The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have drastically pushed us to re-think our working modes and practices, leaving almost no domain unchanged. At the same time, the latest IPCC report leaves no room for doubt about the urgent need to take action again... Read More
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Wales and the World: Cynefin, Colonialism and Global Interconnections
This conference will situate the history of Wales within global and colonial contexts.
The conference invites proposals for papers that engage with current issues and debates in historiography and public policy alike.
On one hand, the conference aims... Read More
Health and Peace: One Day Conference
In 1938, the new building in Cathays Park was very deliberately named ‘The Temple of Peace and Health’. As we face today’s challenges, this conference will re-examine the connectio... Read More
Health Inequalities: New Methods, Better Insights?
A new generation of scientific methods is improving our understanding of health inequalities in Europe, but investment in data infrastructure is needed to make use of its potential for informing policymaking, a new report claims.
The report, Read More
The Climate Emergency and Social Inequality – Responses from Researchers in Wales
Energy systems, economics and community engagement will be among the topics discussed at our first Early Career Research Conference on Friday 26 November.
Date: 26 November
The Morality of Advocacy: Hamlyn Lecture Series 2021
What are the ethics of the advocate whose task is to be argumentative, inquisitive, indignant, flattering or apologetic - as the occasion demands - on behalf of the person who pays for her voice?
Lord Pannick QC delivers the second in t... Read More
If Civic Mission Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
This roundtable discussion, hosted by the North Wales Public Service Lab, will explore Wrexham Glyndŵr University’s civic mission in North Wales.
Date: 4pm, Thursday, 25th November
On Wednesday 24th November Swansea University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering will host its fifth Zienkiewicz Lecture.
The guest speaker will be Baroness Bro... Read More
A Celebration: T. H. Parry-Williams
A conference to celebrate the centenary of the appointment of T. H. Parry-Williams as Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth University.
Speakers:
- Bleddyn Owen Huws – ‘Cerdd... Read More
‘The Allure of the Magnetic Monopole’: David Olive Lecture 2021 – Professor David Tong
Professor David Tong from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, delivers the David Olive Lecture 2021: The Allure of the Magnetic Monopole.
A magnetic monopole is a magnet with a north pole but n... Read More