The Edward Lhuyd Lecture is an annual presentation on various aspects of academic and contemporary life in Wales and the world. The presentations cover a wide variety of themes including geology, literature, ecology or history. The lecture is organized between the Coleg Cymaeg and the Learned Society of Wales. Note, there were no lectures in 2020 - 2022 due to Covid-19.
Darlith Flynyddol Edward Lhuyd
Darlith Flynyddol 2011: Seiliau Cyfansoddiadol y Ddeddfwrfa Gymreig
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2011: Seiliau Cyfansoddiadol y Ddeddfwrfa Gymraeg, gan yr Athro Richard Wyn Jones. Traddodwyd y ddarlith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam a'r Fro.
Darlith Flynyddol 2012: Canrif Gwynfor – Melancoli, Moderniaeth a Bro Gymraeg
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2012: Canrif Gwynfor - Melancoli, Moderniaeth a Bro Gymraeg, gan Rhys Evans Traddodwyd y ddarlith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Bro Morgannwg.
Darlith Flynyddol 2015: Y Wladfa 1865–2015 – Dathlu Beth?
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2015: Y Wladfa 1865-2015 - Dathlu Beth? gan Elvey MacDonald. Traddodwyd y ddarlith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Maldwyn a'r Gororau ar ddydd Mawrth 5 Awst 2015.
Darlith Flynyddol 2017: 'Tros bedair gwaith o gwmpas y byd': Teithiau a Gweithiau William Williams, Pantycelyn
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2017: 'Tros bedair gwaith o gwmpas y byd': Teithiau a Gweithiau William Williams, Pantycelyn, gan Eryn White, Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Traddodwyd y ddarlith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Môn ar ddydd Mawrth 8 Awst 2017.
Darlith Flynyddol 2018: Cymru, Ymfudo a'r Cymry Tramor Rhwng y Rhyfeloedd Byd
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2018: Cymru, Ymfudo a'r Cymry Tramor Rhwng y Rhyfeloedd Byd, gan Bill Jones, Prifysgol Caerdydd.
Darlith Flynyddol 2019: Teulu Wynniaid Gwedir
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2019: Teulu Wynniaid Gwedir, gan John Gwynfor Jones.
Y Rhyfel Mawr: Apêl at y Bobl – David Lloyd George
Araith gan David Lloyd George a draddodwyd ym Mangor yn 1915 pan oedd yn Ganghellor y Trysorlys er mwyn annog cefnogaeth i'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae'r e-lyfr hwn yn ffrwyth prosiect DEChE – Digido
'Y Wladfa: Settlement without colonisation?' Geraldine Lublin (2009)
This paper offers a fresh analysis of a number of aspects of Y Wladfa, the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, by bringing into the discussion the notion of ‘liminality’ as interpreted by postcolonial theory. After providing some historical background of the settlement that takes full account of the Argentinean perspective, we set out to explore the pronounced duality characteristic of the Welsh pioneers in Chubut in their stance as virtual colonisers and colonised. This double consciousness, which can be traced back to the very origins of the Fenter Fawr, is studied both in a general context and with particular reference to the complex relationship that developed between the Welsh immigrants and Patagonia’s original peoples.
'The sound of fighting in our ears': Presenting the Great War in Welsh
The Great War was one of the most important events in Welsh history, the ramifications of which have seriously affected the society and culture of the country for decades. However, the history of the years of fighting has often been presented to a Welsh-speaking audience in an oversimplified way, emphasising the horrors of the War without considering the context. This study briefly traces how the way the War has been presented in Welsh-language programmes over the decades, before considering in detail some of the problems arising from that presentation of the slaughter.
(The voice of Welsh missionary women, 1887-1930)
This article explores the cultural implications of female celebrity acquired through involvement in the colonial missionary activity of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. Women were directed to perform particular functions in the process of constructing Christian communities in British colonies, among which were the conversion of other women and the provision of descriptions and explanations of the mission to a home audience. Along with lectures and sermons by missionaries on furlough, and missionary exhibitions, the main transmission route for this communication was the denominational missionary press. This article examines the ways in which the female missionaries presented themselves and their work to the audience at home in the missionary press between 1887 and 1930, and suggests that the images they presented, and the undertones that can be found in their writing, were the main inspiration for Welsh Presbyterian women to support the missionary cause, and form themselves into a remarkable movement that became a vital channel for the sponsorship of missionary work.
Lewis Edwards and the 'trahison des clercs'
This article focuses on three essays published on the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Immanuel Kant by the theologian and scholar, Lewis Edwards, in the Traethodydd between 1846 and 1853. Edwards is considered here as representative of the religious leaders of Wales in the second half of the nineteenth century. His work is examined for evidence of attitudes towards the philosophical developments of the period which could offer an explanation for his failure to defend Welsh language and culture in the face of the spread of English. The article argues that Edwards’ commitment to the speculative reasoning on which contemporary Calvinist theology was based prevented him from responding directly to the intellectual challenge represented by modern thought. In the three articles considered here, which present Kant’s thought as expressed in the first Critique, together with Coleridge’s philosophical theology as it is presented in his Aids to Reflection, we find clear evidence of Edwards’ unwillingness to accept any challenge to Calvinist philosophy. The picture he presents of the work of these two authors is defective and misleading. A major part of both Kant’s Kritik and Coleridge’s Aids is a destructive criticism of the baseless pretensions of speculative reason. Edwards chooses to ignore this entirely, so as to maintain his belief in the power of the human intellect to intuit truth without reference to empirical evidence. It is argued here that this wilful blindness to modern thought was an important factor in motivating the intellectual treason of which Edwards and his contemporaries stand accused. It is also suggested that this treason undermined not only Welsh language and literature, but also the Calvinist religion Edwards was determined to defend. In refusing to face the challenge of modern thought, Edwards left his students with no means of adapting traditional teaching to meet the requirements of a changing sensibility. The eventual result of that was a degree of alienation from the Nonconformist past, the effect of which continues even today