Dr Matthew Roberts BA PhD FHEA FRHistS

I am an historian of nineteenth-century Britain, and currently Reader in Modern British History at Sheffield Hallam University. On this website you'll mostly find information about my research, publications and public engagement.

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Please do get in touch if you have any questions relating to my areas of research. My contact details are under the 'More' tab above.

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UPCOMING/RECENT EVENTS

Historical Association Lecture

'The Visual & Material Culture of Radicalism and Reform, 1760-1848'

Birkdale School, Sheffield, 12 December 2019

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Grenoside and District Local History Group

'Women's Suffrage before the Suffragettes'

Grenoside Community Centre 14 January 2020

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MY LATEST RESEARCH

My latest book has just been published by Routledge. Click here to be taken to the publisher's webpage.

My latest article, 'Richard Oastler, Toryism, Radicalism and the Limitations of Party, 1807-1844' has been published in volume 37, issue 2 of Parliamentary History (2018).

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