Newyddion trist iawn am farwolaeth cawr o lenor, Emyr Humphreys. Llynedd buom yn dathlu ei 100fed penblwydd gyda darlith, bellach yn bodlediad ar ein gwefan. Derbyniodd Medal anrhydeddus y Gymdeithas. Bydd yn golled enfawr. Estynwn ein cydymdeimlad dwys a’i holl deulu.
Newyddion mis Medi
Our podcasts online
We now have several podcasts of past lectures on our website. The most recent is our 2020 June Gruffydd Memorial Lecture with the Montgomeryshire Society; “The Novelist Elena Puw Morgan: Rethinking Modernism”. The novelist’s granddaughter, Dr Mererid Puw Davies, gave this talk, and it was co-authored with her sister Angharad Puw Davies. It is well worth listening to.
For more podcasts on subjects as varied as Emyr Humphreys, Sir Kyffin Williams, the Welsh economy, the Dictionary of Welsh Biography and Wales and Agincourt go to Previous Talks. You will also find on here the video of Gerwyn Wiliams’ excellent Eisteddfod Lecture on Cynan’s Mab y Bwthyn.
North American Festival of Wales 2020
The North American Welsh newspaper, www.ninnau.com, are kindly publicising our new online lecture series which we hope will be watched across the world. You can enjoy in September their online North American Festival of Wales. Visit festivalofwales.org
Mastermind Cymru
Mae Mastermind Cymru yn dychwelyd ar S4C ac mae’r cynhyrchydd, BBC Studios, yn chwilio am ymgeiswyr. Os hoffech chi’r cyfle i eistedd yn y gadair ddu, mae’r manylion ar LINK
Tracing Sculptures by John Evan Thomas
We have been asked to help trace works by John Evan Thomas, who was born in Brecon and became one of Wales’ foremost sculptors of the 19th century. He and his brothers were members of the Cymmrodorion. If you can help download the pdf here.
Changes to 2020 Lecture Programme
Regrettably the 24 September talk has been cancelled.
We have a new lecture to announce and a change in dates.
Here is our 2020 programme.
20th October – 6:30pm
The Jews in Wales
Dr. Cai Parry-Jones, Digital Archivist and Data Manager, the National Holocaust Centre and Museum.
19th November – 6:30pm
Designing Wales: an Archive for Welsh Architecture
Dr Peter Wakelin, writer and curator specialising in built heritage and visual art.
10th December – 6:30pm
Genius making its habitation among us: the musical vision for Wales of Walford Davies
Dr Rhian Davies: Artistic Director, Gregynog Festival and Honorary Fellow, Bangor University
This lecture has moved from 20 October.
These lectures will all be online and live, with questions from the audience. Access details will be on our website. They will be recorded to watch later.
Hoffech chi ymuno â’r Cyngor?
Mae pennod newydd yn hanes Y Cymmrodorion wedi agor ac rydym yn edrych am aelodau i’r Cyngor.
Pe baech yn gallu ein tywys i gryfhau ein presenoldeb ar-lein, neu os oes gennych brofiad o ddarlithoedd a digwyddiadau, cysylltwch os gwelwch yn dda.
Croesawir unrhyw brofiad arall hefyd gan gynnwys, wrth gwrs, gwerthfawrogiad o’r Gymru sydd ohoni a’r Gymru a fu.
Hefyd rydym yn chwilio am Drysorydd newydd sy’n rôl hanfodol.
Byddwch cystal â chysylltu â Sian Reid ar secretary@cymmrodorion.org i ddarganfod mwy.
DARLITH YR EISTEDDFOD
Roeddem yn falch iawn i gyfrannu ar-lein i Eisteddfod 2020; os hoffech wrando ar y ddarlith wych gan Yr Athro Gerwyn Wiliams cliciwch yma i wylio ar youtube.
EISTEDDFOD LECTURE
We were very pleased to contribute online to this year’s Eisteddfod; if you wish to listen to this excellent lecture by Professor Gerwyn Williams click here to view on youtube.
EIN SGYRSIAU AR-LEIN 2020
Rydym yn falch i gyhoeddi ein darlith gyntaf ar-lein.
Hon fydd ein darlith flynyddol yn yr Eisteddfod, Darlith Goffa Syr Thomas Parry-Williams. Fe’i rhoddir gan Yr Athro Gerwyn Wiliams, Prifysgol Bangor. Bydd ar gael ar Ddydd Llun, Awst 3ydd am 1yp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejMOq0sh3g.
‘Yr ysbryd athrylithgar sydd yn awr yn cynhyrfu hiliogaeth y Cymry’: Darllenwyr Drych y Prif Oesoedd Theophilus Evans yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg
The Marquess of Bute, William Burges and the Gothic Revival
Dreams, Divination and Devotion: Exploring the ancient Druids of Britain and Gaul
Belgian refugee musicians in mid-Wales during the First World War
When Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, more than a million Belgians fled their homes and around 100,000 sought refuge in Britain. The Davies family of Llandinam assisted several families to come to Mid Wales and the artist members of this expatriate community were the subject of a major exhibition at National Museum Cardiff and Ghent’s Museum of Fine Arts in 2003.
Their musician colleagues were equally distinguished, yet their lives and careers are now almost entirely forgotten. Drawing on original sources in the UK and Belgium and offering powerful parallels with the migration crises of today, this lecture reconstructs a remarkable lost narrative and presents it in London for the first time.
Computational Aerodynamics at Swansea University and the Land Speed Record
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STUDYING WALES TODAY: A MICROCOSMOPOLITAN APPROACH
Drawing on Michael Cronin’s model of ‘microcosmopolitanism’ and its appreciation of the complexity and diversity of small nations, in this lecture Professor Wynn Thomas champions the importance of ‘studying Wales today’, and suggests developments for securing a sustainable and dynamic future for the field.
The text of the lecture may be downloaded here.
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Studying Wales Today: A Microcosmopolitan Approach
Gan ddefnyddio model Michael Cronin o ‘microcosmopolitaniaeth’ a’i werthfawrogiad o gymhlethdod ac amrywiaeth cenhedloedd bychan, yn y ddarlith hon mae’r Athro Wynn Thomas yn pleidio achos pwysigrwydd ‘astudio Cymru heddiw’, ac yn awgrymu datblygiadau ar gyfer sicrhau dyfodol cynaliadwy a deinamig i’r maes.
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Gellir lawr lwytho testun y ddarlith yma.
William R Grove: The Fuel Cell and the Hydrogen Economy
William Robert Grove (1811-1896) was a physical scientist who is known as “the father of the fuel cell”. His pioneering research on fuel cell technology and on the conservation of energy was sufficiently groundbreaking and renowned for him to become a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840. Born in Swansea, he was also a founder of what became the Royal Institution of South Wales in 1838. In terms that are intelligible to non-scientists and interested lay persons, Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas describes Grove’s work on the fuel cell and assesses the contemporary significance of his discovery and its potential for the development of the hydrogen economy – the use of hydrogen, in conjunction with a fuel cell, to provide a low-carbon source of energy.
The history and future of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
In this lecture, Professor Dafydd Johnston, Director of the Universty of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, and a Co-Editor of the Dictionary, traces the history of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography from the foundation of the project by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion during the 1930s to the present day. He describes some of the significant developments that the Centre and the National Library of Wales are currently taking forward. These include the improvement of the Dictionary’s gender balance through the addition of more articles about Welsh women, the digitisation of articles and the addtion of photographs and other illustrations. Professor Johnston goes on to outline the challenges facing the Centre and the Library as they seek to ensure the long-term future of this important national resource.