Dr. Daniel Matlin

Biography

Daniel Matlin is a Reader in History at King's College London. He joined King's in 2012 and has a strong academic background, having completed his BA in 2003, MPhil in 2004, and PhD in 2009 from Christ's College, Cambridge. Matlin has held the position of H. Lloyd Research Fellow at Christ's and served as a director of studies at the Centre for History and Economics at Cambridge. After leaving Cambridge, he spent time as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London. His doctoral research focused on African-American intellectuals in the 1960s under the supervision of Professor Michael O'Brien, and he developed a strong interest in jazz and its broader significance within American history. His research interests encompass American intellectual and cultural history, race, civil rights, black power movements, and the history of jazz. He is the author of the book "On the Corner: African-American Intellectuals and the Urban Crisis" published by Harvard University Press in 2013, which examines the role of African-American intellectuals in interpreting black urban life for white American audiences during the 1960s and 1970s. Matlin actively participates in scholarly communities, co-convening the American History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research and is a member of various historical organizations.

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