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lang="EN-US">literature, disability studies and medieval studies. </span></p> </div> <div id="d.en.234604" class="title-and-body-text title-and-body-text-3"> <p><img src="/media/Untitled-design.png" alt=""> </p> </div> <div id="d.en.234603" class="title-and-body-text title-and-body-text-12"> <p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US">The series </span><span lang="EN-US">‘<a href="https://www.uwp.co.uk/series/writing-wales-in-english/" target="_blank">Writing Wales in English</a></span><span lang="EN-US">’</span> <span lang="EN-US">(published by the University of Wales Press) is edited from CREW, as is the Welsh Government commissioned series of classics, </span><span lang="EN-US">‘The Library of Wales</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p> <p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US">CREW runs an MA in Welsh Writing in English, a PhD programme and welcomes applications from visiting scholars. </span></p> </div> <div class="col-12 mt-4"> <div class="article-item expander-list"> <h2>People</h2> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 horizontal-card"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xl-6 horizontal-card-text"> <div> <h2>Co-director</h2> <p>Professor Daniel Gwydion Williams is a cultural critic and one of Wales’ leading public intellectuals. His research interests range from the 19th century to the present day and encompass Welsh language and English language literatures on both sides of the Atlantic. These interests are linked by a concern with questions of nationalism, ethnicity and identity.</p> <a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/daniel.g.williams/" class="btn btn-primary mb-4 mb-xl-0">Professor Daniel Gwydion Williams</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-xl-6 horizontal-card-image"> <img src="/culture-communication/research/crew/daniel-williams.jpeg" alt="Daniel Williams " srcset=" https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-748,w-1170,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/daniel-williams.jpeg 1170w, https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-345,w-540,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/daniel-williams.jpeg 540w " sizes=" (min-width: 480px) 1170px, 540px " > </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 horizontal-card"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xl-6 horizontal-card-text"> <div> <h2>Co-director</h2> <p>Professor Kirsti Bohata is a leading scholar in the field of Welsh writing in English, and has published on postcolonial theory, queer literature, disability studies and literary geography from the late nineteenth-century to the present. Her most recent book is <em>Disability in Industrial Britain </em>(Manchester University Press, 2020) which is <a href="https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/9781526124326/9781526124326.xml" target="_blank">fully open access</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/k.bohata/" class="btn btn-primary mb-4 mb-xl-0">Professor Kirsti Bohata</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-xl-6 horizontal-card-image"> <img src="/culture-communication/research/crew/download-%284%29.jpeg" alt="Kirsti Bohata" srcset=" https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-748,w-1170,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/download-%284%29.jpeg 1170w, https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-345,w-540,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/download-%284%29.jpeg 540w " sizes=" (min-width: 480px) 1170px, 540px " > </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 mt-4"> <div class="article-item expander-list"> <div class="expander-item is-collapsed" id="staff-members"> <h3 class="expander-click-target"> <a href="#staff-members-contents" role="button" aria-controls="staff-members-contents">Staff Members</a> </h3> <div id="staff-members-contents" class="expander-contents"> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/professor-m-wynn-thomas/">Professor M.Wynn Thomas</a> (Emyr Humprheys Chair of Welsh Writing in English)  </p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/arts-and-humanities/academic/f.j.rhydderch/">Dr Francesca Rhydderch</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/geraint.evans/">Mr Geraint Evans</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/o.g.sheers/">Professor </a><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/o.g.sheers/">Owen Sheers</a></p> <p><strong>Honorary Research Fellows:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/dr-rhian-barfoot-honorary-research-fellow/">Dr Rhian Barfoot</a></p> <p>Dr Catherine Charlwood</p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/professor-angela-john-honorary-research-fellow/">Professor Angela V. John</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/peter-lord/">Peter Lord</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/dr-siriol-mcavoy-honorary-research-fellow/">Dr Siriol McAvoy</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/dr-rob-penhallurick-honorary-research-fellow/">Dr Rob Penhallurick</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/dr-kieron-smith-honorary-research-fellow/">Dr Kieron Smith</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/nia-davies-honorary-research-fellow/">Nia Davies</a></p> <p><strong>Associates (External):</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.matthew-jarvis.co.uk/index.html">Professor Matthew Jarvis</a> (Anthony Dyson Research Fellow, Trinity St David's)<br><br>Dr Mike Mantin (Historian, <em><a href="http://www.dis-ind-soc.org.uk/en/index.htm">Disability and Industrial Society Project</a>)</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12"> <div class="su-image"> <div class="su-image-content"> <h2 class="su-image-heading">Projects and Publications</h2> </div> <div class="su-image-content-image su-image-content-image-12"> <img src="/culture-communication/research/crew/book-1283865_1280.jpg" alt="students in library" srcset=" https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-748,w-2405,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/book-1283865_1280.jpg 2405w, https://ik.imagekit.io/s1sp3stox/tr:h-690,w-1110,fo-auto/culture-communication/research/crew/book-1283865_1280.jpg 1110w " sizes=" (min-width: 480px) 2405px, 1110px " > </div> </div> </div> <div id="d.en.234645" class="title-and-body-text title-and-body-text-12"> <ul> <li>BWLET </li> <li>The Raymond Williams Papers </li> <li>The Richard Burton Archive </li> <li>The Ron Berry Papers </li> <li>The Alun Richards Papers </li> <li>The Archive of Welsh English: David Parry SAWD Archive</li> <li>CREW Bibliography </li> <li>The Annotated Bibliography of the Anglo-Welsh Short Story </li> </ul> <table style="height: 123px; width: 861px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td>The Library of Wales </td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CREW Monograph Series: Writing Wales in English </td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Dillwyn Project </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 col-md-6"> <div class="related-text related-text-dark"> <h3 class="related-text-title">Contact CREW</h3> <div class="related-text-content"> <p>To be kept informed about events organised by CREW and other developments in the field please subscribe to the Welsh Studies group on JISC Mail: <a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=WELSHSTUDIES">WELSHSTUDIES</a></p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:daniel.g.williams@swansea.ac.uk">Professor Daniel Williams</a> / <a href="mailto:k.bohata@swansea.ac.uk">Professor Kirsti Bohata </a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 col-md-6"> <div class="related-text"> <h3 class="related-text-title">Interested in Postgraduate Research 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