernest Barker
  Olechnowicz, A. (2005). Liberal anti-fascism in the 1930s : the case of Sir Ernest Barker. Albion (Boone), 36(4), 636-660. https://doi.org/10.2307/4054585
• Union first, politics after: Oldham cotton unions and the Labour party before 1914
  Olechnowicz, A. (2000). Union first, politics after: Oldham cotton unions and the Labour party before 1914
• Civic leadership and education for democracy: the Simons and the Wythenshawe estate
  Olechnowicz, A. (2000). Civic leadership and education for democracy: the Simons and the Wythenshawe estate. Contemporary British History, 14, 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460008581569