Matt Champagne

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Bio

Matthew Champagne is currently enrolled as a Public History Ph.D. candidate at North Carolina State University. He also holds degrees in Classics, history, and theatre from Pace University. His academic accolades include the Benjamin T. Ford Award in history and the Charles H. Dyson Award.

Over the course of Champagne’s 10+ years of experience in leadership roles at museums and non-profits throughout the United States, he has undertaken cultural and historical programming for such clients as the United Nations, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, and the Native American Council of Columbia University.

Champagne is also a dedicated world traveler, both as a tourist and academic, and has lectured in such locations as Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, the Dramatic Arts Center of Iran, and the University of Essex in England.

Extension and Community Engagement

Steering Committee, Eagle Project (Since 2017)

Historians for a Better Future, NC State (2017 – 2021)

Editorial Board, Brick by Brick: History in the Present Tense (2019 – 2020)

Lead Peer Mentoring Collaborative, NC State (2018 – 2019)

Conference Committee, NC State (2017 – 2018)

Professional Development Committee, NC State (2017 – 2018)

Publications

Champagne, Matthew. “When the Queer East Met the American West: How the Same-Sex Relationship Between a Syrian ‘Princess’ and Her ‘Secretary’ Destabilized Orientalism in the Early Twentieth Century.” Madison Historical Review 19 (2022): 46–66. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1256&context=mhr.

Champagne, Matthew, Katie Schinabeck, and Sarah A. M. Soleim. “Free History Lessons: Contextualizing Confederate Monuments in North Carolina.” In Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversies, edited by Sierra Rooney and Jennifer Wingate, 237-249. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2021.

Champagne, Matthew, Tammy Gordon, Katie Schinabeck, Sarah A. M. Soleim, and Lisa R. Withers. “Q: Sir, would you like a history of this monument?,” History@Work, March 21, 2018, https://ncph.org/history-at-work/q-sir-would-you-like-a-history-of-this- monument/.

Champagne, Matthew. “Driving Through Dixie,” Brick By Brick: History in the Present Tense, October 18, 2017, https://history.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2017/10/18/confederate-road- markers/.

Champagne, Matthew. “Jack the Ripper Museum,” Department of Cultural References, October 6, 2017, http://tammysgordon.org/DCR/items/show/82.

Champagne, Matthew. “Decolonizing America’s Oldest Timber-Frame Home: A Hidden History of Slavery at the Fairbanks House Museum.” Transactions of the Society of Fellows of Dyson College 20 (2017): 55-65.

Champagne, Matthew. “Stonewall National Monument,” Department of Cultural References, September 22, 2017, http://tammysgordon.org/DCR/items/show/76.

Champagne, Matthew and Ashley Marinaccio. “Casting Out Violence: Queer Youth Combating Violence Through Performance.” Anthropology News 57 (2016): 68-82.

Presentations

“When the Queer East Met the American West: How the Same-Sex Relationship Between a         Syrian ‘Princess’ and Her ‘Secretary’ Destabilized Orientalism in the Early Twentieth    Century,” Annual Meeting, The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, Portland State University, Portland, OR, August 2021.

“Queering Space Outside the Closet: Spatial Conceptions of the Gay Community Since World War II,” Graduate Student History Conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, March 2019.

“Home Repair: Maintaining Structures and Relationships at Historic House Museums,” Annual Meeting, National Council on Public History, Hartford, CT, March 2019.

“From Sewing Needle to Unsheathed Sword: The Life of Catalina de Erauso Upon Her Return to Spain, 1623 – 1630,” Graduate History Association Conference, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, March 2018.

“Decolonizing America’s Oldest–Timber Frame Home: A History of Sex and Slavery During King Phillip’s War, 1675 – 1678,” James A. Barnes Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 2017.

“Students Become Teachers: Case Studies Exploring New York City’s Student Theatre Movement,” International Seminar on the Independent Theatre Sector, Dramatic Arts Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran, February 2017.

“D) All the Above: Lessons the Academy Can Learn from the Performing Arts,” 33rd Annual Meeting of the Dyson Society of Fellows,” Pace University, New York, NY, March 2014.