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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