Matthew is a PhD Candidate in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, researching cultural memory, historical narrative, and Anglo-Scandinavian acculturation in the tenth-thirteenth centuries. With research specialities in the history of early medieval England and in Scandinavian saga literature, he has published numerous articles on various aspects of society and culture in England and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, and their intersections. He is also co-founder of, and researcher for, The Postgrad Chronicles, an academic history blog providing resources for students of the European Middle Ages.

Matthew a committee member of Cerae Journal, a committee member of the Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA), and the reviews editor for the AEMA Journal.

Most recent publications:

Matthew Firth and Erin Sebo, 'Kingship and Maritime Power in 10th‐Century England,' International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 49 (no.2, 2020).

Matthew Firth, 'The Character of the Treacherous Woman in the passiones of Early Medieval English Royal Martyrs,' Royal Studies Journal 7 (no. 1, 2020), 1-21.

Matthew Firth, 'Æthelred II ‘the Unready’ and the Role of Kingship in Gunnlaugs saga Ormstungu,' The Court Historian 25 (no. 1, 2020), 1-14.