Professor Neil Wynn

Prof. Wynn is Emeritus Professor of 20th Century American History. He taught modules on American History and has a particular interest in African American History. He is the author of several books, including The African American Experience during World War II (2010), Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt Truman Era (2008), Historical Dictionary From Great War to Great Depression (2003), From Progressivism to Prosperity: World War I and American Society (1986), The Afro American and the Second World War (1976, 2nd edition 1993),and was co-editor of America’s Century: Perspectives on U.S. History since 1900 (1993).

He has contributed chapters to various books, written journal articles and reviews on African American and American history, and on aspects of American culture ranging from sport to crime fiction and music. His interest in music, especially the blues, led him to assist in the acquisition of the Paul Oliver Collection for African American Music and Related Traditions formerly housed in the University Archives. Neil is also editor of  Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe (2007) and co-editor of  Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National Identity (2012).   Prof. Wynn is also regularly involved in local and national radio, having participated in documentaries on the experiences of Black GIs in Britain during WWII for BBC television, Radio 4, and commenting regularly on aspects of American and African American history on BBC Radio Gloucestershire.