Archive for the ‘Society News’ Category

LSW at the Eisteddfod 2025

We are going to have a strong presence at this year's Eisteddfod in Wrexham. Here are the events we are running and taking part in. More information to follow...

Wednesday 6th August

The strength of the relationship formed between the Learned Society of Wales and its Fellows is the most gratifying aspect of our work.

We were therefore humbled to discover in March that our late Fellow, Professor Robin Okey FLSW, had left u... Read More

International Women’s Day 2025: Our Commitment to #AccelerateAction

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Accelerate Action’. It is a day for us to stress our commitment, as an organisation, to improving equity, diversity and inclusion. We will be welcoming and inclusive and will ensure Fellows from under-represented groups have a voice... Read More

Our ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ journey… so far

Professor Terry Threadgold FLSW is a feminist scholar, internationally acclaimed for her work on gender, race and identity. Here, she charts the equity, diversity and inclusion journey the Learned Society of Wales has been on since it formed in 2010 and identifies the hurdles that remai... Read More

LSW Welcomes Royal Society Te Apārangi

The impact academies can have on current policy debates was one of the issues discussed at a meeting between the Learned Society of Wales and New Zealand’s Royal Society Te Apārangi today.

The visit from by Distinguished Professor Dame Jan... Read More

Making Connections: Aberystwyth ‘Meet and Greet’

The LSW is in Aberystwyth for a day of get-togethers, part of our efforts to be an inclusive, welcoming Society and to demonstrate the important role the LSW and its Fellows can play in helping find solutions to real-world challenges. 

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024, we celebrate two outstanding women scientists who are recipients of our latest Learned Society of Wales medals:  
 
Professor Siwan Davies... Read More