The first Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture was delivered by Professor Owen Dudley Edwards in October 2011.
On that day, a precedent was set and since then we have succeeded in delivering a varied and colourful programme of public lectures that appeals to University members and external users alike.
Traditionally, the Archivist has invited speakers who have spent a substantial period of time researching a particular subject at the Archives and Special Collections or who specialise in a subject area of relevance to the department.
In October, this year, we will be welcoming Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University, Ireland to Bangor as a guest speaker. He is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates and author of Burning the Big House : The Story of the Irish Country House in a time of war and revolution. The title of his lecture is yet to be confirmed.
Here is a list of previous lectures.
Lecturer |
Title |
Date |
| Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University, Ireland | Closed for Research: The Irish land Commission Archives and the Fall of the Anglo-Irish Aristocracy | 30 October 2024 |
| Dr Gruffudd Antur | Rhwng Aberystwyth a Warwick: Llawysgrifau Bangor a Repertory Daniel Huws | 4 October 2023 |
| Professor Marged Haycock | Golwg newydd ar Ifor Williams (1881-1965) | 5 October 2022 |
| Dr Gareth Huws | Penrhos : Powerful women and the curious tale of a Knight, a Lord and an Honourable | 9 October 2019 |
| Professor Vivien Gardner | Miss Marple and the Marquess : piecing together the life of the 5th Marquess of Anglesey | 24 October 2018 |
| Dr Marian Gwyn | The Pennants of Penrhyn in Jamaica : Power, profit and people | 2 November 2016 |
| Professor Bill Jones | 'Garibaldi', 'Dyn y Bala' ac 'Apostol Mawr Patagonia' : Y Wladfa a'r Wasg Gymreig yn ail hanner y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg | 4 November 2015 |
| Sir Deian Hopkin | Memory and History : Remembering the First World War in Wales | 12 November 2014 |
| Dr Rowan Williams | R.S.Thomas, Christianity & Buddhism | 11 December 2013 |
| Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan | Thomas Parry a Choleg Bangor | 17 October 2012 |
| Professor Owen Dudley Edwards | Rex versus Sir Roger Casement - The Last Hero | 16 October 2011 |