Bangor University

Faculty Member, History, Welsh History and Archaeology

Lecturer in modern British history; Director of Teaching and Learning, CAEH

College of Arts, Education and Humanities

About

Research interests

Andrew works on various aspects of twentieth century Welsh and British social and political history. His research interests include:

Devolution and constitutional change
Political change after 1945
Plaid Cymru and nationalist politics in Wales
Labour party history
Oral history

Ongoing research projects

ESRC funded Devolution and Constitutional Change project on ‘Devolution, National Identity and Institutional Politics: Welsh Devolution 1885-2001’.
Andrew was a researcher on this project from October 2002 to October 2004 and has remained a member of the project team since 2004. He contributed to and co-edited the first volume from the project Debating Nationhood and Governance, 1885-1939: Perspectives from the Four Nations (Manchester University Press, 2006). He is currently working on several research articles based on the second phase (1945-2010) of the project. He has already published journal articles and delivered numerous conference papers on various themes emanating from the project [see below].

University of Wales, Board of Celtic Studies and British Academy funded research project on 'Welsh Language Acts and Welsh Language activism, 1964-2001: A pilot project’.
This project which commenced in March 2009 focuses on the passing of Welsh language legislation, the establishment of a Welsh Language Board and the critical engagement of campaigners and parties in Wales with the Welsh language and language-related issues between 1964 and 2001. Among numerous research objectives, the project will make extensive use of the Freedom of Information Act to access previously unseen Welsh Office and governmental material. For more details on the project please contact Andrew.

Other research

Andrew is a regional networker [Wales] for the Oral History Society and provides help, advice and practical training in oral history to individuals and community groups. For more on the Oral History Society go to http://www.oralhistory.org.uk/. For advice relating to local/national oral history projects, please contact Andrew.

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