Matthew has been a research fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas since October 2021, where he is leader of the project Narrative Hierarchies: Minor Characters in Byzantine and Medieval History Writing (Research Council of Norway, project nr. 324754, 2021–26).
Research Interests
- Byzantine history
- Late medieval history
- Historiography
- Comparative history
- Narratology
- Philosophy of history
- Gender and queer history
Experience
- Researcher in History of Ideas – University of Oslo (2021–present)
- Marie Curie Junior Fellow in History and Literature – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (2023–24)
- Fellow in Byzantine and Renaissance History – Boğaziçi University & I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (2020–21)
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Byzantine History – University of Vienna (2020)
- Fellow in Byzantine Studies – Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University (2019–20)
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Byzantine History – Austrian Academy of Sciences (2018–19)
Education
- DPhil in History – University of Oxford (2014–18)
- MRes in Byzantine Studies – University of Birmingham (2013–14)
- BA (Hons) in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History [First Class] – Durham University (2010–13)
Current Projects
- Project Leader, Narrative Hierarchies: Minor Characters in Byzantine and Medieval History Writing (Researcher Project for Young Talents, 2021–26)
Past Projects
- Project Leader, Politisk økonomi og kjønn forstått gjennom middelalderfortellinger [Political Economy and Gender Understood through Medieval Narratives] (Hans Andreas Benneches stiftelse, 2023)
- Coordinator, together with Mirela Ivanova and Alexandra Vukovich, New Critical Approaches to the Byzantine World Research Network (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities/The Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, 2019–22)