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The department is home to a number of researchers who specialize in the history of Wales.
Dr Matthew Stevens has recently published the first overview of the Welsh medieval economy.
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
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
Dr Gethin Matthews @welshmemorials runs a project documenting memorials to the Great War in Welsh chapels and other partially 'hidden' public spaces. http://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/
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
The book version of England's Colony? is currently on sale for £5 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englands-Colony-Martin-Johnes/dp/1912681412
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.
