Staff Profile

Dr Martin Richardson
Contact Dr Martin Richardson (email at m.h.richardson@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Triple Durham graduate, joined the School in 1993 as History Curriculum Tutor after twenty years teaching in County Durham. Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Education Studies. Erasmus Co-ordinator and admissions Tutor. Convenor of several undergraduate and postgraduate modules: History of Education; Identity, Culture and Education; Citizenship Education; Harry Potter and the Age of Illusion; PGCE Secondary and Primary History method programmes. Visiting lecturer at University College South, Denmark.
Conference papers:
Feldkirch, Austria: Reforms in Initial Teacher Training.
Durham, United Kingdom: British National Identity.
Rovaniemi, Finland: British Citizenship in a European Context.
Jelling, Denmark: The National Curriculum in England.
Falun, Sweden: State Control in English Education.
Salzburg, Austria: Citizenship: taught or caught?
Copenhagen, Denmark: British Cultural Identity.
Durham, United Kingdom: English Identity in Context.
Feldkirch, Austria: The Death of the United Kingdom?
Completed Supervisions (since 2008)
“For the face I grant I might well blush to offer, but the mind I shall never be ashamed to present” The Education of Elizabeth I, in context.
Duty, Imperialism and Militarism in the British Public School, 1850 - 1918.
Information for prospective doctoral research student supervisions
Martin would welcome applications from prospective doctoral students in the History of Education; Identity, Culture and Education, Citizenship and Harry Potter
Research Interests
- British Culture
- Harry Potter
- National Identity
- History of Education
- Citizenship
Publications
Journal Article
- Richardson, M.H. (1997). Tales from a Riverbank. Primary History 15.
Edited book
- Richardson, M.H. (2001). European Patterns, Links and Comparisons in Contemporary History. Denmark: Jelling Bogtryk.
Chapter in book
- Richardson, M.H. (2001). A brief history of education in England. In European Patterns, Links and Comparisons. Richardson, M.H. Denmark: Jelling Bogtryk.
- Richardson, M.H. (2001). Citizenship Education in England. In European Patterns, Links and Comparisons in Contemporary History. Richardson, M.H. Denmark: Jelling Bogtryk.
- Richardson, M.H. (2001). English Identity set in a British context. In European Patterns, Links and Compariosns in Contemporary History. Richardson, M.H. Denmark: Jelling Bogtryk.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Richardson, M.H. (2010). What a wizard idea. Times Higher Education Online