Lucinda Matthews-Jones

Lucinda Matthews-Jones is a Reader in Victorian History at Liverpool John Moores University within the School of Humanities and Social Science, Department of History. Her research primarily explores the intersections of home, gender, and class in the British university and social settlement movement, with a current focus on her monograph 'Settling at Home: The Making of the British Settlement Movement, 1883-1920'. She is nationally recognized for her innovative teaching practices, having received the Royal Historical Society's Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History in 2021 and a Vice-Chancellor teaching award in 2018.

• Liverpool John Moores University: Reader in Victorian History
• Journal of Victorian Culture: Former editor and managing editor of JVC Online
• History UK: Co-convenor with Dr. Jamie Wood (Lincoln)
• External Examiner: University of Lincoln (2021-present), previously at Leeds Beckett (2018-2022)

Her research interests span Victorian history, gender studies, home studies, class dynamics, and religious practices, with particular attention to how domestic space functioned within social reform movements. She has a secondary interest in lived religion, especially within working-class households. Matthews-Jones has published extensively in leading journals including 'Victorian Studies', 'Journal of Victorian Culture', 'Women's History', and 'Cultural and Social History', as well as in edited collections on masculinity and home history.

Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the British settlement movement, gender dynamics in Victorian society, and religious practices within domestic settings. The trend shows increasing attention to material culture and spatial analysis in understanding Victorian social relations, with particular emphasis on how home spaces were negotiated across class boundaries. Her work bridges historical scholarship with contemporary discussions about social housing, community building, and the role of domestic space in social reform.

• Royal Historical Society's Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History (2021)
• Vice-Chancellor teaching award for teaching innovation (2018)
• LJMU's ECR Fellowship Scheme grant (2015)

Matthews-Jones serves as an active mentor to undergraduate and postgraduate students, supervising dissertations and contributing to the MA in History program. She has co-edited significant scholarly works including 'Material Religion in Modern Britain: The Spirit of Things' with Timothy Jones. Her teaching portfolio includes third-year urban history, second-year gender history modules, and leadership of the first-year skills module 'Making History'. She has pioneered creative approaches to history education, co-running workshops on 'Creative History in the Classroom' with Cath Feely from the University of Derby.

She actively participates in scholarly communities as a member of the Women's History Network and the British Association of Victorian Studies (where she served as Treasurer), and maintains a scholarly presence on Twitter @luciejones83 where she engages with teaching, Victorian studies, and academic community building.