Guest speaker for the 2024 Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture is David Parsons
The University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies will host the Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture on 18 April 2024.
The lecture will be entitled ‘Swords and Swine: the character of river-names in Welsh and English’. The lecture will examine some of the ways rivers were named in medieval English and Welsh, and discuss similarities and contrasts between the strategies employed by the two languages.
Professor Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, said, “We eagerly look forward to the Sir Thomas Parry-Williams Memorial lecture delivered this year by Dr David Parsons. Dr Parsons is a leading on expert on place-names, Director of the Survey of English Place-Names and author of Welsh and English in Medieval Oswestry (2022). We also thank the National Library for collaborating once again this year on hosting this renowned lecture, both in person and online, to reach audiences far and wide”.
The lecture will be held live in the Drwm, National Library of Wales, and online via Zoom, at 5.00pm on 18 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.ukto register.
A warm welcome to all!
Notes for Editors
Contact: Dr Angharad Elias (Admin Officer) a.elias@wales.ac.uk
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.
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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