Research topics currently being pursued by postgraduates (M.Phil. and PhD) working under the umbrella of the Richard Burton Centre include: children and the poor law in Swansea, c.1850-1914, the political career of D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda), Welsh miners and tunnelling companies on the Western Front, 1914-18, the 38th (Welsh) Division on the Western Front, 1916-18, Wales and the sexual revolution of the 1960s. A full list of current postgraduate students and their topics will be available shortly.

The Richard Burton Centre is home for the MA in Modern Celtic Studies.  Please click here for further information.   

Chris Williams is Honorary Secretary of the Glamorgan County History Trust, a charitable organization that exists to support research into the history and archaeology of the former county of Glamorgan.