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Alex Ioannou announced as recipient of Drapers Scholarship in College of Arts, Humanities and Business
Bangor University is pleased to announce the recipients of the Drapers’ Scholarships 2021.
Publication date: 28 September 2021
An Irish Visit
Publication date: 18 May 2015
An introduction to work placement and volunteering opportunities at Penrhyn Castle
Publication date: 22 February 2017
Bangor University awarded grant to reveal contents of 17th century Mostyn letters
Three thousand rare letters surviving from the 17th and 18th centuries are to be made available to the international scholarly community following a new research award from the Marc Fitch Fund. Bangor University’s Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates has been awarded the £40,000 grant to digitise and research an exceptional collection of letters kept in the library of Mostyn Hall in Flintshire.
Publication date: 9 July 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS: PATRIARCHAL PARADIGMS? THE ROLES AND EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN ON THE LANDED ESTATES OF WALES
Publication date: 12 April 2018
Call for Papers for a Workshop on the Black History of Britain
Publication date: 24 November 2021
Carto Cymru 2017: ‘Measuring the Meadows’
Publication date: 6 February 2017
Deep Mapping Estate Archives: An update from Jon Dollery
Publication date: 13 April 2021
GRADUATION SUCCESS FOR ‘MOSTYN PROJECT’ STUDENT
Publication date: 22 August 2016
Gwrych Castle: The historical setting for I’m a Celebrity…
To mark the start of the 2020 series of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! at Gwrych Castle in Abergele, Bangor University is highlighting some of the castle’s history.
Publication date: 13 November 2020
INAUGURAL NORTH AMERICAN MEETING
Publication date: 4 October 2016
ISWE COMPLETES FIRST DOCTORAL PROJECT
Publication date: 2 September 2021
ISWE PHD RESEARCHER SECURES INTERNSHIP AT SAVE BRITAIN’S HERITAGE
Publication date: 2 September 2021
ISWE SEMINAR SERIES 2016/17
Publication date: 1 September 2016
ISWE at the Eisteddfod
Publication date: 27 November 2015
ISWE welcomes moves to safeguard historic place names of Wales
Publication date: 22 February 2017
Institute for Welsh Estates at Bangor University
On Friday 15 November a dinner was held for families who have donated estate papers to Bangor University Archives. Following a welcome by Professor John Hughes (Vice-Chancellor), Einion Thomas (University Archivist and Welsh Librarian) drew attention to a selection of documents found amongst the fifty or so collections of estate papers housed in the University Archives. Nia Powell (Lecturer in Welsh History) talked about the main aims of the institute and discussed the history of several estates in north Wales, whilst Dr Lowri Ann Rees (Lecturer in Modern History) presented an over view of the nature of estates in south Wales.
Publication date: 19 December 2013
Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates - Conference
Publication date: 18 May 2015
International Round Table at Bangor
Publication date: 18 May 2015
Jamaican High Commissioner visits Bangor University
Bangor University hosted the Jamaican High Commissioner recently (15 August) during His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan’s historic visit to Wales. HE Mr Ramocan is the 13th Jamaican High Commissioner (HC) to the UK since Jamaica gained its independence in 1962 and is the first HC to officially visit Wales.
Publication date: 15 August 2018
Land Agent Workshop
Publication date: 2 November 2015
Major Recognition for University Archives
Publication date: 6 February 2017
New research project to scope Ireland-Wales connections c.1650-1930
Publication date: 13 October 2021
ONLINE EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE FATHER OF BLACK PRESENCE IN NORTH WEST WALES
Publication date: 16 August 2021
PENRHYN LECTURE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Publication date: 10 November 2016
Peter Lord: ‘Portreadu pobl Môn’ [‘Portraying the People of Anglesey’]
The Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates , in partnership with the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Gwynedd Archaeological Trust is delighted to announce details of a special guest lecture at Bangor University's stand at this year’s National Eisteddfod of Wales . The Lecture takes place at 12.15pm on Friday, 11 August 2017.
Publication date: 24 July 2017
PhD Fee Waiver Opportunity
Bangor University’s College of Arts and Humanities has announced a fee waiver scheme for doctoral students commencing their studies in September 2017. A maximum of eight awards will be made to successful applicants, covering the full cost of PhD tuition fees for a total of 3 years per student.
Publication date: 5 June 2017
RESEARCH SEMINARS – CANCELLATION
Publication date: 8 March 2018
Research project to explore impacts of estates on the communities of the Ogwen Valley
Bangor University’s Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates has received a grant of £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to work with the communities of the Ogwen Valley in Gwynedd to explore the lives and experiences of those generations of people who lived and worked on the Penrhyn estate during the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Publication date: 22 January 2018
SPECIAL VISIT BY IRISH ARCHIVE CENTRE
Publication date: 2 July 2019
Special edition of journal to focus on estate archives
Publication date: 14 June 2017
The Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates at large
Publication date: 18 May 2015
The Mostyn Manuscripts: a Centennial Exhibition
Publication date: 24 July 2018
The Penrhyn Project: 3 year PhD Studentship in the social and political history of north west Wales, c.1860-1980.
A funded 3 year PhD Studentship in in the social and political history of north west Wales, c.1860-1980, commencing Autumn 2017/ January 2018.
Publication date: 12 September 2017
The Rhug Project
Publication date: 27 September 2017
The Rhug Project: Fully funded 3 year PhD Studentship
Publication date: 16 May 2017
WALES’ COUNTRY HOUSES SET TO OPEN THEIR DOORS THIS SEPTEMBER
Publication date: 5 September 2016
‘Deep Mapping’ estate archives: A new digital methodology for analysing estate landscapes c.1500-1930
Publication date: 5 October 2020