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  • Sat
    21
    Sep
    2019

    Morgan Llwyd 1619 -1659

    1.30 pm - 4.30 pmThe National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Allt Penglais Hill, Aberystwyth SY23 BU

    Symposium

    To mark the 400th anniversary of Morgan Llwyd's birth this is a series of presentations by experts to celebrate the life and work of the poet, writer and mystic.

    Speakers include Professor M. Wynne Thomas, Professor E. Wyn James, Dr Eryn White and Dr Huw Williams.

    This event is supported and sponsored by The Learned Society of Wales.

    Tickets available http://events.library.wales Tel 01970 632548

    It is a Welsh event but there will be simultaneous translation.

    1.30 – 1.45 Croeso gan Pedr ap Lwyd / Parch. Ganon Enid Morgan

    (Welcome by Pedr ap Lwyd /Rev. Canon Enid Morgan

    1.45 – 2.15 ‘Morgan Llwyd a Phiwritaniaeth ei Oes’ – Dr Eryn White

    (Morgan Llwyd and the Puritanism of his Age)

    2.15 – 2.45 ‘Morgan Llwyd: Bardd’ – Yr Athro E. Wyn James

    (Morgan Llwyd: Bard)

    2.45 -3.15 Te | Tea

    3.15 – 3.45 ‘Morgan Llwyd a’r genedl Anghydffurfiol’ – Yr Athro M. Wynn Thomas

    (Morgan Llwyd and the Nonconformist nation)

    3.45 – 4.15 ‘Oni ddygwch ffrwyth yr awron, fe a’ch torrir rhag bod yn bobl’-Morgan Llwyd a’r Gymru Gyfoes – Dr Huw Williams

    (‘Oni ddygwch ffrwyth yr awron, fe a’ch torrir rhag bod yn bobl’-Morgan Llwyd and Contemporary Wales)

    4.15 – 4.30 – Crynodeb / Q&A

    (Summary / Q&A)