Dr Matt Myers

Departmental Lecturer in Modern European History

Balliol College

matt.myers@history.ox.ac.uk

My research has been principally concerned with comparative and transnational history during the twentieth century. I have been especially interested in labour and its relationship to politics, society, and production. This led me to work on the history of the left in Britain, France, and Italy from the 1960s to the 1990s, political economy and technological shocks, and post-colonial migration. I am currently working on a transnational history of water infrastructure.

Research Interests

Comparative and transnational history
History of labour and political economy
History of water and public ownership

The Halted March of the European Left (OUP, February 2025)

The European left seemed to be in rude health during the 1970s. Never had so many political parties committed to representing the working class been in power simultaneously across the continent. New forms of mobilisation led by female, immigrant, and young wage-earners seemed to reflect the growing strength of the workers' movement rather than its pending obsolescence. Parties and trade unions grew rapidly as a diverse new generation entered the ranks. Why did the left's forward march halt so abruptly?

I currently teach:

Prelims	FHS
European and World History 4, 1815-1914	European and World History: The European Century, 1820-1925
Approaches to History	European and World History: Europe Divided, 1914-1989
	European and World History: The Global Twentieth Century, 1930-2003
	European and World History 11: Imperial and Global History 1750-1930
	Culture, Politics and Identity in Cold War Europe, 1945-68
	Living with the Enemy: The Experience of the Second World War in Europe
	Neoliberalism and Postmodernism: Ideas, Politics and Culture in Europe and North America, 1970-2000
	Disciplines of History

Graduate Papers:

Europe in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1970: National, transnational and international histories

Dr Matt Myers

Featured Publication

The Halted March of the European Left (OUP, February 2025)

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