Professor Dr. David Matthews

Biography

David Matthews joined the University of Manchester in 2006 as a professor specializing in Medieval and Medievalism Studies. He is currently the program director for the undergraduate degree in English Literature and head of the English Literature department. Before joining Manchester, he taught at the University of Newcastle in Australia and had a brief period at the University of Liverpool. His teaching focuses on late medieval English literature, including lectures on the Chaucer module and the course ENGL10051 Mapping Medieval. David has contributed extensively to the field, serving as editor for the journal Studies in Age Chaucer from 2007 to 2013. His research interests include the continuities between Middle English literature and the Tudor period, with publications on Chaucer's editions and his book Writing King: Nation, Kingship Literature England, 1250-1350. David has also analyzed the rise of medievalism in popular and scholarly contexts, particularly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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