Matt Cook | |
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Title | Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexuality |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
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Institutions | Keele 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]
Cook has two children. [4]
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