T. Gerald Hunter, more commonly known as Jerry Hunter, is an American graduate of the
University of Cincinnati
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(BA), Aberystwyth (MPhil) and
Harvard University
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(PhD). Originally from
Cincinnati
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, he now lives in Wales and has held academic posts at
Cardiff
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and more recently
Bangor University
, former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007)
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, where he is currently (2015) a professor in the School of Welsh and deputy vice chancellor of the university
He was a founding member of the pressure group
Cymuned
Cymuned (translated in English language, English as "community", ) was a Wales, Welsh communities pressure group. Established in 2001, the group campaigned on behalf of local communities in Wales, particularly (but not exclusively) Welsh language ...
and is former editor of the
Academi's literary periodical ''Taliesin''.
His first monograph, ''Soffestri’r Saeson'' (University of Wales Press, 2000), a study of the use of
prophecy
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as political propaganda in the Tudor age, was shortlisted for the
Wales Book of the Year award in 2001. ''Llwch Cenhedloedd'', (