Matt Cook (historian)

Professor
Matt Cook
FRHistS
TitleJonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexuality
Children2
Academic background
Alma materQueen Mary University of London (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsKeele University
Birkbeck, University of London
Mansfield College, Oxford

Matt Cook FRHistS[1] is a social and cultural historian specializing in LGBTQ and queer history. Since October 2023, he has served as the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at Mansfield College, Oxford University. The appointment makes him the UK's first professor of LGBTQ+ history.[2]

Cook received his PhD in history at Queen Mary University of London, then served as a lecturer at Keele University from 2002 to 2005. He went on to teach for 18 years at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he ultimately was named professor of modern history and head of the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology.[3]

  1. ^ "List of Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ Sally Weale, Oxford University appoints UK’s first professor of LGBTQ+ history, The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ Professor Matt Cook. Oxford University. Retrieved 6 December 2023.