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Mr Martin Wright
Senior Lecturer in History
School of History, Archaeology and Religion
- Welsh speaking
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Research interests
- Modern British and Welsh History
- History of Socialism and Radicalism
Publication
2023
- Mansfield, N. and Wright, M. 2023. Made By Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour c. 1780-1924.. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2022
- Wright, M. 2022. Aspects of socialism south of Merthyr and in Taff Bargoed in the 1890s: A window on Labour's pre-history. Merthyr Historian 32, pp. 224-238.
2020
- Wright, M. 2020. Wales: Culture and Society. In: Garnett, M. ed. The Routledge Handbook of British Politics and Society. Routledge, pp. 258-270., (10.4324/9781315559247)
2017
- Wright, M. 2017. Wales and socialism, 1880-1914: towards a four nations analysis. In: Lloyd-Jones, N. and Scull, M. M. eds. Four Nations Approaches to Modern 'British' History: A (Dis)United Kingdom. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 241-265., (10.1057/978-1-137-60142-1_10)
- Wright, M. and Eirug, A. 2017. Yn dal i chifio'r faner: Sosialwyr a'r Rhyfel. In: Matthews, G. ed. Creithiau: Dylanwad y Rhyfel Mawr ar Gymdeithas a Diwylliant yng Nghymru. University of Wales Press
2016
- Wright, M. 2016. Wales, socialism and Huw T. Edwards (1892-1970). Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review 28(2), pp. 307-334. (10.16922/whr.28.2.6)
- Wright, M. 2016. Wales and socialism: political culture and national identity before the Great War. Studies in Welsh History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2011
- Wright, M. 2011. Wales and socialism : political culture and national identity c. 1880-1914. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2010
- Ward, P. and Wright, M. 2010. Mirrors of Wales – life story as national metaphor: Case studies of R. J. Derfel (1824–1905) and Huw T. Edwards (1892–1970). History 95(317), pp. 45-63. (10.1111/j.1468-229X.2009.00474.x)
Articles
- Wright, M. 2022. Aspects of socialism south of Merthyr and in Taff Bargoed in the 1890s: A window on Labour's pre-history. Merthyr Historian 32, pp. 224-238.
- Wright, M. 2016. Wales, socialism and Huw T. Edwards (1892-1970). Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review 28(2), pp. 307-334. (10.16922/whr.28.2.6)
- Ward, P. and Wright, M. 2010. Mirrors of Wales – life story as national metaphor: Case studies of R. J. Derfel (1824–1905) and Huw T. Edwards (1892–1970). History 95(317), pp. 45-63. (10.1111/j.1468-229X.2009.00474.x)
Book sections
- Wright, M. 2020. Wales: Culture and Society. In: Garnett, M. ed. The Routledge Handbook of British Politics and Society. Routledge, pp. 258-270., (10.4324/9781315559247)
- Wright, M. 2017. Wales and socialism, 1880-1914: towards a four nations analysis. In: Lloyd-Jones, N. and Scull, M. M. eds. Four Nations Approaches to Modern 'British' History: A (Dis)United Kingdom. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 241-265., (10.1057/978-1-137-60142-1_10)
- Wright, M. and Eirug, A. 2017. Yn dal i chifio'r faner: Sosialwyr a'r Rhyfel. In: Matthews, G. ed. Creithiau: Dylanwad y Rhyfel Mawr ar Gymdeithas a Diwylliant yng Nghymru. University of Wales Press
Books
- Mansfield, N. and Wright, M. 2023. Made By Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour c. 1780-1924.. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Wright, M. 2016. Wales and socialism: political culture and national identity before the Great War. Studies in Welsh History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
Thesis
- Wright, M. 2011. Wales and socialism : political culture and national identity c. 1880-1914. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
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
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)
