Matthew Heaslip

I joined the University of Portsmouth in 2018 where I am a Senior Lecturer in Naval History teaching on Portsmouth's MA in Naval, Maritime and Coastal History.

My research focuses upon the twentieth century Royal Navy and its role within Britain's wider imperial system, during both peace and war. In particular, my first book Gunboats, Empire and the China Station explores the Royal Navy's China Station and Britain's East Asian Empire during the 1920s.  I have also had recent journal articles published in the Journal of Strategic Studies and The International History Review.

I am on the editorial board of the Coastal Studies and Society and The Northern Marine/Le marin du nord journals, as well as being a member of council for both the Society for Nautical Research and a Vice President for the Navy Records Society.

I teach on the MA in Naval, Maritime and Coastal History and supervise student dissertations on the BA in History.

I supervise PhD students on a range of topics, if you are interested in starting doctoral research under my supervision then please get in touch.

I am happy to take calls and emails from media on my research, and am aware of the need to respond to journalists in a timely manner. Please contact me via: [email protected].

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