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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

 

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