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Matthew Townend

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  • Professor, English and Related Literature
Former affiliations
  • Senior Lecturer, English and Related Literature
  • Reader, English and Related Literature
  • Lecturer, English and Related Literature
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9720-2906
  • Phone(01904) 323922
  • Emailmatthew.townendyork.acuk
  • Overview
  • Network
  • Publications (32)
  • Projects (2)
  • Activities (43)

Research output

  • 10 Article
  • 9 Book
  • 5 Chapter
  • 5 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • More
    • 1 Anthology
    • 1 Other chapter contribution
    • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

  • The Vikings and the Victorians and Dialect

    Townend, M., 2025, The Legacy of Medieval Scandinavian Encounters with England and the Insular World. Dance, R., Pons-Sanz, S. & Schorn, B. (eds.). Brepols, p. 409-439

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • How the Vikings Viewed the World

    Townend, M. & Maddalena, A., 2024, In: BBC History Magazine. June 2024, p. 41-45

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • J. R. R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction

    Townend, M., 26 Sept 2024, Oxford University Press. 160 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

View all 32 research outputs

Projects

  • 2 Finished

Projects per year

  • Centre for Medieval Literature

    Tyler, E. M. (Principal investigator), Bainton, H. (Researcher), Bisgard, L. (Researcher), Bridges, V. R. L. (Researcher), Campopiano, M. (Researcher), Clarke, K. P. (Researcher), Forrai, R. (Researcher), Høgel, C. (Researcher), Jensen, K. V. (Researcher), Lech, M. L. (Researcher), Madsen, J. M. (Researcher), Mortensen, L. B. (Researcher), Pettitt, T. (Researcher), Roselló-Martinez, S. (Researcher), Townend, M. (Researcher), Younge, G. R. (Researcher), Christensen, J. J. H. (Student) & Wittig, C. (Student)

    1/01/12 → 31/01/18

    Project: Research project (funded) › Research

  • The Vikings and Victorian Lakeland: the Norse Medievalism of W G Collingwood and his contemporaries

    Townend, M. (Principal investigator)

    AHRC

    1/10/08 → 31/12/08

    Project: Research project (funded) › Research

Activities

  • 14 Public lecture
  • 9 Invited talk
  • 8 Lecture
  • 5 Conference participation
  • More
    • 3 Festival
    • 1 Media (Other online)
    • 1 Media (Radio)
    • 1 Media (TV)
    • 1 Seminar

Activities per year

  • The Victorians and Yorkshire Dialect

    Townend, M. (Invited speaker)

    11 Aug 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture

  • At Sea with Viking Poetry

    Townend, M. (Speaker) & Maddalena, A. (Speaker)

    9 Jun 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture

  • The Victorians and Yorkshire Dialect

    Townend, M. (Invited speaker)

    18 Mar 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture

View all 43 activities

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