People



Martin Atherton

Address University of Central Lancashire Livesey 218 Preston, PR1 2HE Telephone +44 (0)1772-893115 Position First Year Tutor (Deaf Studies) Email matherton1@uclan.ac.uk

Martin originally joined UCLan in 1994 to read Deaf Studies and History, during which time he developed an interest in deaf history which he pursued through his dissertation. joined the Deaf Studies team in July 1998 as Principal Researcher on the Deaf United project, a Football Association funded investigation of the social and cultural impact of football within the deaf community. Since then he has worked on a number of deafness related projects and he also co-wrote the university’s Football and Society degree course. He lectures on deaf history, deaf community and culture, and deafness and family relationships. He was awarded his Doctorate from De Montfort University in 2005 for research into the social history of the deaf community. Martin is First Year Tutor and Admission Tutor for Deaf Studies, and as such is the first point of contact for all new and prospective students wishing to pursue an academic course in Deaf Studies. Away from work, Martin has followed the fortunes of Preston North End since 1965 and works as the club’s honorary historian. He is also an honorary member of staff at the National Football Museum in Preston, for whom he has written a history of the Jules Rimet Trophy.

Publications

Atherton, M., Russell, D., Turner, G.H. (2000) Deaf United: a history of football in the British Deaf Community  Coleford, Douglas McLean

Atherton, M, Gregg, A, Harrington, F, Laugesen, C, Quinn, G, Traynor, N and Turner, GH (2002) Addressing Communication Disadvantage: D/deaf people with Minimal Language Skills. Preston, University of Central Lancashire

MgGilp, H with Atherton, M. (2003) 'Football in my blood' in Taylor, G and Darby, A (2003) (Eds) Deaf Identities Coleford, Douglas McLean pp. 159-166. ISBN 0 946252 53 X

Atherton, M. (2003) 'Memories of the Royal Cross School, Preston ' in Taylor, G and Darby, A (2003) (Eds) Deaf identities Coleford, Douglas McLean pp. 39-43. ISBN 0 946252 53 X

Atherton, M. (2003) 'Reading between the lines: the value of deaf
newspapers as research resources' Deaf Worlds 19, 3: 82-93

Atherton, M., (2004) 'Pickles und der Pokal: Der Diebstahl des Coupe Jules
Rimet', in Am Ball Der Zeit: Deutschland und die Fussball Weltmeisterschaften Seit 1954, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, pp.146-159

Atherton, M. (2005) 'The other Jules Rimet Trophy' Sport in History 25, 1: 138-151 ISSN 1746 0263

Atherton, M(2006) 'Choosing to be deaf: issues of identity in the British deaf community' in Brown, A (ed.) Historical Perspectives on Social Identities (Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press), pp. 129-136

Atherton, M. (2006) ‘ England lose the World Cup’ History Today 56, 6: 21-28