Events
Below is a list of the all significant events held by the School of Welsh. Unless noted otherwise, all events are held in the Humanities Building, Colum Road, Cardiff (usually in Room 1.69 or Room 0.31). But please note that the list also includes details of lectures and seminars given by School of Welsh staff at other institutions. All speakers noted below are members of the School of Welsh unless otherwise noted.
April 2013
30 April 2013: In Cardiff
Frank Olding
Islwyn Memorial Lecture
"Tirwedd Lenyddol Gwent"
"The Literary Landscape of Gwent"
5.30pm, Room 0.31, John Percival Building
There will be wine reception to follow.
May 2013
7 May 2013: In Cardiff
Professor David Austen, Archaeology, University of Wales Trinity St David's
O'Donnell Lecture,'English topography and Welsh Community: Reflections on studying the historic Welsh landscape'
Room 2.03, John Percival Building, Cardiff University
Took book a place click here
14 May 2013: In Llangyfelach
Dr E. Wyn James
‘Ann Griffiths’ [in Welsh]
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Swansea Road, Llangyfelach, 6.30pm
14 May 2013: In Barcelona
Professor Colin Williams
'Official Language Strategies in the EU an Canada'
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
15 May 2013: In Cardiff
Dr E. Wyn James
'Life and Death in the Work of the Welsh Hymn-writer and Poet, Ann Griffiths’
Room 0.01, John Percival Building, Cardiff University, 6.30pm
The talk is part of the 'Before I Die' festival
23 and 24 May 2013: In Dublin
Professor Colin Williams
International Conference on Language Rights Programme
This conference is being co-organised with Irish Language Commissioner and Dublin City University
Lectures:'Language Rights in International Perspective', 'From Act to Action:The Way Ahead'
25 May 2013: In Hengoed
Dr E. Wyn James
‘Morgan John Rhys and his American Dairy, 1794-95’
Gelligaer Historical Society
Hengoed Chapel, Cefn Hengoed, 2.00pm
29 May 2013: In Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr E. Wyn James
‘Praise in Chains: Aspects of the Welsh Literary Tradition'
Lecture to the Graduate School of the University of Nova Gorica and the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
30 May 2013: In Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr E. Wyn James
'Religion, Identity and Migration: The Case of Wales and the Welsh Diaspora in the USA and Patagonia'
Lecture to the Graduate School of the University of Nova Gorica and the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
June 2013
3 June 2013: In Merthyr Tydfil
Dr E. Wyn James
‘The Hymn-writers of Soar-Ynysgau’
Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society
Canolfan Soar, Pontmorlais, 7.00pm
July 2013
5 July 2013: In Cardiff
Cardiff University Undergraduate Open Day
August 2013
8 August 2013: In Denbigh
Dr E. Wyn James and Professor Bill Jones
'Gwilym Hiraethog, John Griffith ("Y Gohebydd"), and the emancipation of American slaves' [in Welsh]
Annual Lecture of the Cardiff Centre for Welsh American Studies
Societies Tent 1, Denbighshire and District National Eisteddfod, 3.00pm