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Biography
Jodie researches nineteenth-century representations and experiences of people who travelled around Britain (including Romanies/Gypsies and canal boat people), and the cultural significance of Britain's industrial waterways. In 2016 she was appointed the Canal & River Trust’s first Honorary Research Fellow. You can watch a YouTube video about Jodie’s research on canal boat people. She strongly believes in communicating academic research to wide audiences, and works with charities, museums and heritage organisations, schools and others.
If you are from a school or college and would like to speak to Jodie about a campus visit, Extended Project Qualification, or university taster sessions, please email j.matthews@hud.ac.uk.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Representations of Gypsies, Roma or Travellers, especially in the nineteenth century
- Waterways and their cultures
- Race, gender and identity in the nineteenth century
- Travel in the nineteenth century
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gipsy
Social Sciences
brain
Social Sciences
History
Arts & Humanities
community
Social Sciences
stereotype
Social Sciences
Waterways
Arts & Humanities
Gypsies
Arts & Humanities
Group
Social Sciences
Projects 2012 2012
- 1 Finished
Gypsies, Roma, and Irish Travellers: Histories, Perceptions, and Representations, A Review
1/02/12 → 31/10/12
Project: Research › Research Council
Research Output 2013 2019
Visibly Authentic: Images of Romani people from 19th-century culture to the digital age
Matthews, J., 13 Mar 2019, Heritage as Community Research: Legacies of Co-Production. Graham, H. & Vergunst, J. (eds.). Bristol : Policy PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
In Gipsy Tents by F. H. Groome
Matthews, J., 2018, Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction. Morrison, K. A. (ed.). McFarland and Company, IncResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives
Matthews, J., Reed, A. & Lawrence-Francis, R., 28 Feb 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
gipsy
community
stereotype
Group
Romanies/Gypsies
Matthews, J., 2018, Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction. Morrison, K. A. (ed.). McFarland and Company, IncResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Gypsy Woman: Representations in Literature and Visual Culture
Matthews, J., 29 Aug 2018, London: I.B. Tauris. 256 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Visual Culture
Gypsies
Viewer
Connectivity
Reader
Activities 2015 2018
Reading the Waterways: People, Literature, and Canals in Britain since 1761
Jodie Matthews (Speaker)12 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Reading the Waterways
Jodie Matthews (Speaker)5 Dec 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
"Waterways History Research?": Why Canal History Matters
Jodie Matthews (Speaker)24 Jun 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Canals in Nineteenth-Century Literary History
Jodie Matthews (Speaker)7 Apr 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Reading the Waterways: Canals in Literary Context
Jodie Matthews (Speaker)18 Oct 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk