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Associate lecturer, Flinders University

Matthew Firth is an Associate Lecturer at Flinders University. His research focuses on historiography, cultural memory, and the transmission of historical narrative across time and place. He has particular specialisations in the history and literature of early medieval England and Scandinavia.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Associate lecturer, Flinders University

Education

  • 2022 
    Flinders University, PhD
  • 2017 
    University of New England, MHist
  • 2003 
    University of Sydney, BA

Publications

  • 2023
    Memories of Viking Age Cultural Contact: England in the Íslendingasögur, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History
  • 2023
    The Lonely Afterlives of Early English Queens, Neophilologus
  • 2022
    On the Dating of the Norse Siege of Chester, Notes & Queries
  • 2022
    Deconstructing the Female Antagonist of the Coronation Scandal in B's Vita Dunstani, English Studies
  • 2020
    The Character of the Treacherous Woman in the passiones of Early Medieval English Royal Martyrs, Royal Studies Journal
  • 2020
    Æthelred II ‘the Unready’ and the Role of Kingship in Gunnlaugs saga Ormstungu, The Court Historian
  • 2020
    Kingship and Maritime Power in 10th‐Century England, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
  • 2019
    The Broken Body in Eleventh to Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Scandinavian Literature, Comitatus
  • 2018
    The Politics of Hegemony and the 'Empires' of Anglo-Saxon England, Cerae
  • 2017
    Integration, Assimilation, Annexation: Æthelstan and the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony in York, Melbourne Historical Journal
  • 2017
    Constructing a King: William of Malmesbury and the Life of Æthelstan, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association
  • 2016
    London Under Danish Rule: Cnut's Politics and Policies as a Demonstration of Power, Eras
  • 2016
    Allegories of Sight: Blinding and Power in Late Anglo-Saxon England, Cerae

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Flinders University Research Scholarship
    Role:
    PhD Researcher (Medieval Studies)
    Funding Source:
    Flinders University

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Historical Society
  • Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
  • Australian Early Medieval Association
  • Viking Society for Northern Research
  • Australian Historical Association