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Soft Power Can Promote Wales on the World Stage

26 January, 2021

A vision of Wales as a self-confident, outward-looking nation, drawing upon its distinctive culture, is painted in a new report from the Learned Society of Wales. Wales and the World: Global Partnerships, Local Benefits argues that Wales must draw upon �... Read More

Learned Society of Wales responds to UK’s future relationship with Europe

25 January, 2021

In response to the agreement reached on a future relationship between the UK and EU, Professor Hywel Thomas, President of the Society said: "The Learned Society of Wales welcomes the announcement of an agreement between the UK and the EU. It will enable both to enter negotiations on association to EU pro... Read More

A Map of Bristol in 1480

22 January, 2021

Professor Helen Fulton has worked with the Historic Towns Trust and a team of Bristol historians and archaeologists to publish A Map of Bristol in 1480: A Medieval Merchant City. The project was supported by funding from the University of Bristol and local history societies in Bristol. The map is a reconstructi... Read More

Professor Hazel Walford Davies wins prize for biography of Sir Owen Morgan Edwards

12 January, 2021

The University of Wales Sir Ellis Griffith Memorial Prize 2020 has been awarded to Professor Hazel Walford Davies for her volume O.M.: Cofiant Syr Owen Morgan Edwards. This is the first full-length biography of this important Welsh educationist, scholar, author, historian, editor and politician who worked unstinti... Read More

Professor Gert Aarts FLSW appointed as Director of European Centre for Theoretical Nuclear Physics

5 January, 2021

News from one of our Fellows. Congratulations to Professor Gert Aarts FLSW. Prof Gert Aarts FLSW, of Swansea University's Physics Department, has been appointed as Interim-Director of the European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), from January 1, 2021. Located in the ... Read More

Learned Society of Wales responds to the UK Government’s spending review

15 December, 2020

As the national academy for Wales, we welcome the UK Government’s recognition of the vital importance of research and development. The announcement in the autumn Spending Review of nearly £15 billion of R&D investment will be crucial in helping the UK recover from the current crisis. It is important that such i... Read More

Poems Unveiled to Mark Start of Language Conference

23 November, 2020

A series of poems by Welsh poets that were specially commissioned by the Learned Society of Wales are unveiled today as part of a language festival and conference that aims to explore how Wales can make the most of its unique language heritage. Nine poems were selected in response to an open brief to create poetry ... Read More

Sir John Meurig Thomas

18 November, 2020

It is with much regret that we report the death of Sir John Meurig Thomas. Sir John was renowned for his work in the science of catalysts and solid state chemistry. The production chain of many modern materials and chemicals involves catalysts — substances that speed up chemical reactions, but use less energy and... Read More

Language is a powerful tool: Wales must make the most of its multilingualism

5 November, 2020

Wales must not waste the political and cultural advantages of its bilingualism; a language festival and conference will hear later this month. This virtual international symposium will explore how Wales can make the most of its unique language heritage. It will consider how Wales can meet its wellbeing goals to cre... Read More

Lockdown Was No Barrier to these Prize-Winning Welsh School Students

27 October, 2020

A rap about nitrogen and an introduction to quantum theory that even you can understand have won a competition for Welsh school students that took place over the summer. The Learned Society of Wales’ Learner Lockdown Challenge asked students in Years 11 and 13 to create an explainer on a... Read More

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