The 2024 J. E. Caerwyn and Gwen Williams Memorial Lecture
The Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies will host the J. E. Caerwyn and Gwen Williams Memorial Lecture on Thursday, 12 December.

This Memorial Lecture was established in 2001 in memory of the late Professor J. E. Caerwyn Williams and the late Mrs Gwen Williams. This year鈥檚 guest speaker is Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan.
Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan was raised in Tre-garth and educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Poitiers. Prior to her retirement she was head of Manuscripts and Visual Images at the National Library of Wales. Arthurian literature and the connections between French and Welsh literatures is one of her main areas of research, and she co-edited with Erich Poppe the volume Arthur in the Celtic Languages (UWP, 2019). She is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and an Honorary Fellow of the 密桃传媒. She is a member of the Management Board of Bangor University鈥檚 Centre for Arthurian Studies, and is currently co-leading, with two French scholars, a project on translations and adaptations of the romances of the Grail from French into the Celtic and Scandinavian languages.
The lecture, entitled 鈥淥鈥檙 Hen Ogledd i 鈥榓nturyeu y greal鈥: Esblygiad Peredur鈥, takes a fresh look at the character(s) called Peredur in Welsh literature, tracing the transformation that took place in the way he was portrayed, from the early sources to the end of the Middle Ages. Taking into account the growing influence of the French romances, the lecture considers the various factors that influenced the choices made by the Welsh authors as they responded to the challenge of incorporating material from abroad into the vernacular tradition, and the creative solutions they adopted.
Professor Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, said, 鈥業t is a privilege to welcome Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan to deliver this year鈥檚 Gwen and J. E. Caerwyn Williams Memorial Lecture. Her contribution to scholarship as an archivist and researcher at our National Library is a significant and important one, and her expertise on medieval literature and contribution to Welsh and comparative studies are outstanding. This was recognised by the University recently in awarding her an Honorary Fellowship. We are extremely proud of the international aspect that Ceridwen鈥檚 work as a multilingual scholar brings, particularly in connection with our relationship with Brittany and the francophone world. We eagerly look forward to the event鈥.
The lecture will be held in the Drwm, National Library of Wales, and online on Thursday, 12 December 2024, at 5.00pm. Email cawcs@wales.ac.uk to register.
This lecture will be in Welsh.

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