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Research interests
Matthew L. Reznicek utilizes Medical Humanities and History of Medicine to better understand eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish Literature. He is currently completing a monograph on the politics of health in the Romantic genre of the National Tale, including works by Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Maria Edgeworth, Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), and Germaine deStaël. Previously, he has published on biopolitics and death in the National Tale; urban infrastructure and public health in nineteenth-century novels; the corpse and abjection in Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Maria Edgeworth; and on teaching healthcare inequities through Austen's Emma.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Money and the European Metropolis, Queen's University Belfast
Sep 6 2010 → Jul 10 2014
Award Date: Nov 14 2013
External Positions
President, American Conference for Irish Studies
Jun 9 2023 → Jun 11 2025
Vice President, American Conference for Irish Studies
Jun 11 2021 → Jun 9 2023
Research Interest Keywords
- Medical Humanities
- Romanticism
- Nineteenth-Century Literature
- History of Medicine
- Biopolitics
- Social Determinants of Health
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Haunting the ‘Proper Body’: Disability, Contagion, and Citizenship in Irish and Scottish Novels of the Union
Reznicek, M., May 2023, In: Irish University Review. 53, 1, p. 48-67 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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He Does Not Suffer Now: Death and Citizenship in the National Tale
Reznicek, M., Nov 2022, Life, Death, and Consciousness in the Long Nineteenth Century. Cogan, L. & O'Connell, M. (eds.). Palgrave, Macmillan, p. 119 137 p. (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Fevered Anxieties: Public Health, Urban Infrastructure, and Infectious Classes in Austen, Edgeworth, and Scott
Reznicek, M., 2022, Locating Classed Subjectivities: Intersections of Space and Working-Class Life in Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-First-Century British Writing. Lee, S. (ed.). Routledge.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Abject capitalism as the sight of dead bodies in nineteenth-century novels
Reznicek, M. L., Jan 1 2022, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Class. McMillan, G. (ed.). Taylor and Francis, p. 293-305 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction
Reznicek, M. L. & Cooper, L. R., Dec 2025, In: Studies in the Novel. 57, 4, p. 363-372 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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American Conference for Irish Studies (External organization)
Reznicek, M. (Chair)
2023 → 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
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Distorted in a Fever: Disease, Disorder, and Social Management in Maria Edgeworth's Ennui
Reznicek, M. (Speaker)
May 2 2023Activity: Talk types › Invited presentation
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Citizenship and Disability in the National Tale
Reznicek, M. (Speaker)
Feb 9 2022Activity: Talk types › Invited presentation
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“Healing the Union: Health, Illness, and Disability in the National Tale.”
Reznicek, M. (Speaker)
Feb 1 2022Activity: Talk types › Invited presentation