The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

Witchcraft in Wales, 1550-1850: A Tale of the Unexpected
2024-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Richard Suggett FSA, FLSW
Formerly Senior Investigator, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Sir Deian Hopkin, President of the Society in the chair

The Flooding of Cwm Tryweryn - and its Political and Cultural Repercussions on Wales
2024-09-18 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Dr Wyn Thomas
Author, musician and historian
Rhian Medi Bishop, Member of Council in the chair

DARGANFOD BWYD CYMRU O’R NEWYDD / Rediscovering the Food of Wales
2024-08-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Maes yr Eisteddfod, Canolfan Ymwelwyr y Lido, Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom
Carwyn Graves
Darlledwr, awdur ac arbenigwr ar fwydydd traddodiadol Cymru
Yr Athro Syr Deian Hopkin,
Llywydd y Gymdeithas yn y gadair

Canolfan Ymwelwyr y Lido, Maes yr Eisteddfod, Rhondda Cynon Taf

All welcome – the talk will be simultaneously translated into English .

Wales Matters: Culture in Crisis
2024-07-15 18:30 - 21:00 | London Welsh Centre, London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays Inn Rd, London, WC1X 8UE
Wales Matters – our new topical series
Culture in Crisis
Yvette Vaughan Jones
Chair, Welsh National Opera
London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8UE
For more information and to book a place go here
This event will be free in person but not online

WALES: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
2024-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS
Former First Minister, Welsh Government
Sir Deian Hopkin,
President of the Society in the chair

FROM ROMAN BRITAIN TO EARLY MEDIEVAL WALES: AN ARCHAEOLOGIST’S VIEW
2024-05-21 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Online
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For members, this link will be open for the AGM starting at 18:00.
Nancy Edwards FSA FBA FLSW
Professor Emerita in Medieval Archaeology, Bangor University
Dr Stephen Roberts,
Member of Council in the chair

FOR THE RECORDE: THE ROLE OF MATHS IN WALES, AND THE ROLE OF WALES IN MATHS
2024-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Online
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Professor Gareth Ffowc Roberts
Emeritus Professor at Bangor University
Dr Carol Bell,
Vice President of the Society

Wales Matters: Education - Is Wales Maintaining its Proud Tradition?
2024-04-10 18:30 - 21:00 | The London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays inn Road, London, WC1X 8UE, United Kingdom
Wales Matters – our new debate series
Education: Is Wales Maintaining its Proud Tradition?
Leading the debate: Dr Gareth Evans
Director Education Policy, University of Wales Trinity St. Davids.
Event free but please book a place here.
London Welsh Centre,157-163 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8UE.
This event will not be online

A GAME OF TWO HALVES: HOW SPORT AND POLITICS INTERTWINE
2024-03-20 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Online
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Laura McAllister CBE
Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales, Cardiff University and current Vice-President of UEFA
Rhys David,
Member of Council in the chair

IRON AGE WALES IN A MODERN NATION: RETHINKING WELSH HILLFORTS
2024-02-22 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Online
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Dr Toby Driver FSA
Senior Investigator (Aerial Survey) at the Royal Commission, Wales
Gareth Jenkins,
President of the Montgomeryshire Society in the chair

Cymmrodorion Medal, award ceremony for Dame Siân Phillips
2024-02-07 19:00 - 20:30 | The London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays inn Road, London, WC1X 8UE, United Kingdom
Dame Elan Closs Stephens, Vice President of the Cymmrodorion, will give a tribute to Dame Siân Phillips’ life and work, and the Medal will be presented by Sir Deian Hopkin, President of the Cymmrodorion.
To order a ticket please click here.
London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8UE

EDRYCH YN ÔL AC YMLAEN: PERTHNASEDD MESUR Y GYMRAEG I FYWYD CYMRU
2024-01-25 18:30 - 20:30
Online
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Efa Gruffudd Jones
Comisiynydd y Gymraeg/Welsh Language Commissioner
Yr Arthro Stuart Cole CBE,
Aelod y Cyngor yn y gadair

THE IMPACT OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN WALES
2023-12-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Online Only
Online
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Professor Jane Williams
Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University
Sian Tudor Reid,
Honorary Secretary in the chair

Can Wales Compete?
2023-12-06 18:30 - 21:00 | The London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays inn Road, London, WC1X 8UE, United Kingdom
This is the first of a new series of talks on topical subjects of concern to the people of Wales and its diaspora. Key Welsh organisations in London are getting together to discuss some of the issues facing Wales now and into the future. Your views are important. Do come along and take part. The talks are free, and take place at the London Welsh Centre. Details of the inaugural talk are below:
Can Wales Compete?
Surviving and Prospering in a Globalised World
Wednesday December 6th 2023. 6.30pm for 7pm
London Welsh Centre Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8UE
Robert Huggins
Professor of Economic Geography, Cardiff University
Founder of UK Competitive Index
In the chair: Gerald Holtham
Visiting Professor, Cardiff Metropolitan University
New industries, new technologies, new ways of working – how are Wales, and its towns and cities faring? Are they levelling up or slipping back? What are the impediments on the path to greater prosperity, and how can they be overcome?
This is an opportunity to hear the latest evidence and to join in discussion with other members of the London Welsh community.
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DEWI AND THE CALL OF PILGRIMAGE, PAST AND PRESENT
2023-11-21 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Online
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The Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones LVO OBE
Dean of St Davids, Cathedral
Robert John,
Member of Council in the chair

RICHARD PRICE – LIBERTY’S APOSTLE AND THE NEW MORAL ORDER
2023-10-18 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Dr Huw Williams
Reader in Philosophy and University Dean for the Welsh Language, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University
Ceridwen Roberts OBE,
Chair of Council in the chair

Cymmrodorion Medal Ceremony
2023-10-04 15:00 - 16:30 | National Library of Wales, National Library of Wales
The Cymmrodorion are delighted to announce that the Cymmrodorion Medal is to be awarded to Peter Lord for a lifetime of service to the history of art in Wales and to celebrate his many books.
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GARETH JONES, HERO OF UKRAINE; A HERO FOR WALES?
2023-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Martin Shipton will evaluate the short life and career of Western Mail journalist Gareth Jones (1905-1935), focussing on his exposure of the man-made famine that killed four million Ukrainians and drawing historical parallels with the current war between Russia and Ukraine.

Martin Shipton is Associate Editor of Nation Cymru. Previously he was political editor-at-large of the Western Mail and before that the paper’s long-serving chief reporter. He is the author of three books including Mr Jones: The Life and Death of Gareth Jones.
Martin Shipton
Associate Editor, Nation.Cymru
Theo Davies-Lewis,
Member of Council in the chair

‘TEWI’R IAITH AR Y TROTHWY’: CERDDI AC ECOLEG
2023-08-08 15:00 - 16:00
Yr Athro Mererid Hopwood
Adran y Gymraeg ac Astudiaethau Celtaidd, Prifysgol Aberystwyth Yr Athro Syr Deian Hopkin,
Llywydd y Gymdeithas yn y gadair
Cymdeithas 1, Eisteddfod Llyn ac Eifionydd

MARY ELLIS HMI, CYDLYNYDD MENYWOD CYMRU AC AMERICA 1923-4
2023-06-22 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams
Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive Wales
Elinor Talfan Delaney,
Member of Council in the chair

TRANSLATING A WELSH CLASSIC: THE LLYFR TALIESIN
2023-05-25 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
In Person
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Dr Rowan Williams
Theologian and poet
Sir Deian Hopkin,
President of the Society in the chair

THE ABORIGINES OF LONDON 1751: THE INFLUENCE OF THE CYMMRODORION
2023-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Emeritus Professor Prys Morgan
Swansea University
Ceridwen Roberts OBE,
Chair of Council in the chair

MAPPING THE WELSH LANGUAGE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
2023-03-23 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Professor David Willis
Jesus Professor of Celtic, University of Oxford
Helen Fulton,
Member of Council in the chair

THE DYFI VALLEY AS A POST-INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE
2023-02-21 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
The June Gruffydd Memorial Lecture
Richard Mayou
Emeritus Professor and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University
Sian Tudor Reid,
Honorary Secretary in the chair

THOMAS EVANS (TOMOS GLYN COTHI, 1764-1833): THE BEAUTY OF THE BILINGUAL MIND
2023-01-19 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Dr Marion Löffler
Reader in Welsh History, Cardiff University
Michael Gibbons QC,
Member of Council in the chair

THE ART OF MUSIC: BRANDING THE WELSH NATION
2022-12-15 18:30 - 20:30
Peter Lord and Rhian Davies
Independent visual art and music scholars
Peter Lord and Rhian Davies will talk on their newly published joint work The Art of Music: Branding the Nation, published by Parthian Books.
The authors’ outstanding contribution to Welsh scholarship in their respective fields of art and music is well-recognised. Hear them together tell how visual culture has acted both to further music as part of Welsh self-image and to shape how others see us.
Ceridwen Roberts, Chair of Council, in the chair

THE REBIRTH OF WELSH LAW
2022-11-23 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
﻿A Welsh Parliament has been able to make laws again since the Wales Act 2017. How does this work within the framework of a single England and Wales legal jurisdiction?
David Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court, explains at the society’s next meeting. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, former Lord Chief Justice and vice president of the Cymmrodorion will be in the chair.
Do join us at what promises to be a fascinating evening. Your guests are welcome, too.
Rt Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones
Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Rt Hon Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd,
Vice President of the Society in the chair

THE COUNTRY HOUSE IN WALES: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
2022-10-20 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Wales is dotted with fine country houses, many still in active occupation, others not, and far too many just a memory after demolition in the early 20th century. Bur how much do we know about these sometimes splendid properties and their surrounding estates, and, just as importantly, the role they played in Welsh community life from mediaeval times onwards?
Dr Shaun Evans, Welsh history lecturer at Bangor University and director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates will cast light on the current state of the Welsh country house and prospects for the future.
Dr Carol Bell, Vice President of the Society in the chair

SETTLER COLONIALISM AND WELSH PATAGONIA: WHY WE NEED A MORE COMPLEX VIEW
2022-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 | The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London, W1G 9EB, United Kingdom
Dr Lucy Taylor
Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Admired in Wales for irrigation and peaceable relations with indigenous neighbours, the 156 pioneers who crossed perilous seas to establish Y Wladfa struggled to resist assimilation by an Argentine state keen on building a coherent nation. This talk will chart these tensions, including appeals for help from the Empire in London.
Dr Elizabeth Siberry OBE, Member of Council in the chair

Dylan Thomas ac W. D. Davies: Barddoniaeth a Diwinyddiaeth wedi’r Holocost
2022-08-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Cymdeithasau 1, Maes yr Eisteddfod, Tregaron.
Bydd darlith Daniel G Williams, ‘Dylan Thomas ac W. D. Davies: Barddoniaeth a Diwinyddiaeth wedi’r Holocost’, yn archwilio ymateb dau Gymro i’r holocost. Pontio Cristnogaeth ac Iddewiaeth fu ymdrech W. D. Davies a dyna, awgryma’r ddralith, un o briodweddau cerddi Dylan hefyd. Deillia’r ddadl o’r ffaith i’r ddau gwrdd yn 1953.
Theologian W. D. Davies, author of Paul and Rabbinic Judaism, met Dylan Thomas in 1953. Daniel Williams’ lecture — poetry and theology after the holocaust’ — reads the works of Davies and Thomas as attempts at bridging Jewish and Christian thought in the post-war years.
Siaradwr: Yr Athro Daniel Williams, Prifysgol Abertawe
Yr Athro Prys Morgan, yn y gadair
Croeso i bawb.
All welcome. Simultaneous translation into English will be arranged.
Bydd y ddarlith yn cael ei recordio gan yr Eisteddfod a’i rhyddhau ar YouTube ar ôl yr Eisteddfod. Ni fydd yn fyw ar-lein.
The lecture will be recorded by the Eisteddfod and released on their YouTube channel after the Eisteddfod. It will not be live online.
