Dr MATTHEW LAING

Dr Matthew Laing is a historian and political scientist with a BA and PhD from the Australian National University, where his doctorate examined the history of the United States presidency. He has lectured and completed research fellowships at the Australian National University, Utrecht University and Monash University, and in 2007 completed an internship in the United States Congress.

Matthew is an experienced tour leader, and for over a decade has led small group tours to the USA, Canada, Scandinavia and Western Europe. While he has a particular expertise in the history, politics and culture of the United States of America, his knowledge of European history and culture has been honed by extended periods of living and travelling there, and he has offered numerous lectures and short courses on the history of Germany, the development of the Hansa and its legacy in northern Europe, European history in the period of the Renaissance and Reformation, and mid-century modernist architecture and design. He is a national lecturer for the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS).

A highly-informed and passionate communicator, Dr Matthew Laing is also a Senior Content Producer at Wondrium, The Teaching Company that is responsible for The Great Courses.