Our Partners
Partnership & Collaboration
Collaboration is an integral part of our institutional identity, underpinning our approach to research, our public engagement and our efforts to make positive contributions to society and culture.
Since our establishment we have sought to build connections and links with other academic partners within and beyond Wales, and with a range of organisations and individuals operating in the archives, cultural heritage, historic environment, rural affairs and tourism sectors.
Many of these relationships are essential to our long-term success. They depend on regular dialogue, the development of mutual understanding and a sense of shared objectives. Much of our research is reliant on the fantastic work of archives and heritage organisations in preserving and arranging collections to make them accessible for analysis. Our development has also been boosted through close interactions with the owners and custodians of Wales’ country houses and estates. The ability to exchange knowledge, insights and perspectives with external stakeholders is often key to the design, development and delivery of our research. Partnership assists us in developing a profile and activities right across Wales, whereas it is these connections which often provide the channels for us to share our research and findings with new and wider audiences.
ISWE forms part of a wider international network of research and heritage initiatives focusing on the historical significance of country houses and estates. The approaches and achievements of the Centre for the Study of Irish Country Houses and Estates, Yorkshire Country House Partnership and Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures have continuously provided inspiration and opportunities for international collaboration. We are also proud to be members of ENCOUNTER | The European Network for Country House and Estate Research.
The lists below give an indication of some of our key partners and stakeholders across different sectors. They have contributed to our research, offered important insights and perspectives on our work, or inspired our development.
Bangor University partners:
- Archives and Special Collections
- College of Arts, Humanities and Business
- European Travellers to Wales Project
- Research Centre Wales
- School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences
- Sir William Roberts Centre for Sustainable Land Use
- Stephen Colclough Centre for the History and Culture of the Book
- Treborth Botanic Garden
Research centres, projects & networks:
- British Art Network
- Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures
- Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
- Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates
- Colonial Countryside
- Danish Research Centre for Manorial Studies
- East India Company at Home
- ENCOUNTER | European Network for Country House and Estate Research
- Gender, Place and Memory
- Legacies of British Slave-Ownership
- Sound Heritage: Research and interpretation of music in historic houses
- Trusted Source
- Yorkshire Country House Partnership
Archives:
- Archives Wales
- Ceredigion Archives
- North East Wales Archives
- Glamorgan Archives
- Gwent Archives
- Gwynedd Archives
- Historic House Archivists Group
- National Library of Wales
- OPW-Maynooth Archive and Research Centre
- West Glamorgan Archive Service
Heritage organisations:
- Amgueddfa Cymru | National Museum Wales
- Anglesey Column Trust https://www.angleseycolumn.com/
- Cadw
- Decorative Arts Trust
- The Gregynog Festival Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
- Historic Houses
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
- National Botanic Garden of Wales
- National Library of Wales
- National Trust
- Sir Clough Williams-Ellis Foundation
- Storiel | Gwynedd Museums Service
- Wales Slate World Heritage Bid
- Welsh Historic Gardens Trust
- Women’s Archive Wales
Historical societies:
- Anglesey Antiquarian Society
- Brecknock Society
- British Agricultural History Society
- Cambrian Archaeological Association
- Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society
- Ceredigion Local History Forum
- Cymdeithas Enwau Lleoedd Cymru | Welsh Place-Name Society
- Cymdeithas Thomas Pennant
- The Cymmrodorion Society
- Discovering Old Welsh Houses
- Flintshire Historical Society
- Gwynedd Family History Society
- North East Wales Heritage Forum
- Powysland Club
- Society for Landscape Studies
- South Wales Record Society