Past Events
The Learned Society of Wales events in November 2020
Through the Language Prism / Trwy Brism Iaith
This virtual international symposium will bring together a wide range of people with an academic, cultural and political interest in bilingualism and...
Free
Science Seiat: A Conversation about Science and Technology in Welsh History and Heritage
What is science to Wales, and Wales to science? Our country has a long and rich history of science, but despite the significant contribution that Welsh people have made to our...
Innovation, productivity and “levelling up R&D” – the opportunities for Wales
The productivity of the Welsh economy – as measured by GVA per head – is the lowest in the UK.
Free
Zoom seminar: Impact in Principle and in Practice
Early Career Research Network – our first free Zoom seminar
‘Impact’ describes the benefits of academic research to wider society.
This fir...
The Learned Society of Wales events in October 2020
Free
Wales & the World – Promoting Wales Internationally: The Next Steps
This event will explore the next steps needed to promote Wales on the international stage. We'll consider the topics of international relations, univ...
Free
Mary McAleese: ‘From child to world citizen: but what kind of world?’
‘From child to world citizen: but what kind of world?’
The Learned Society of Wales events in July 2020
Webinar: How Parliaments work and how they could work better
With Sir Paul Silk
A masterclass looking at how the UK and Welsh Parliaments operate. Drawing on comparative examples elsewhere in the world, this webinar w...
CERN and the Large Hadron Collider
Join Professor Lyn Evans, former project lead for the Large Hadron Collider, CERN for a talk on the science behind the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator....
The Learned Society of Wales events in March 2020
Free
POSTPONED: Lecture: Are we living in the Matrix? – Professor David Tong
Unfortunately, the lecture scheduled for 19 March has had to be postponed.
We are currently exploring dates in the autumn.
Apol...
POSTPONED: A Journey in Science – a lecture by Dame Jean Thomas
Unfortunately, the lecture scheduled for 18 March has had to be postponed.
We are currently exploring dates in the autumn.
Apol...
POSTPONED: Cyber Security Challenges for Small Nations
Unfortunately, the lecture scheduled for 13 March has had to be postponed.
We are currently exploring dates in the autumn.
Ap...
The Learned Society of Wales events in February 2020
The Learned Society of Wales events in January 2020
NEW DATE: The Significance Of The Opposition To The Great War In Wales, Cardiff
In association with the Learned Society of Wales
Speaker: Dr Aled Eurig, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business, Swansea Univer...
The Learned Society of Wales events in December 2019
The Learned Society of Wales events in November 2019
Foreign Affairs and Domestic Courts: a Sea Change
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Faculty of Business and Society, USW in association with the Learned Societ...
Supercriticality: from blue fluid to green chemistry
On Wednesday 20th November Swansea University’s College of Engineering will host its third Zienkiewicz Lecture.
The guest speaker will be Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff w...
Exploring Medieval Wales: Power, Language(s) and Literature
This event is tied to Llys Llywelyn, the reconstruction of the thirteenth-century royal court of the Princes of Gwynedd at the Saint Fagans National Museum of History.
It w...
Berlin Wall Falls 30 Years On: History, Politics and Identity
As part of a programme of Cardiff University events to commemorate the events of autumn 1989 which led to the demise of the iron curtain, this one-day conference re-evaluates ...
Free
Yr Hen Dwrneiod Llengar- Edward Lhuyd Lecture
Lecture by yr Athro Gwynedd Parry
The Edward Lhuyd Lecture is hosted by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the Learned Society of Wales.
This annual Welsh-language lectu...
The Learned Society of Wales events in October 2019
FREE
Soft Power Strategies – How should Wales project itself on the world stage?
Coinciding with the development of the Welsh Government’s International Strategy, our Wales and the World series aims to expand the discussion and deepen our understanding o...
A Curriculum for a Successful Future?
Educational, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science in association with Tec...
The Many Faces of Type 2 Diabetes
"The Many Faces of Type 2 Diabetes" event will be led by Professor F. Susan Wong BSc, MBBS PHD FRCP FHEA FLSW, who is a Clinical Professor of Experimental Diabetes and Metabol...
The Learned Society of Wales events in September 2019
£5
Symposium: Morgan Llwyd o wynedd 1619 – 1659
To mark the 400th anniversary of Morgan Llwyd's birth this is a series of presentations by experts to celebrate the life and work of the poet, writer and mystic. Speakers incl...