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).  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.  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.  One of them, 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,  Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, vol. xxxvi).

Also a creative writer, he has published five novels - Gwenddydd (2010), which won the National Eisteddfod's Prose Medal, Gwreiddyn Chwerw (2012), Ebargofiant (2014), Y Fro Dywyll (2014) - translated by Patrick K. Ford and published as Dark Territory (2017) - and Ynys Fadog (2018).  He has also published a short novel for children.

Jerry Hunter has presented and co-scripted three documentary series for S4C.  One of them, Cymry Rhyfel Cartref America ('The Welsh of the American Civil War), won the Gwyn Alf Williams BAFTA Cymru award.

2024

• PublishedDros Gyfiawnder a Rhyddid: Y Cambrian Guards, Caethwasiaeth a Rhyfel Cartref America
  Hunter, J., 1 Mar 2024, Y Lolfa. 304 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2023

• PublishedOnd Mater Merch: Cywydd Llatai Troseddol Tomos Prys
  Hunter, J., 1 Dec 2023, In: Llên Cymru. 46, 1, p. 11-32 22 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedPerthnasedd Poen ac Undonedd: Kate Roberts a Ffuglen y 1930au
  Hunter, J., 1 Mar 2021, In: Gwerrdon. 32, 1, p. 57-69
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRhwng Breuddwyd a Charchar: Cuhelyn, Cynddelw a Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg Drawsatantig
  Hunter, J., 9 Sept 2021, In: Llên Cymru. 44, p. 1-52 52 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedSafana
  Hunter, J., 2021, Y Lolfa.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2018

• PublishedYnys Fadog
  Hunter, J., Nov 2018, Talybont: Y Lolfa. 506 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2016

• PublishedMyth and Historiography: One Hundred and Sixty Years of Madog and the Madogwys
  Hunter, T., 1 Jan 2016, In: Yearbook of English Studies. 46, p. 37-55 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Red Sword, the Sickle and the Author's Revenge: Welsh Literature and Conflict in the Seventeenth Century
  Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2016, In: Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium. 36, p. 1-29 29 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2014

• PublishedEbargofiant
  Hunter, T. G., 20 Mar 2014, Y Lolfa.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedY Fro Dywyll
  Hunter, T. G., 21 Nov 2014, Y Lolfa.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2012

• PublishedGwreiddyn Chwerw
  Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2012, Gwasg Gwynedd.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedLlwybrau Cenhedloedd: Cyd-Destunoli'r Genhadaeth Gymreig i'r Tsalagi
  Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2012, University of Wales Press.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2011

• Published'From Death Token to O. Henry Ending: Traditional Narrative and the Early Fiction of Kate Roberts
  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 › Chapter

2010

• Published'What can the Welsh do?': Robert Everett and the creation of a Welsh-American abolition movement, c. 1840-1844.
  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 › Chapter
• PublishedGwenddydd
  Hunter, T. G., 1 Jan 2010, Gwasg Gwynedd.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2007

• Published"I ddeffro ysbryd y wlad": Robert Everett a'r Ymgyrch yn erbryn Caethwasiaeth Americanaidd.
  Hunter, T. G. & Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2007, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedSons of Arthur, Children of Lincoln: Welsh Writing from the American Civil War.
  Hunter, T. G. & Hunter, J., 1 Jan 2007, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2005

• PublishedPoets, Angels and Devilish Spirits: Elis Gruffydd's Meditations on Idolatory.
  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 › Chapter

2001

• PublishedO'r Ymfudwr Ffuglennol i'r Twrist Barddol: Teithiau Llenyddol i America.
  Hunter, T. G., Hunter, J. & Thomas, M. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Gweld Sêr: Cymru a Chanrif America. 2001 ed. University of Wales Press, Cardiff, p. 40-73
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Ymchwil a Datblytu: 'Merch Glyndwr (neu, The Lady Speaks in Welsh')

  01/09/2022 – 06/11/2024 (Finished)