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Sean Matthews has published widely on cultural theory and twentieth century literature, and has taught on these topics in Britain, Japan, the US, and, for the British Council, in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. His anthology of critical theory, Theories: A Reader, edited with Aura Sibisan of the University of Brasov, Romania, was published in 2003, and included his introductory essays and apparatus. He has directed events, panels, lectures and seminars around issues in contemporary studies for the British Council ('Reading Worlds', The Oxford Conference 2004; 'Reading Reputations', the Oxford Conference 2005; and '2007, 'Writing Lives'); the CCUE Annual Conference ('Contemporary Classrooms', Oxford 2004); ESSE ('Chronotopes of the Contemporary', Zaragosa 2004); and the Learning and Teaching Support Network, LTSN ('Condition of the Subject', London 2003). He is a contributor to www.contemporarywriters.com, and reviews for a number of newspapers and journals. He directed the 2007 D.H. Lawrence International Conference, 'Return to Eastwood', and co-curated the exhibition 'Lawrence Among the Women' at the Weston Gallery. He is currently working on a study of Raymond Williams.