| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Burke, M., Klugman, M., & O Halloran, K. (230101). Why now for AFLW? Providing a new affirmative narrative for women s football in the post-Covid world. Sport in Society, 26(4), (724-741). |
| 2022 | Klugman, M. (221101). Unsettling Sporting Stories. Sport History Review, 53(2), (177-181). |
| 2022 | Osmond, G., & Klugman, M. (220101). Through a long lens: racism, protest, memory and sovereignty in Australian sport. Sport in History, 42(3), (366-383). |
| 2021 | Eyers, A., & Klugman, M. (211101). Why so serious? The lost story of Alec Hall, Australian Rules football s very own Joker! . Sporting Traditions, 38(2), (239-259). |
| 2020 | Ricatti, F., & Klugman, M. (200902). Football is life: the loves and madness of Roma Tifosi. Continuum, 34(5), (790-805). |
| 2019 | Marshall, N. TS., & Klugman, M. (190413). No Pangs of Conscience : Nostalgia, Race, Masculinity, and the Emergence of Australian Rules Football in Rural South West Victoria. International Journal of the History of Sport, 36(6), (496-512). |
| 2019 | Klugman, M., & Ricatti, F. (190413). Re-Creating Home and Exploring Away in New Cities: Italian Migration and Football Codes Within Australian Urban Centres. International Journal of the History of Sport, 36(6), (513-531). |
| 2019 | Osmond, G., & Klugman, M. (190403). A forgotten picture: Race, photographs and Cathy Freeman at the Northcote Koori Mural. Journal of Australian Studies, 43(2), (203-217). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- History of sport
- History of emotions
- History of race
- History of sexuality
- History of visual images
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Matthew Klugman
Matthew Klugman is a teacher and researcher at Victoria University.
His research spans several fields, including the intersecting histories of sports, emotions, race, gender, sexuality, medicine, science, migration, the visual, and bodies.
Among other things, Matthew’s research examines the meaning and affects of sport, the consequences of forgetting as well as remembering, the complexities and effects of sporting passions, the iconography of sport, and the cultures of whiteness which so often shape modern sport.
Matthew has received an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher (DECRA) Fellowship.
His book (with Gary Osmond) Black and Proud (NewSouth, 2013), won a 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Award, the 2015 Australian Society for Sports History Book Award, and was named one of the Times Higher Education Books of 2015.
Matthew has been an executive member of the Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) since 2009.
Qualifications
- PhD, History, University of Melbourne, 2009
- MA, History & Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, 2001
- BSc (Hons), History & Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, 1996.
Key publications
Matthew has over 50 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Matthew's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Book chapter (showing 2)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
. (230101). Astros and Asterisks University of Texas Press. doi: 10.7560/327425 |
| 2022 | Burke, M., Klugman, M., & O Halloran, K. (220101). Patriarchal Politics of Women Footballers in Australia: Changing the Narrative from Welfare to Women Saving Men s Football (pp. 126-136). |
Journal article (showing 8 of 31)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2024
|
Representing, Debating & Protesting the Nation: The Visual Legacy of Sport
From: ARC - Future Fellowship Scheme
For period: 2024-2028
|
$1,151,010 |
2023
|
Strengthening Creatives Capacity for Research Accompaniment
From: VicHealth, Victoria University
Other investigators: Dr Samuel Keast, Prof Christopher Sonn
For period: 2023-2024
|
Not disclosed |
2022
|
Co-creating Social Change: Documenting Community-Based and Arts
Approaches to Foster Social Connectedness
From: VicHealth
Other investigators: Prof Christopher Sonn
For period: 2022-2022
|
Not disclosed |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
| 2 | PhD | Principal supervisor |
| 2 | PhD Integrated | Principal supervisor |
| 1 | PhD Integrated | Associate supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD (3) | Associate supervisor |
| PhD (2) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD Integrated (2) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD Integrated (1) | Associate supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masters by Research | Associate supervisor |
| 1 | Masters by Research | Principal supervisor |
| 2 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
| 2 | PhD | Principal supervisor |
| 1 | PhD by Creative Work | Associate supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| Masters by Research (1) | Associate supervisor |
| Masters by Research (1) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD (2) | Associate supervisor |
| PhD (2) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD by Creative Work (1) | Associate supervisor |
Teaching activities & experience
Matthew teaches and convenes the following VU units:
- Historical & Cultural Aspects of Australian Sport (SSM2103)
- Sexuality & Relationships (SHE2002)
Key academic roles
| Dates | Role | Department / Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2014 - Present |
Visiting Fellow
|
Boston College |
| Jan 2014 - Jul 2014 |
Visiting Fellow
|
University of Central Lancashire |
| Jan 2002 - Dec 2004 |
Research Fellow
|
University of Melbourne |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Jul 2014 -
Present
|
Visiting Fellow
Boston College |
| Jan 2014 -
Jul 2014
|
Visiting Fellow
University of Central Lancashire |
| Jan 2002 -
Dec 2004
|
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne |
Key industry, community & government roles
| Dates | Role | Department/Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2012 - Dec 2012 |
Research Fellow
|
National Sports Museum |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Jul 2012 - Dec 2012 |
Research Fellow
National Sports Museum |
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
NSW Premier’s Literary Award - NSW Government |
| 2015 |
Australian Society for Sports History Book Award - Australian Society for Sports History |
Professional memberships
- General member, Australian Historical Association
- Executive Committee Member, Australian Society for Sports History
- General member, North American Society for Sport History
- General member, British Society of Sports History
- General member, Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Media appearances
03rd October 2019
Conversation article examining what the AFL needs to do in order to be as equal and inclusive as it wants to be.
