Dr Matthew Woolgar

Profile

I joined Leeds after a period as a Stipendiary Lecturer at the University of Oxford. I had previously studied at the University of Oxford, at SOAS (University of London), and Yogyakarta State University.

Research interests

My research focuses on the interaction of global ideological currents and social movements in their political and ecological contexts. My work explores how international shifts interacted with developments on the ground in Southeast Asia.

My first major project is a study of how the global Cold War became intertwined with grassroots activism in Indonesia in the decades following independence. My second project focuses on the emergence of the environmental movement in Southeast Asia. 

Qualifications

• DPhil History, University of Oxford
• MA Southeast Asian Studies, SOAS (University of London)
• BA History, University of Oxford

Professional memberships

• Association for Southeast Asian Studies
• Royal Historical Society
• Association for Asian Environmental History

Student education

My teaching currently spans across the international history of the twentieth century.

I welcome enquiries for postgraduate research supervision for projects addressing the following: Southeast Asia; Indonesia; social movements; transnational activism; the Cold War; environmental activism & policy; environmental history; authoritarianism; human rights.

Research groups and institutes

• Politics, Diplomacy, and International History