Matthew Hilton
Matthew Hilton is Professor of Social History at the University of Birmingham.
He did his PhD at Lancaster University and has been at Birmingham since 1997. He is a past winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize and has been a visiting scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies , Harvard. He is currently Co-Director of the Centre for Contemporary Governance and Citizenship in the UK (CenConUK). Matthew Hilton’s background is in the social and cultural history of modern Britain. He has examined many different aspects of the history of consumer society and the politics of consumption, and published various books and articles on the subject. In recent years, his interests have become more international and he has published on consumer activism in Malaysia and at the global level.
He did his PhD at Lancaster University and has been at Birmingham since 1997. He is a past winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize and has been a visiting scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies , Harvard. He is currently Co-Director of the Centre for Contemporary Governance and Citizenship in the UK (CenConUK). Matthew Hilton’s background is in the social and cultural history of modern Britain. He has examined many different aspects of the history of consumer society and the politics of consumption, and published various books and articles on the subject. In recent years, his interests have become more international and he has published on consumer activism in Malaysia and at the global level.
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