This month, a member of Northampton’s history team begins his term as president of a national scholarly society. Professor Matthew McCormack will serve as President of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies until 2026/27.
The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (known as BSECS) is a meeting-place for anyone who works on the global long eighteenth century, including those with interests in history, literature, music, drama, art, languages, politics, or any other subject. It holds regular conferences, publishes a journal, distributes funding, supports postgraduate and early career scholars, and advocates the subject at a national and international level. It is part of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS).
Matthew has been a member of the society since he was a postgraduate, and has been a member of its executive committee for over a decade, serving as Reviews General Editor, Editor of Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies and Vice President.
Matthew teaches various modules on the eighteenth century on the History BA and MA at Northampton, including ‘United States: War and Society, 1610-2020’, ‘Citizenship and Gender in Britain’ and ‘Narrating the Nation: Rethinking Modern Britain’. He also supervises dissertations and PhDs in this area.
He is currently researching the material culture of footwear and his next book, Shoes and the Georgian Man, will be published by Bloomsbury later this year.
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