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Marion Eames – Novelist of the Welsh diaspora

The Medical Society of London 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom

To celebrate the centenary of her birth, Simon Brooks will discuss the Birkenhead-born Welsh-language novelist, Marion Eames. Central to her work are religious and ethnic tolerance, often within the Welsh diaspora where ethnic identity is both ambiguous and under threat. Speaker: Dr Simon Brooks Associate Professor, Swansea University Rhian Medi Bishop, Member of Council in […]

Nations, Class and Values: Nationalisms in Welsh Politics

The Medical Society of London 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom

How different configurations of national identity, class and values underpin different nationalisms in Wales, and how these nationalisms shape contemporary Welsh politics. Speaker: Professor Richard Wyn Jones Director, Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University Ceridwen Roberts OBE, Chair of Council in the chair

DELIVERING WELL-BEING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS IN WALES

The Medical Society of London 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom

As the first and only Future Generations Commissioner, Sophie Howe will discuss the pressing issues facing the world. Sophie will lay out how we must use a future generations lens for decision making to ensure the decisions we make today meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet […]

Cyfarthfa – From Green to Black to Green again

The Medical Society of London 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom

Geraint Talfan sets out the ambitious plan for Cyfarthfa Castle and Park in Merthyr Tydfil and says it must involve a dialogue between our past and our future. Speaker: Geraint Talfan Davies OBE Chair, Cyfarthfa Foundation Robert John, Member of Council in the chair

Rhyw, Pŵer, Priodas: Catrin o Ferain a’i phedwar gŵr

The video below will become available from 4pm today Ganed Catrin o Ferain yn 1535. Bu farw yn 1591. Cafodd bedwar gŵr, John Salsbri, Rhisiart Clwch, Morys Wyn ac Edward Thelwal. Golwg o’r newydd ar rôl Catrin fel merch, gwraig, mam, gweddw a nain. Gallwch wylio’r ddarlith unrhywbryd o 16.00 Dydd Llun 2 Awst 2021 […]

O.M. Edwards a Chymreictod Ysgolion Cymru

Ymgais sydd yn y ddarlith hon i ddeall cyd-destun Cymreictod ysgolion Cymru yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg cyn y daeth O. M. Edwards yn brif arolygydd addysg yn 1907 ac i bwyso a mesur ei ddylanwad wrth iddo geisio Cymreigio’r gyfundrefn addysg. Cyflwynodd Edwards, ynghyd ag Alfred T. Davies, ysgrifennydd parhaol yr Adran Gymreig […]

‘The Dragon and The Crescent’. Nine centuries of Welsh encounters with Islam

All are welcome to join this talk, which will be live and with questions. Wales and Islam: contact, coexistence and conflict in nine centuries of literature. Award-winning poet and critic Dr Grahame Davies shows the full and surprising story of the Welsh relationship with Islam. Speaker: Dr Grahame Davies, poet, librettist and cultural historian, Governor of Goodenough […]

Ben Bowen Thomas, Wales, and UNESCO

All are welcome to join this talk, which will be live and with questions. Ben Bowen Thomas was one of the most influential Welsh adult educators and civil servants of the twentieth century. He was very well-known among those who, like himself, were prominent civil servants but perhaps less well known to the Welsh public […]

Paper, Ink, and Four Walls: John Jones of Gellilyfdy and his Prison Project

All are welcome to join this talk, which will be live and with questions. Access will be via this page; no registration is needed. Almost all scholars of medieval Welsh texts will have come across manuscripts in the hand of John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Flintshire (c.1580–1658), a competent scribe who copied countless texts, of prose […]

THE LEGACY OF THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN WALES 1914-1918

All are welcome to join this talk, which will be live and with questions. Access will be via this page; no registration is needed. This talk analyses the impact of the Opposition to the Great War in Wales, and how it influenced attitudes through the twenties and thirties through to the Second World War. What […]

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 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 […]

Designing Wales: an archive for Welsh architecture

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 […]

The Jews in Wales

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 […]

The Novelist Elena Puw Morgan: Rethinking Modernism

The Medical Society of London 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom

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 and the Sea: Some New Archaeological Perspectives

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.

The Significance of the Opposition to the Great War in Wales

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.