UWTSD Lampeter - YDDS Llambed

For any who may be interested, as part of the Lampeter Society lecture series (2023), Craig Owen (Heritage Advisor for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs) will be giving a talk on the topic of “Wales for Peace: from Llangeitho to the United Nations via a Temple of Peace”. All are welcome to attend. The talk is taking place both online and in person in Arts 1, Lampeter Campus on the 16th of May at 6 pm. Please email any requests to attend to: [email protected]

For any who may be interested, Lampeter Special Collections is hosting a talk on St Davids Cathedral by Mari James (as part of the Lampeter Treasures seminar series). All are welcome to attend. The event is running both online and in person. For any enquiries or requests to attend, please email: [email protected]

For all who are interested. On 4th November at 6pm in the Founders Library, Dr William Marx (who taught at Lampeter since 1979 and retired in recent years) will be giving a talk on the following topic: In pursuit of medieval Welsh manuscripts
This is part of the annual Learned Society lecture series. All are welcome. The talk will also run simultaneously online for those not able to attend in person.
If you should like to attend, be it in person or online, please pre-register your attendance by emailing: [email protected]

The Lampeter Society's 2022 series of talks continues with a talk from Nicholas Groves (2000, 2008). Nicholas will be giving a talk on Monday 3rd October at 6pm on the history of the robes of St David's College. The talk will be a hybrid event; Nicholas will be giving the talk from the Old Hall at Lampeter where he will be showing some examples of robes. The talk will also be live on zoom. If you would like to attend either in person, or on zoom, please let [email protected] know.
Nicholas's book on the 'Academic Robes of Lampeter' can also be purchased from the online store, along with many other items of alumni merchandise!

We're thrilled that University of Wales Trinity Saint David has been selected as a host for a Global Hub of the UNESCO Bridges Sustainability Science Coalition 🌍

Read Anthropology at Lampeter's Dr Luci Attala and others discuss the exciting development here: https://uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2022/uwtsd-selected-to-host-unesco-global-hub-of-the-bridges-coalition.html

We're exciting to be hosting 'Wales & the World: Cynefin, Colonialism & Global Interconnections' next Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 June.

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

A programme, plus booking (online or onsite) is available here: 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.

Great to see Anthropology at Lampeter alum Malsa Maaz delivering a fascinating TEDx talk on 'The Human Story behind the Glass Cabinet.'

Malsa recently completed an MRes in Engaged Anthropology at UWTSD, with a thesis that examined coconut culture in the Maldives.

Watch the full talk below.

Read more here: https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2022/former-uwtsd-anthropology-student-invited-to-deliver-tedx-talk.html.

The Human Story behind the Glass Cabinet | Malsa Maaz | TEDxBaaAtoll Culture is not locked up in a glass cabinet. It is not something of history long gone, but continues to evolve and live on. In order to truly learn and appre...

We are pleased to announce that Deirdre Klokow (University of Southern California) will be delivering a talk on “Local Networks: Bronze Coinage and Systems of Exchange in the Seleucid Empire” for the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association.

This will take place online (via Teams) on the 10th of March at 6 pm UK time. All are welcome to attend.

Should you be interested in attending, please email: m.cobb@uwtsd or [email protected]

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/news/2022/mar/01/roughly-the-size-of-wales-four-reflections-on-welsh-identity-in-the-21st-century.

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

Tune into BBC Songs of Praise this Sunday to see UWTSD Lampeter - YDDS Llambed in all its finery!