The department is home to a number of researchers who specialize in the history of Wales.
With @teresaphipps phipps, he has also been working on how post-conquest race laws denied the Welsh certain legal rights. In this BBC podcast he discusses the character of medieval Wales. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p072zc1k">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programme...
Prof @louisemiskell is currently working on the history of Welsh steel and its impact on communities @Steelworlds Here she is being interviewed about the impact of steel on Newport. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/newport-steel-industry-llanwern-history-18187818">https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale...
Dr Gethin Matthews @welshmemorials runs a project documenting memorials to the Great War in Welsh chapels and other partially & #39;hidden& #39; public spaces. http://war-memorials.swan.ac.uk/ ">https://war-memorials.swan.ac.uk/">...
He also works on the oral history of warfare and in this blog looks at some of his interviews with WWII veterans. https://cramswansea.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/remembering-the-remembering-re-assessing-an-oral-history-of-the-second-world-war-25-years-on/">https://cramswansea.wordpress.com/2020/05/0...
Prof @martinjohnes ran a project last year looking at the history of the relationship between Wales and England. It included a two part documentary for @BBCWales https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=K0ldN1XmyWI&feature=emb_logo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The book version of England& #39;s Colony? is currently on sale for £5 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englands-Colony-Martin-Johnes/dp/1912681412">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Eng...
Dr @SamBlaxland is an oral historian. His book on the history of @swanseauni will be published next month.
His next book will explore the history of the Conservative Party in Wales since 1945.