Dr Rhun Emlyn BA (Wales), MA (Wales), PhD (Wales)

Lecturer
Department of History & Welsh History
Contact Details
- Email: rre@aber.ac.uk
- Office: 3.04, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622666
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Dr Rhun Emlyn is a medieval historian, with special research interests in ecclesiastical and political history, as well as Welsh history. He has specialised in the careers of medieval Welsh students and clergy and is currently exploring the involvement and role of clergy in the Glyndŵr Rebellion.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- HA11420 - Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000
- HYM2820 - Gerald of Wales
- HA10420 - Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr
- WH20120 - Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417
- WH30120 - Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417
Tutor
- WHM1920 - The Making of Wales
- WH11720 - People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999
- HYM5120 - Concepts and Sources in Heritage Studies
- HYM2820 - Gerald of Wales
- HYM0120 - Research Methods and Professional Skills in History
- HY24620 - Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions
- HY12120 - Introduction to History
- HY12420 - Europe and the World, 1000-2000
- HY11420 - Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
- HY10420 - 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
- HA39320 - Diwylliant, Cymdeithas a'r Fictoriaid
- HC11120 - Concwest, Uno a Hunaniaeth yng Nghymru 1200-1800
- HA11420 - Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000
- HA12120 - Cyflwyno Hanes
- HA20120 - Llunio Hanes
- HA10420 - Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr
- CY20720 - Beirdd a Noddwyr: Llên a Hanes c.1300-1500
Coordinator
- WH30120 - Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417
- WH20120 - Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417
- HYM2820 - Gerald of Wales
- HA11420 - Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000
- HA10420 - Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr
Lecturer
- WH11720 - People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999
- HYM2020 - England in Context in the Long Thirteenth Century
- HYM1160 - Dissertation
- HY30340 - Dissertation
- HY20120 - Making History
- HY12120 - Introduction to History
- HY12420 - Europe and the World, 1000-2000
- HY11420 - Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
- HY10420 - 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
- HC11120 - Concwest, Uno a Hunaniaeth yng Nghymru 1200-1800
- HA30340 - Traethawd Estynedig
- HA11420 - Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000
- HA12120 - Cyflwyno Hanes
- HA20120 - Llunio Hanes
- HA10420 - Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr
- CY30720 - Beirdd a Noddwyr: Llên a Hanes c.1300 - 1500
- CY20720 - Beirdd a Noddwyr: Llên a Hanes c.1300-1500
Research
Rhun Emlyn has research interests in aspects of Welsh history and broader European history in the middle ages, especially ecclesiastical and political history. These include education, mobility and identity. He has a special interest in the relationship of Church and politics and how this affected Welsh society by the later middle ages. Rhun has researched medieval Welsh students in the English and continental universities and the careers they followed after their time in education. His current research focuses on the contribution of clergy to rebellion in post-Conquest Wales, particularly in the Glyndŵr Rebellion, including detailed studies of certain clergy.
Responsibilities
Part Two Tutor
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Monday 15:00-16:00
- Tuesday 16:00-17:00