The Learned Society of Wales congratulates the latest forty-three people elected to its Fellowship, all of whom represent the best of Wales’ academic, cultural and civic life.

Our strategy puts the Fellows at the centre of our work. They ar... Read More

We were hugely saddened to hear the news of the death of Professor Chris Williams. He was a valuable member of the Society, chairing one of our committees and will be missed enormously. We offer our deepest sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues.

We were saddened to hear of the recent death of one of our Fellows, Professor Tony Ford, who was Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, in South Africa, where he had lived and worked since 1970.

This eulogy was deliver... Read More

Professor Ambreena Manji FLSW has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences.

She is Professor... Read More

Congratulations to the following Fellows who were named in the New Year's Honours List: 

Professor Paul Emery - CBE, for services to Rheumatology
Versus Arthritis Professor of Rheumatology, University... Read More

The volume Gofal ein Gwinllan, which was published at the National Eisteddfod in August 2023 and whose title may be translated ‘Care for our Vineyard’, is the fruit of an ambitious project that traces th... Read More

We were, like many others, saddened to hear the news of the recent death of Professor Dame Teresa Rees FLSW.

Professor Rees’ contribution to both higher education in Wales and the field of gender equalities was significant and among the rea... Read More

Congratulations to our three Fellows who have just been admitted as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering...

Professor Rob Deaves, Professor Wyn Meredith, Professor Graham Hutchings.

We were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Alan Bull FLSW in June but are pleased to share this obituary written by his colleague Professor J Howard O Slater. Additional obituaries have appeared in The Guardian... Read More