Research grant boost for Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth University’s Department of English & Creative Writing has been awarded a £232,042 Leverhulme Research Project Grant which will run for the three years. The development of Welsh poetry in English since 1997 will be the focus for a major new research project which will pay particular attention to the work of poets who have achieved prominence and recognition since Wales’s devolution vote. Professor Peter Barry of the University was awarded this grant to lead the ‘Devolved Voices’ project which begins in September of this year. Professor Barry said, “We are delighted to have this exciting opportunity to consider the energy, achievements and challenges of contemporary Welsh poetry in English. We are extremely grateful to the Leverhulme Trust for their generous support.” Professor Damian Walford Davies, Head of the Department of English & Creative Writing, welcomed Professor Barry’s success and commented, “This major research grant, which the Department is del...