Public Lecture in the Department of Welsh
12 March 2010
Professor Juan Luis Garcia Alonso (University of Salamanca) will lecture in English on 'Celts in North-Western Hispania' at 5.30pm on Tuesday March 23rd in the Seddon Room, Old College. All are welcome.
2010 Inter-College Eisteddfod
23 February 2010
Congratulations to Siwan Davies, a second year Welsh student, who won the Chair at the Inter-College Eisteddfod held in Aberystwyth.
Postgraduate Research Seminars
25 January 2010
For further information about Semester 2 seminars please see here:
Seminarau Chwefror 2010 (.PDF)
'In Search of Celtic Tylis’ – The Welsh Department and Bulgaria
26 April 2010
On the 8th of May 2010 Dr Simon Rodway, a lecturer in the Welsh Department, and Dr Alexander Falileyev, a Research Fellow in the Department will travel to Bulgaria to contribute to an interdisciplinary colloquium held in the National Institute of Archaeology with Museum (NIAM) in Sofia.
Hay Festival Interviews 2010
24 May 2010
Dr Robin Chapman, who won Book of the Year in 1994, and subsequently reached the Long List and the Short List, will be interviewing two of this year's long-listed authors at the Hay Festival on Monday 31May.
'Diflanedig Fyd' Book Launch
18 November 2010
Dr Bleddyn Owen Huws’ recently published book, Diflanedig Fyd: Gohebiaeth Carneddog a Gwallter Llyfni 1926-1932 is to be launched today, on Thursday 18 November (5.30pm) at the Seddon Room, The Old College.
Welsh Department's League Table Success
02 June 2010
The Welsh Department has secured a notable result in the Times Good University Guide 2011 league table. Excellent student satisfaction and improved graduate prospects means that the department is third amongst UK Celtic departments, and is top among Welsh Departments for the standard of its research.
New research experiment - Who is T.H. Parry-Williams
02 August 2010
On Wednesday 4th August, (between 9.00am and 12.00pm) Dr Robin Chapman, along with Dr Dafydd Sills-Jones from The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, will try to establish the significance of T.H. Parry-Williams' poems in contemporary Wales.
New Welsh Degree Scheme
14 September 2010
From 2011 an additional Welsh degree scheme, 'Cymraeg Proffesiynol' ('Professional Welsh') will be available to Aberystwyth Welsh Department students. This 'gold standard' degree in Welsh will give students the opportunity to develop skills which will allow them to use the Welsh language confidently in a variety of professional contexts and in the workplace.
Graduation and Departmental Awards
14 July 2010
Congratulations to all Welsh Department students who will be graduating on Wednesday 14th July. The following departmental awards were announced today – many congratulations on their achievement.