Medieval Studies and History at Lampeter

31/05/2022

We're exciting to be welcoming scholars from around the globe to Lampeter for 'Wales & the World: Cynefin, Colonialism & Global Interconnections' next Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 June.

The conference engages with contemporary political and historiographical debates, and includes papers by academics, heritage practitioners, literary writers and educators.

Read Dr Alexander Scott discuss the significance of the conference's themes here: https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2022/wales-and-the-world-cynefin-colonialism-and-global-interconnections.html.

Booking is still open. You can attend online or onsite, with discounted rates available. To book, and see the programme, follow this link: https://store.uwtsd.ac.uk/product-catalogue/short-courses-conferences/faculty-of-humanities/wales-and-the-world-cynefin-colonialism-and-global-interconnections.

Email [email protected] for further details.

22/03/2022

Our Religion@Trinity Saint David colleagues have a treat for medievalists upcoming on Tuesday 5 April. Dr Laura Kalas will be discussing Ways of Seeing in the works of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich.

Email [email protected] for more information.

Please be aware that our next research seminar is rescheduled for the 5th April (5 p.m. UK time). The speaker is Dr Laura Kelas who will speak about "Visionary Worlds in the Middle Ages: Ways of Seeing in the works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe". See the flyer for information how to join live. All are welcome.

01/03/2022

Join us tomorrow (Wed 2 March) for our Learned Society of Wales / Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru lecture. Professor Martin Johnes (Swansea University) will be presenting ‘Rugby and national identity in Wales: a history.' To whet the appetite, here's Professor Johnes writing in today's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/.../roughly-the-size-of-wales....

Founders' Library (or on Teams), 6pm. All welcome. If you would like to attend (either in person or online – please specify your request) please email: [email protected].

01/03/2022

A must for our medievalists ....

Our next research seminar takes place on 29th March (5 p.m. UK time). The speaker is Dr Laura Kelas who will speak about "Visionary Worlds in the Middle Ages: Ways of Seeing in the works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe". See the flyer for information how to join live. All are welcome.

15/12/2021

16/10/2021

Attention Lampeter students and alumni!

Are you interested in a career in archives and heritage? Are you a Welsh speaker?

Well, this could be the job for you. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales is looking for a Trainee Archivist. A great opportunity to gain experience working at a national treasure.

Applications here:https://www.library.wales/fileadmin/user_upload/Disgrifiad_Swydd_Archifydd_Dan_Hyfforddiant_2021.pdf

More job opportunities can be found here: https://www.library.wales/about-nlw/work-with-us/jobs

16/10/2021

UWTSD Lampeter - YDDS Llambed's Hilary Slack and Alexander Scott are speaking at today's West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network annual conference.

The conference theme is Gender and Commemoration.

Hilary will be presenting 'A Reformer in Her Own Right: Mary Knibb Wife of William Knibb, Abolitionist and Social Reformer.'

Alexander Scott Uwtsd's paper is on 'Rethinking the Bicentenary of Lampeter’s University: Gender History Perspectives.'

http://weswwomenshistorynetwork.co.uk/

14/10/2021

The first of our Black History Month film series screens this evening.

We'll be watching When We Were Kings in Cliff Tucker Lecture Theatre from 6pm. All welcome.

06/10/2021

To mark Black History Month, UWTSD Lampeter is hosting a series of film screenings this October. Films will be screened Thursday 14, 21 and 28 October at 6pm in the Cliff Tucker Lecture Theatre.

Our first film is the 1996 documentary When We Were Kings. This focuses on Muhammad Ali's 1974 bout versus George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo). It contextualises the contest in relation to the African American Civil Rights movement and the history of colonialism and postcolonialism in Africa. It also profiles the Zaire 74 festival which accompanied 'the Rumble in the Jungle,' featuring music by likes of James Brown, Miriam Makeba and BB King.

The series continues with the 2010 documentary Fire in Babylon. The film tells the story of the all-conquering West Indies cricket team in the 1970s and 1980s, featuring interviews with greats such as Sir Vivian Richards, Michael Holding and Sir Gordon Greenidge. We see what the sport meant to Caribbean society in the colonial and postcolonial eras, and how the West Indies team became an icon of pan-African identity and black pride throughout the world. The film also explore cultural links between cricket, reggae and Rastafari. In essence, the film's premise is 'it's not JUST cricket.'

The series closes with a screening of Crafting Our Indigenous Memory: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by Island Rebel Media (http://www.islandrebelmedia.com/). The film is a 30-minute documentary which focuses on the indigenous history of SVG is being preserved through handy craft production. It will be accompanied by a 'roundtable' discussion with Alex Scott (lecturer in modern history) and Andy Bevan (lecturer in international development and global politics).

All welcome. Please make sure you bring a face covering: depending on the number of attendees, 2-metre social distance may not be possible.

Thursday 14 October 6pm, Cliff Tucker Lecture Theatre: When We Were Kings (1996)

Thursday 21 October 6pm, Cliff Tucker Lecture Theatre: Fire in Babylon (2010)

Thursday 28 October 6pm, Cliff Tucker Lecture Theatre: Crafting Our Indigenous Memory: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2021).