April 28, 2021

Talks

We present here a collection of video talks that are also available on our YouTube Channel.

The YouTube channel also houses some additional talks (not listed below) by researchers with whom the Association has a connection.

The Association does not take responsibility for the content of these talks.

 

Michael Freeman: Welsh Costume / Gwisg Gymreig (Cambrian Christmas Lecture 2024)

On 11th December 2024, Cambrians were treated to a wonderful lecture given by Michael Freeman on Welsh costume as worn by women in Wales from the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries. We all are used to the stereotypical simplistic mages of Welsh women with their tall black hats and red shawls and Michael did us great service explaining how much more interesting and complex is the real picture.

 


Gwilym Hughes Presidential Address 2024: The ‘Ministry of Works’ style

The president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association for 2024-25 is Gwilym Hughes, Head of Cadw, Welsh Government. Gwilym’s Presidential Address is entitled “From Ivy to Elevators: Approaches to the Presentation of Guardianship Monuments in Wales since 1900” and presents a thought-provoking analysis of the new emphasis at Welsh historic monuments for increasing public engagement and participation.

 


Darganfod-Discovery 2023 talks 

Presentations from Darganfod-Discovery 2023, a day dedicated to fascinating recent work on the archaeology of Wales and the Marches, held in conjunction with Cardiff University on 1st April 2023. This online conference was the second in our series of biennial conferences which showcased the work of winners of Cambrian Archaeological Association’s G. T. Clark and Dissertation (Gwobr Archaeoleg) prizes as well as work supported by the CAA Research Fund.

 


Elizabeth A Walker Presidential Address 2022:  The significance of Welsh Caves to Palaeolithic Archaeology

Dr Elizabeth Walker, President 2022-23, is a museum curator at Amgueddfa Cymru specialising in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology of Wales. In her presidential address Elizabeth will discuss the significance of the Welsh caves towards an understanding of the Palaeolithic archaeology of Wales.

 


Richard Suggett: Discovering Wallpaintings in Welsh Churches
(Cambrian and RCAHMW Christmas Lecture 2022)

Wallpaintings are an ephemeral but unexpectedly resilient and revealing form of decoration. This talk explores some of the themes in the Royal Commission’s recent book, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800. The talk offers an overview of painted decoration in Welsh churches, charting some profound visual changes that occurred before and after the Reformation.

 


Illustrating the Past in Wales

Talks from a conference held at Llangollen on 22-24 October 2021, celebrating 175 years of Archaeologia Cambrensis 1846-2021. An accompanying booklet is available from Castle Hill.

 


Adam Gwilt: The Pembrokeshire Chariot Burial Project (Cambrian Christmas Lecture 2021)

Adam Gwilt of Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum of Wales discusses one of the most remarkable late prehistoric finds of recent times, an Iron Age chariot burial discovered in 2018 in Pembrokeshire. This chariot burial is a unique discovery for Wales and is now the subject of a major ongoing heritage partnership.

 


Eurwyn Wiliam Presidential Address 2021: The study of vernacular architecture in Wales

Dr Wiliam worked as Assistant Keeper, Director and Deputy-Director at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum of Wales, and is an authority on the vernacular buildings of Wales. He has published extensively on the subject, and was responsible for the addition of many such buildings to the Museum’s collection at St. Fagans. Appointed Chairman of RCAHMW, retiring in 2016, he is also Chairman of the Nantgarw Chinaworks Trust.

 


Darganfod-Discovery 2021

Presentations from Darganfod-Discovery 2021 – a day dedicated to fascinating recent work on the archaeology of Wales and the Marches, held in conjunction with Cardiff University on 10th April 2021. This online conference is the first of a new series that showcases work supported by the Cambrian Archaeological Association Research Fund as well as providing an opportunity for early career academic and independent researchers to present research on Wales and the Marches. Speakers (in on-the-day order): Prof Mike Parker Pearson, Prof Gary Lock, Eirini Konstantinidi, Adelle Bricking, Dr Oliver Davis (with Prof Niall Sharples), Dr Toby Driver (with Dr Jeffrey L. Davies), Dr Andy Seaman, Dr Alan Lane, Dr Rhiannon Comeau, Dr Alice Forward, Dr Rachel Swallow. Poster presenters: Tiffany Treadway, Andrew Reynolds, Meredith Hood, Chris Griffiths, Ciara Butler, Alexandra Evans and (not shown on YouTube) Sarah Saunderson.

 


Prof Michael Jones: Inauguration and Presidential Address 2020

Michael Jones is Emeritus Professor of Medieval French History at the University of Nottingham. He was born in Wrexham, and studied history at Oxford University, thereafter teaching at the universities of Exeter and Nottingham, specialising in French medieval history.