Angharad Tomos to Deliver 2025 Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture
The guest speaker for the 2025 Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture is Angharad Tomos.
The University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies will host the Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture on Thursday, 10 April 2025.
Angharad Tomos has always lived in Dyffryn Nantlle, attending Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle, Aberystwyth and Bangor universities and the Normal College, Bangor. She has a degree in Welsh and Sociology and an M.Phil in History. She is a professional writer and has contributed a column to the Herald for 30 years. She has twice won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod, and has published half a dozen novels. In 2009 she was awarded the Mary Vaughan Jones Memorial Prize for her work with Cyfres Rwdlan, which has spanned forty years. She has campaigned extensively with Cymdeithas yr Iaith, and is active with the community enterprise Yr Orsaf in Pen-y-groes – where she lives with her husband and son.
Her lecture, ‘Mary Silyn, Syniad am Stori’, is based on her latest novel, Arlwy’r Sêr which relates the love story of Mary and Silyn Roberts, pioneers of the movement for the education of workers (WEA). Her grandfather, David Thomas, is also a character in the novel, appearing as a Socialist and teacher.
Professor Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, said, ‘It is a privilege to invite Angharad Tomos to deliver the Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture this year. The significance of Angharad’s contribution as a prominent writer and activist with Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg spans over five decades. Her work has an impact in her local community, across Wales and further afield. We very much look forward to welcoming her and to the lecture.’
The lecture will be held live in the Drwm, National Library of Wales, and online via Zoom, at 5.00pm on 10 April.
This is a free event. Guests are requested to book in advance if they wish to attend the lecture in the Library. Tea will be served at 4.30pm. Email cawcs@wales.ac.uk to register.
A warm welcome to all!
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1. The Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) was established by the University of Wales in 1985 as a dedicated research centre conducting team-based projects on the languages, literatures, culture and history of Wales and the other Celtic countries. It is located in Aberystwyth, adjacent to the National Library of Wales, which is an internationally renowned copyright library with excellent research facilities. The Centre is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year and an international conference to mark the anniversary will be held at the National Library of Wales on 17-19 September 2025.
2. CAWCS offers unique opportunities for postgraduate students to work alongside specialists in a dynamic and supportive environment. We welcome enquiries about MPhil/PhD topics in any of our research areas. For more information about research opportunities, or for an informal chat about possible topics, contact our Head of Graduate Studies, Dr Elizabeth Edwards: e.edwards@wales.ac.uk
3. CAWCS is the home of the Dictionary of the Welsh Language, which is celebrated its centenary in 2021:
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