College of Arts and Humanities
A Academi Hywel Teifi Event
SpeakerYr Athro/Prof Gwynedd Parry, Adran y Gymraeg/ Department of Welsh, Prifysgol Abertawe/ Swansea University.
Speaker's BiographyProfessor Gwynedd Parry is a member of the Department of Welsh at Swansea University and is a qualified barrister. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, history and language, and especially in the context of Wales and the Welsh language. He has a sustained record of scholarly publications, including monographs, articles and contributions to edited collections. He has served on several national committees, in particular those concerned with the Welsh language, including the Welsh Language Commissioner's Advisory Panel, the Welsh Government's Welsh Language Partnership Council, and the Academic Board of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
From: 8 Aug 2019, 11 a.m.Raised in Melin-y-Coed, Prof. Gwynedd Parry will be taking material from his new book "Y Gyfraith yn ein Llên" ( The Law in our Literature) as he shares some legal trials and tribulations of famous writers and poets from the Eisteddfod area. ( Welsh medium event.)
Contact: Sioned Williams (Email: sioned.williams@abertawe.ac.uk) - Telephone: 01792 606535
Website: https://eisteddfod.cymru/y-maes/lleoliadaur-maes/y-babell-lên