Past Events
The Learned Society of Wales events in April 2019
Perspectives from UK General Practice for Universal Health Coverage Internationally
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard is Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, which represents and supports over 50,000 GPs in the UK. She grew up in Swansea and, aft...
The Learned Society of Wales events in March 2019
The Business Life of Amy Dillwyn – truth stranger than fiction?
Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935) was one of the world’s earliest female industrialists. In the 1890s she took control of a faili...
Quantum Geometry and the Fate of Space and Time: Inaugural David Olive Distinguished lecture
The distinguished public lecture series is in honour of renowned theoretical physicist Prof. David I. Olive CBE, FRS, FLSW (1937-2012), founding membe...
Sea-level changes and Palaeolithic archaeology: Lost landscapes of La Manche
The 2018-2019 monthly Tuesday evening lectures in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences will be held in the Wallace Lecture Theatre (0.13), Main Building, Cardiff University,...
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POSTPONED: Beyond the NHS: Is Health Really ‘Global’?
Organised in partnership with Aberystwyth University.
Professor Colin McInnes is Director of Research, Impact an...
Dying in Today’s World
Organised in partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Professor the Baroness llora Finley of Llandaff...
The Learned Society of Wales events in February 2019
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The NHS in Wales: A Health Economist’s Perspective on the Next 70 Years
Organised in partnership with Bangor University.
Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards FLSW has been a researcher and...
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‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’: the impact of health promotion and prevention in the context of HIV
Dr Olwen Williams will explore how health promotion and prevention messages have been utilised to improve population health over the past 70 years of the NHS. Using probably t...
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Swansea’s New Medical School
Organised in partnership with Swansea University
Wales' new National Assembly moved quickly in 1999 to address shortage of doctors by creatin...
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The future of health and health care in a changing climate
Organised in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David
The health and development of humanity have advanced greatly, albei...
The Learned Society of Wales events in January 2019
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‘The NHS – a success but where next?’
The NHS is a success in delivery of healthcare to the nations of the UK ‘free at the point of need’. It has dealt with huge increases in deman...
The Learned Society of Wales events in December 2018
Bilingualism and Multilingualisms in Medieval Wales
A lecture by Professor Paul Russell; organised by the Honourable Society of the Cymmrodorion
The degree and nature of language contact in medieval Wales between speakers of...
The Learned Society of Wales events in November 2018
Pensaerniaeth Waldo – Darlith Edward Lhuyd Lecture
Darlithydd: Yr Athro Mererid Hopwood
Cadeirydd: Y Parchedig Athro Densil Morgan
‘Beth yw trefnu teyrnas?’ Dyna un o’r cwestiyna...
“The mobility revolution: How innovation in automotive energy systems, intelligent vehicles and service customization will transform how we travel” Annual Zienkiewicz Lecture
On Wednesday 28th November 2018 Swansea University’s College of Engineering will host its second Zienkiewicz Lecture, supported by the Learned Society of Wales.
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Rapid manufacturing of composites: science and technology
Prof Richard Day (Wrexham Glyndŵr University) will explain why there is a growing demand to use composites in sectors such as transportation and energy. This puts a strain on...
Miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050? A Million Welsh Speakers by 2050?’
This event is part of the British Academy's season on
I fyny bo’r nod: personal, civic and spiritual ambition in late-Victorian Wales
Darlith gyhoeddus yn Saesneg/Public lecture in English by Dr T. Robin Chapman DLitt FRHistS FLSW
Fe’ch gwahoddir yn gynnes i ddarlith gyhoeddus a gynhelir ar y cyd...
The Learned Society of Wales events in October 2018
Time and Memory in Early Medieval Wales – J E Lloyd Lecture
Nancy Edwards is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Bangor University. Her research focuses on the archaeology of Wales and Ireland c. AD400–1100. She has published extens...
The Learned Society of Wales events in August 2018
Gwlad y bwgan? Ysbrydion mewn llên Cymru o Kate Roberts i Mihangel Morgan
Yr Athro Katie Gramich, Prifysgol Caerdydd sy’n trafod ysbrydion mewn llên Cymru – o Kate Roberts i Mihangel Morgan. Darlith yn trafod y stori ysbryd mewn llenyddiaeth f...
The Learned Society of Wales events in April 2018
Science Engagement as Global Diplomacy
With Professor Robin Grimes, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Join us for an evening with Professor Robin Grimes, who will explore the UK g...