Dr Rhian Davies: Artistic Director, Gregynog Festival and Honorary Fellow, Bangor University Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) was Director of the National Council of Music for Wales (1918-41), Gregynog Professor of Music at Aberystwyth University (1919-26), and Edward Elgar's successor as Master of the King's Musick (1934-41). Dr Rhian Davies explores the life and work of […]
Dr Peter Wakelin, writer and curator specializing in built heritage and visual art. This online lecture will be live, with questions from the audience. Architectural drawings, models and photographs are crucial for understanding architecture in Wales. However, the records of individual practices have often been at risk of loss and finding and using architectural papers […]
Dr Cai Parry-Jones: Ph.D FRHistS Curator and oral historian specialising in digital and Jewish heritage SYNOPSIS Cai Parry-Jones‘s book “The Jews of Wales- A History” is a key study of the presence of Jews in Wales over the centuries starting from the 13th century. However, as Parry-Jones shows, there is little mention of Jews in […]
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Rydym yn falch i gyhoeddi y bydd Darlith yr Eisteddfod 2020 ar-lein am 1yp ar Ddydd Llun Awst 3ydd 2020 Cyffro'r Newydd, Cysur y Cyfarwydd: ar drothwy canmlwyddiant 'Mab y Bwthyn' Cynan Yr Athro Gerwyn Wiliams, Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Bangor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejMOq0sh3g
In association with the Montgomeryshire Society The June Gruffydd Memorial lecture Elena Puw Morgan (1900-73) was a pioneering Welsh-language author of the mid-twentieth century. She is best known today through television adaptations of her two major novels, Y Wisg Sidan / The Silk Gown (1939) and Y Graith / The Scar (1943) on S4C at […]
Wales has always been part of an international maritime community, and its marine area covers a larger area than the land. This lecture explores the diversity of this common inheritance, with a focus on the new knowledge coming out of recent archaeological discoveries, including the Viking-age sword guard from The Smalls, the Ann Francis lost at Aberafan in 1583, and the legendary ‘Dollar wreck’ on Rhossili Bay, Gower.
In association with the Learned Society of Wales Speaker: Dr Aled Eurig, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business, Swansea University Professor Stuart Cole, CBE, Member of Council, in the chair Venue: Committee Rooms, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University Event moved from 12th December - The Society apologises for any inconvenience this change may have cause.
In association with Wales in London Speaker: Dr Jenny Mathers, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Speaker: Peter Lord, Art Historian, formerly at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth. Ceridwen Roberts OBE, Chair of Council, in the chair.
Speaker: Geraint Evans, Senior Lecturer, English Literature and Creative Writing, Swansea University
Cynhelir darlith Eisteddfodol y Gymdeithas ar ddydd Llun, 5 Awst 2019 am 12.30yh ym Mhabell y Cymdeithasau 2 ar Faes yr Eisteddfod. Traddodir y ddarlith gan yr Athro Emeritws Deri Tomos, Prifysgol Bangor, ar y testun Dwr a Strwythurau Bywyd. Am y tro cyntaf darperir cyfieithiad ar y pryd pebai angen ac fe fydd cyfarpar gwrando […]
Yr Athro Prys Morgan, Llywydd y Gymdeithas, yn y Gadair Names must be given to the London office in advance so please let ceridwen.roberts@btopenworld.com know if you wish to attend
Professor Prys Morgan, President of the Society, in the chair Followed by: Joined up thinking for small nations: some personal reflections on the components of prosperity Dr Carol Bell is a Director of the Development Bank of Wales, and Chairs its Investment Committee, having built a broad portfolio career since leaving Investment Banking in the […]
Speaker: Professor M Wynn Thomas OBE, Professor of English and Emyr Humphreys Professor of Welsh Writing in English, Swansea University In the chair: Professor Helen Fulton, Member of Council
Bettina Harden MBE, author and owner of Nanhoron Park and Gardens Jill Jacobs, Member of the Society, in the chair
In association with the Montgomeryshire Society The June Gruffydd Memorial Lecture Speaker: Dr David Jenkins, Honorary Research Fellow, National Museum Wales In the chair: John Jones, Chair of the Montgomeryshire Society Download MP3
Speaker: Dame Hilary Boulding DBE, President of Trinity College Oxford and formerly Principal of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Robert John, Member of Council, in the chair
The Annual Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion / Learned Society of Wales / Lecture Chair: Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards Location: Room 0.31 in the John Percival Building, Cardiff University, Cathays Campus, Colum Drive, CF10 3EU Synopsis The degree and nature of language contact in medieval Wales between speakers of Welsh and English (or Anglo-Norman or indeed Flemish) […]
Ceridwen Roberts, Chair of Council, in the chair
