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Dr Lowri Ann Rees
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Hanesydd | Historian | FRHistS | 'The Middleman at Middleton Hall: The Letters of Thomas Herbert Cooke, Land Agent in Rebecca's Carmarthenshire, 1841-1847' out now with @swalesrecordsoc.bsky.social‬
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Great news. Following the recent consultation at Bangor University the Archives & Special Collections team has been maintained with a small reduction in staffing hours agreed. Further details below. Thank you all for your overwhelming support over the last few months
www.bangor.ac.uk/archives-and...
Message from the Senior University Archivist, Elen Simpson, relating to the recent Financial Sustainability Consultation | Bangor University
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August 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Newyddion gwych. Yn dilyn arbedion wedi'u haddasu mae'r tîm Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig wedi'i gadw gyda gostyngiad bach yn yr oriau staffio wedi'i gytuno. Am ragor o wybodaeth cliciwch y ddolen. Diolch i chi gyd am eich cefnogaeth diflino yn ystod y misoedd olaf
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Neges gan Uwch Archifydd y Brifysgol, Elen Simpson, ynglŷn â'r Ymgynghoriad Cynaliadwyedd Ariannol diweddar | Bangor University
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August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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August 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I’ch dyddiadur!
July 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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#otd in 1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, the famous poet was born. This is a letter from John Bedwell to the lawyer John Evans in 1812, referring to the poet's imprisonment in Caernarfon for his debts.

Bangor/1110
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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4 Awst - #AYDH ym 1792 ganwyd y bardd enwog Percy Bysshe Shelley. Dyma lythyr oddi wrth John Bedwell at y cyfreithiwr John Evans o Gaernarfon yn cyfeirio at garchariad y bardd yng Nghaernarfon, oherwydd ei ddyledion ym 1812.

Bangor/1110
August 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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The Menai Suspension Bridge will celebrate its bicentenary in 2026. To help with celebrations, please consider supporting the #TelfordCentre, a small museum in Menai Bridge promoting the bridge's unique story @archpbu.bsky.social @bangorhistory.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/200th-anni...
200th Anniversary of the Menai Suspension Bridge
Raising funds for our museum & building to improve access, displays & facilities during the 200th anniversary of the Menai Suspension Bridge
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July 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives:

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July 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Huge congratulations to ISWE’s @bethanscorey.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis earlier today! Bethan’s thesis is a wonderfully expansive architectural history of St Fagans Castle, examined by Dr Ruth Larsen (Derby) & Dr Euryn Roberts (Bangor).

Llongyfarchiadau enfawr Dr Scorey!!
June 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Welcome to the archives.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We’ve had a wonderful couple of days at Gregynog with the ISWE doctoral & doctoral graduate community. Based right across Wales, and beyond, it’s always brilliant to bring this group together to share knowledge, expertise and experiences.

Bangor Fund supported
June 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Ymunwch â’n cwrs hanner diwrnod cyfrwng Cymraeg ar hanes cenedlaetholdeb wleidyddol yng Nghymru 21/06. Rhad ac am ddim: cofrestrwch yma www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/cyrsiau-b... / Half day course in Welsh on political nationalism in Wales on 21/06. Free, just reg here: www.bangor.ac.uk/short-course...
May 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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As Dr Daniel Huws, former Keeper of Records at the National Library of Wales, stated in his magnus opus, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes, c.800–c.1800’, the most thorough and scholarly study of Welsh Manuscripts ever to be conducted:
May 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Fel ysgrifenodd Dr Daniel Huws, cyn Geidwad y Llawysgrifau yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn ei gampwaith ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes, c.800–c.1800’, astudiaeth fwyaf trylwyr ac ysgolheigaidd o lawysgrifau Cymraeg a Chymreig sydd erioed wedi’i gyhoedd:
May 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Please consider signing this petition to retain Bangor University Archives and Special Collections as an essential part of the cultural and intellectual life of Wales:

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Sign the Petition
SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY
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May 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Papur olaf y diwrnod gan Dr Mari Wiliam @marillansannan.bsky.social reflecting on her experiences of teaching Welsh queer history #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org @bangorhistory.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Dr @marccollinson.bsky.social shared insights into @bangorhistory.bsky.social short courses and community engagement. Gwaith y tîm #HanesCymru yn datblygu cyrsiau cymunedol #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org
May 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Dr Marion Löffler sy'n dechrau papurau'r pnawn, discussing diverse Welsh histories and free-standing modules #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org @bangorhistory.bsky.social
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May 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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AI ac adnoddau dysgu. Dr Euryn Roberts and his students, Geneva Henson and Fraser Williams, discussing opportunities and challenges of using AI to help create teaching resources #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org @bangorhistory.bsky.social
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May 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Teitl gwych! Teaching strange things about modern Wales with Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org @bangorhistory.bsky.social
Workshop programme with paper title 'Teaching strange things abour modern Wales' Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Nesaf i siarad oedd Dr Shaun Evans @ystadaucymru.bsky.social yn trafod pwysigrwydd cyflwyno ein myfyrwyr i'r Archifdy. Next to speak was Dr Shaun Evans who emphasised the importance of introducing our students to the Archive #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @royalhistsoc.org @bangorhistory.bsky.social
PowerPoint slide with text Collections-based Learning: Possibilities, Problems and the Penrhyn Estate Archive, Dr Shaun Evans, Bangor University, Innovative Approaches to Teaching Welsh History 9 May 2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Ein siaradwr cyntaf Dr Gethin Matthews @ww1cymru-wales.bsky.social yn trafod ei brofiadau o ddysgu #HanesCymru ac ymerrodraeth trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Our first speaker Dr Gethin Matthews shared his experiences of teaching #WelshHistory and imperialism through the medium of Welsh
May 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Good luck to all attending today's 'Teaching Welsh History' workshop organised by @lowriannrees.bsky.social, one of the Society's 2024-25 Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellows #Skystorians
lowriannrees.bsky.social Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · May 9
Edrych ymlaen! Looking forward to our workshop on Teaching Welsh History. Many thanks to @royalhistsoc.org for funding today's workshop and @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for providing our event with a home #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @bangorhistory.bsky.social
Poster on door advertising Teaching Welsh History workshop
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Edrych ymlaen! Looking forward to our workshop on Teaching Welsh History. Many thanks to @royalhistsoc.org for funding today's workshop and @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for providing our event with a home #HanesCymru #WelshHistory @bangorhistory.bsky.social
Poster on door advertising Teaching Welsh History workshop
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Looking forward to speaking on our community courses project at the @royalhistsoc.org supported 'Innovative Approaches in Teaching
Welsh History' Workshop at @bangorhistory.bsky.social tomorrow, organised by RHS Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellow @lowriannrees.bsky.social .
May 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM