Dr. Matthew Leonard is an archaeologist and anthropologist of modern conflict, and a post-doctoral researcher at Birkbeck, University of London. His doctoral work at the University of Bristol examined the subterranean landscapes of the Western Front, and his research continues to explore how people engage with the physical and ecological legacies of modern war.

He is Chairman of the Durand Group and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Front Association’s journal Stand To!. Dr. Leonard conducts regular fieldwork in France and Belgium, and has been widely published as well as featured in numerous documentaries on the First World War.