about me
This is the home page of Matthew Barlow, PhD. Here I ponder questions of public history, identity, memory, space, post-coloniality, diaspora, transnationality, human rights, punk rock, hip hop, and pretty much anything else I fancy. I have made numerous appearances in the media from Montreal to Alabama to the United Kingdom and Ireland. I have discussed a wide range of issues, from the history of Victorian railways, to St. Patrick’s Day, to the importance of self-curated narratives, to the history of punk rock, and the 100th anniversary of the Club de hockey Canadien (aka: the Montreal Canadiens). My first book, Griffintown: Identity & Memory in an Irish Diaspora Neighbourhood, was published in June 2017 by UBC Press, and it won the Canadian Historical Association’s CLIO Award for Best Book in Québec History in 2018. I also am a Contributing Editor and the Music Editor at The Typescript.
I have worked as an historical researcher and analyst, college and university professor, historical consultant, museum consultant, writer, author, editor, and education & curriculum consultant.
A Montrealer by birth, I have also lived in Toronto, Hamilton, Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Ottawa, Boston, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the Mountains of Eastern Tennessee. I currently live in Western Massachusetts.
e: johnmatthewbarlow@gmail.com
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[…] Matthew Barlow teaches at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst and works as a public history consultant. His first book, Griffintown: Memory & Identity in an Irish Diaspora Neighbourhood, will be published by UBC Press in May 2017. He is also working on a documentary with film-maker and artist G. Scott MacLeod, The Death and Life of Griffintown, which will be released in summer 2017. […]
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