It was with great sadness that we reported the death last month of Professor John Wyn Owen CB FRSPH FLSW, a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
The following obituary has been written by Sir Emyr Jones Parry:
Our Universities as Global Communities conference took place in Bangor on 13th February. It was the third event in our Wales and the World series.
You can review the event here:
It is with much regret that we report the death of the Society's inaugural President, Professor John Cadogan, CBE DSC FRSE FRSC MAE FLSW FRS on 9th February 2020.
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The launch of the Wales Studies Network in Cardiff on 29th January 2020 shows that Wales’ future as an outward-looking nation can be built on the strength of research in the growing field of Wales Studies.
Lord Dafydd Elis ... Read More
The Society-supported Multilingual Literatures Conference took place 17-19 July 2019. You can read the event report below:
‘Multilingual Literatures: An Interdisciplinary Conference’ was the dissemination s... Read More
As the Welsh rugby team compete for a place in the world cup final in Yokohama – with Japanese and Welsh fans singing ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’ and ‘Calon Lan’ in support – an event on Monday will consider how Wales should project itself on the world stage, and make better use of its sof... Read More
9.30-16.30 Monday 28 October
Cardiff Metropolitan University
This event will explore perspectives on soft power, and look to offer practical suggestions to develop Wales’s international profile.Read More
Our General Secretary, Alan Shore, recently represented the Society at a meeting of the world’s learned academies in Philadelphia. Below you can read about his trip.
In August, thanks to the work of our staff, we received the quality mark from the Charity Excellence Framework.
This mark offers demonstrable evidence to funders and other stakeholders of our... Read More
Dr Lowri Cunnington Wynn of Aberystwyth University’s Department of Law and Criminology was this year’s recipient of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlathol’s Gwerddon Prize. The prize was awarded during the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol reception at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol on Wednesday 7 August.Read More