Projects ranging from young people’s vaping to women’s leadership, and from the future of Welsh animation to the impact of online hate will all benefit from our latest Research Workshop Grant Scheme awards.
<... Read MoreArchive for the ‘Wales Studies’ Category
Join us in shaping the future of Wales Studies
29 September, 2025
LSW shapes Wales Studies’ future through new network.
To champion Wales in a global context, we must first know it. Wales Studies encompasses all fields of enquiry that explore the cultural, social, and physical ... Read More
Where next for Wales Studies? Restarting the conversation
19 March, 2025
Wales Studies is about understanding Wales’ unique cultural, social, and physical characteristics, and how they connect with the wider world.
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Society’s Grant Scheme continues to support innovative Welsh projects
26 March, 2024
The ongoing success and importance of our Research Grant Scheme is evident in the eight new projects that have received funding in the latest application round.
This year we are awarding grants that meet any of the following conditions:
<... Read MoreWales Studies: Research Workshop Grant Scheme
1 September, 2022
The Society launched its pilot Research Workshop Grant Scheme in 2021.
Last year, we awarded seven grants of up to £1000 to projects that fell under the Wales Studies banner and originated in Wales’ universities.
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Wales Studies Network launch: 29.01.20
29 January, 2020
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
Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present – Event Report
16 May, 2019
WISERD hosted an evening lecture and one-day symposium at Cardiff University this week. The event was organised jointly with the Royal Anthropological Institute, the Learned Society of Wales, and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present examined the developm... Read More
“Why Wales Studies needs to be protected and preserved”
23 March, 2017
An article by Professor M Wynn Thomas FLSW, Vice-President for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences was featured in the Western Mail on 23 March.
The achievement of Wales Studies deserves to be celebrated not only within Wales but well beyond. The Irish long ago turned the multifaceted study of Ireland ... Read More
NAASWCH 2016 – event report
12 January, 2017
The 2016 biennial NAASWCH (North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History) conference took place at Harvard University from July 20 - 22, 2016.
The conference was hosted by the Department of C... Read More