Dr Matthew Grimley

Academic Subject(s): History and joint schools

Teaching

I teach all aspects of British History since 1815, including a Special Subject on Britain in the 70s, and a Further Subject, Britain at the Movies. I also teach some undergraduate courses on historiography and political thought, and a graduate course on global religion in the twentieth century. I supervise graduate students working on twentieth-century British cultural, intellectual, and religious history, and co-convene two seminars on modern British and modern religious history.

Research

My main area of interest is the cultural, intellectual and political history of 20th-century Britain, particularly changes in religious and national identity since the First World War. My current research project looks at religion and social reconstruction in Britain during and after the Second World War.

Listen to Matthew Grimley’s talk, 'The War and English Religion', part of the 'Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures' series from the University of Oxford Podcasts. In this episode, he explores how English Christianity responded to the upheavals of the First World War, challenging the idea of inevitable religious decline.