Events
We run a number of different events during the year.
Please see below a list of upcoming events.
Conference - Wales, Ireland and the Celts (September 2024)
*Wyneb yn wyneb ar Gampws Prifysgol Aberystwyth ac Ar-lein / In person in Aberystwyth and Online *
Bwciwch le yma / Book here: Cymru, Iwerddon a'r Celtiaid / Wales, Ireland and the Celts | Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
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Myth a Chrefydd Celtaidd o'r Henfyd Diweddar i'r Oesoedd Canol / Celtic Myths and Religions from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Iau 12 Medi / Thursday 12 September
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13:30 | Cofrestru / Registration | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Juan Luis García Alonso (Universidad de Salamanca): ‘Celtiberian Gods and Sanctuaries in the late Roman period’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Tony King (University of Winchester): ‘Ruination, Veneration and Sacred Memory: the Ending of Temples in Roman Britain’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Ralph Häussler (University of Winchester): ‘Celtic Gods beyond Antiquity: Persistence and Transformation during late Antiquity’. | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Te / Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Gilbert Burleigh, ‘The Continuity, Evolution and Transformation of Religious Sites and Beliefs in North Hertfordshire, England: late Roman to Early Medieval, Before and Beyond’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Colin McGarry (University College Cork): ‘Christianizing the Landscape in South-West Osraige’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 17:00 - 17:45 |
Cyweirnod / Keynote Patrick Sims-Williams (Prifysgol Aberystwyth): ‘“Pre-Christian Survivals” in Britain and Ireland’ |
Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
Gwener 13 Medi / Friday 13 September
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Simon Rodway (Prifysgol Aberystwyth): ‘Cymraeg derwydd: geirdarddiad ac ystyr (Welsh derwydd: etymology and semantics)’* | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Jonathan M. Wooding (University of Sydney): ‘Nativism and the Irish Voyage-Tale’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Te /Tea | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Cyweirnod / Keynote Elva Johnston (University College Dublin): ‘Changing Beliefs in Late Antique Ireland’ |
Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Cyweirnod / Keynote Andy Seaman (Cardiff University) ‘New Discoveries from Llancadle South Cemetery and the Religious Context of Late-Antique Glamorgan’ |
Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Cinio / Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Philip Bernhardt-House (Independent Scholar): ‘Beating New Life into a Dead Horse: Medb, Fergus, and the Irish Aśvamedha’ [ar-lein / online] | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Cyweirnod / Keynote Bernhard Maier (Tübingen University): ‘Syncretism: A Concept in the Comparative Study of Religions and its Application to the Christianisation of Wales’ |
Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Te /Tea | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Lansiad Llyfr a Derbyniad Gwin wedi’i noddi gan Lysgenhadaeth Iwerddon, Caerdydd / Book Launch and Winre Reception sponsored by the Irish Embassy in Cardiff Barry J. Lewis (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), Bonedd y Saint |
Y Drwm, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales |
| 19:00 |
Cinio y Gynhadledd / Conference Dinner Adloniant gan / Entertainment by: Harriet Earis (telyn / harp); Jon Gower |
Medrus, Penglais Campus, Prifysgol Aberystwyth |
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Iwerddon a Chymru yn yr Oesoedd Canol / Ireland and Wales in the Middle Ages
Sadwrn 14 Medi / Saturday 14 September
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) – ‘Cecile O’Rahilly: editor and influence’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Chantal Kobel (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) – ‘Cecile O’Rahilly and her unpublished work on Táin Bó Cuailnge’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffi / Coffee | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Karen Jankulak (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) – ‘Medieval Ireland and Wales through the Cults of Saints’ | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Cinio / Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Llewelyn Hopwood (Prifysgol Caerdydd) – ‘Y Wyddeleg mewn llenyddiaeth Gymraeg a’r Gymraeg mewn llenyddiaeth Wyddeleg’ (‘the Irish language in Welsh literature and the Welsh language in Irish literature’)* | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Marged Haycock (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) – ‘Cecile O’Rahilly yng Nghymru, a chysylltiadau dysg rhwng Iwerddon a Chymru, 1900 – 1950’ (‘Cecile O’Rahilly in Wales, and scholarly connections between Ireland and Wales, 1900 – 1950’)* | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
| 15:30 | Diweddglo / Closing Remarks | Tŷ Trafod, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth |
*Cyfieithiad ar y pryd ar gael / Simultaneous translation available