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Martin Wright

Mr Martin Wright

Senior Lecturer in History

School of History, Archaeology and Religion

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Welsh speaking
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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Research interests

  • Modern British and Welsh History
  • History of Socialism and Radicalism

Publication

2023

2022

2020

2017

2016

2011

2010

Articles

Book sections

Books

Thesis

Research

I have recently finished a collaborative project on the material and visual history of labour in the long nineteenth century, undertaken with Professor Nick Mansfield of the University of Central Lancashire. The fruits will be published as Made By Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour, c. 1780-1924 in June 2023.

Teaching

Year one

  • Inventing a Nation (HS1109)
  • The Modern World (HS1105)
  • History in Practice (HS1107)

Year two

  • Radicalism and the Common People: Britain, 1789-1880 (HS1758)
  • Radicaliaeth a'r Bobl Gyffredin yng Nghymru a Phrydain, 1789-1880 (HS1757)

Year three

  • Socialism, Society and Politics in Britain, 1880-1918 (HS1860)
  • Llafur, Sosialaeth a Chymru, 1880-1979 (HS1862)

Postgraduate teaching

  • MA in Welsh History

Biography

Education and qualifications

BA Hons (University of Wales), 1987

M Phil (University of Wales), 1992

PhD (Cardiff University), 2012

Career overview

2007 – Present: Cardiff University (PhD student & subsequently Welsh Medium Lecturer in History)

2006-7: University of Huddersfield – Research Assistant

2005-7: University of Wales, Lampeter -Associate Lecturer

2005-6: Ceredigion County Council- Welsh for Adults Tutor

1994-2004: University of Wales, Aberystwyth – Tutor and Administrator in Continuing Education / Head of Centre for Continuing Education

1990-1997: University of Wales, Lampeter - Associate Lecturer in History and Tutor in Adult and Continuing Education

Professional memberships

 

Editor, Llafur: The Journal of Welsh People's History

 

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following fields:

  • History of Radicalism and Socialism
  • Modern Welsh and British History

Current supervision

Teleri Owen

Teleri Owen

Research student

Andrew Frow-jones

Andrew Frow-jones

Research student

Past projects

Recently completed PhDs include:

James Phillips, From Culture to Tradition: The Political Landscape of Monmouthshire, 1918-1929 (2020)

William Christophides, John Viriamu Jones and Welsh Idealism (2023)

Liam Burke, The Poor Law in Wales (2023)