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Jerry Hunter studied at the University of Cincinnati (BA, English), the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (MPhil, Welsh), and Harvard University (PhD, Celtic Languages and Literatures).聽 He worked as a lecturer at Harvard University and Cardiff University before coming to Bangor in 2003.
The fields of his research are extremely varied and he has published about Welsh-language literature from all periods, from the Middle Ages to contemporary literature.聽 He has published five monographs, one about connections between literature, prophecy and historiography in the sixteenth century, and four treating various aspects of nineteenth-century Welsh-language literature in America.聽 One of them,聽Llwch Cenhedloedd:Y Cymry a Rhyfel Cartref America ('The Dust of Nations: the Welsh and the American Civil War'), won the Literature Wales 'Book of the Year' Award in 2004 (and two of his other books have been short-listed for the same award).
At present he is working on Welsh literature and the wars of the seventeenth century and hopes to build on the foundations outlined in a recent publication, 'The Red Sword, the Sickle and the Author's Revenge: Welsh Literature and Conflict in the Seventeenth Century' (the 2016 J.V. Kelleher Lecture,聽 Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, vol. xxxvi).
Also a creative writer, he has published five novels -聽Gwenddydd (2010), which won the National Eisteddfod's Prose Medal,聽Gwreiddyn Chwerw (2012), Ebargofiant (2014), Y Fro Dywyll (2014) - translated by Patrick K. Ford and published as聽Dark Territory (2017) - and聽Ynys Fadog (2018).聽 He has also published a short novel for children.
Jerry Hunter has presented and co-scripted three documentary series for S4C.聽 One of them,聽Cymry Rhyfel Cartref America ('The Welsh of the American Civil War), won the Gwyn Alf Williams BAFTA Cymru award.
Publications
2026
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Hunter, J., 13 Jun 2026, Melin Bapur.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2025
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Hunter, J., 25 Jan 2025
Research output: Other contribution - Published
Hunter, J., 1 Feb 2025, Ysgrifiadau Beirniadol XXXV. Y Lolfa, Vol. XXXV. p. 19 110 p. (Ysgrifau Beirniadol ).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter - Published
Hunter, J., 1 Jul 2025, Imagination And Innovation in Medieval Celtic Literature: Essays in Honour of Catherine A. McKenna. Caerdydd: University of Wales Press, Cardiff, p. 82-95 14 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
2024
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Hunter, J., 1 Mar 2024, Y Lolfa. 304 p.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2023
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Hunter, J., 1 Dec 2023, In: Ll锚n Cymru. 46, 1, p. 11-32 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
2021
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Hunter, J., 1 Mar 2021, In: Gwerrdon. 32, 1, p. 57-69
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Hunter, J., 9 Sept 2021, In: Ll锚n Cymru. 44, p. 1-52 52 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article - Published
Hunter, J., 2021, Y Lolfa.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2018
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Hunter, J., Nov 2018, Talybont: Y Lolfa. 506 p.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2016
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Hunter, T., 1 Jan 2016, In: Yearbook of English Studies. 46, p. 37-55 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2016, In: Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium. 36, p. 1-29 29 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article
2015
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Hunter, J., 1 Oct 2015, Global Bunyan and Visual Art. Duran, A. & Calloway, K. (eds.). New York
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
2014
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Hunter, T. G., 20 Mar 2014, Y Lolfa.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book - Published
Hunter, T. G., 21 Nov 2014, Y Lolfa.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2012
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Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2012, Gwasg Gwynedd.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book - Published
Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2012, University of Wales Press.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2011
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Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2011, Narrative in Celtic Tradition: Essays in Honor of Edgar M Slotkin. 2011 ed.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
2010
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Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2010, Gwasg Gwynedd.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book - Published
Hunter, T. G., Hunter, J., Charles-Edwards, T. M. (Editor) & Evans, R. J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Wales and the Wider World:Welsh History in an International Context. 2010 ed. Shaun Tyas
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
2007
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Hunter, T. G. & Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2007, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book - Published
Hunter, T. G. & Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2007, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
2005
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Hunter, T. G., Hunter, J., Nagy, J. F. (Editor) & Jones, L. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition: A Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. 2005 ed. Four Court Press, Dublin, p. 158-171
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
2001
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Hunter, T. G., Hunter, J. & Thomas, M. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Gweld S锚r: Cymru a Chanrif America. 2001 ed. University of Wales Press, Cardiff, p. 40-73
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
Activities
2025
Darlith Goffa J. E. Caerwyn a Gwen Williams 2025
9 Dec 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)Darlith Flynyddol Llyfrgell Penygroes
9 Oct 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)Sgwrs am y ddrama Yn y Tr锚n gan Saunders Lewis yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam 2025
4 Aug 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)un o ddarlithoedd hollgyffredinol cynhadledd y North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, Rio Grande, Ohio, Gorffennaf 2025
16 Jul 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
Projects
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01/09/2022 鈥� 06/11/2024 (Finished)