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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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...

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Message from the Senior University Archivist, Elen Simpson, relating to the recent Financial Sustainability Consultation | Bangor University

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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 www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/archifau-...

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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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Ieuan Wyn Jones @ieuanwyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I’ch dyddiadur!

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

#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

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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

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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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...

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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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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives: www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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!!

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Welcome to the archives.

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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

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Hanes/ History Prifysgol Bangor University @bangorhistory.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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...

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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:

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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:

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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: www.change.org/p/save-your-... @archpbu.bsky.social

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Lowri Ann Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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 .

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South Wales Record Society @swalesrecordsoc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Running a bit late for #ArchiveAction #Archive30 - we were set up after a lot of steering meetings in 1982, latest action is broadening our scope from Glamorgan and Monmouthshire: last year's volume on Middleton Hall www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/36.htm, next year Ceredigion and Hafod

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'The middleman at Middleton Hall: The Letters of Thomas Herbert Cooke, land agent in Rebecca's Carmarthenshire, 1841-1847,' edited by Lowri Ann Rees

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 03/04/2025

'Innovative Approaches to Teaching Welsh History' bit.ly/4iVNE8u. On 9 May, Dr Lowri Rees (Bangor) is holding a workshop on new approaches to Welsh history. Lowri is a 2024-25 Royal Historical Society Teaching Fellow and this day event is funded by the Society. Register by 16 April. #skystorians

Eisteddfod banner showing medieval figures with text 'Innovative approaches to Welsh History'. Image: Wiki Commons – Eisteddfod Aberteifi 1176 (1930), public domain

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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

@lowriannrees.bsky.social delivering a talk on the Welsh Country House to our @bangorhistory.bsky.social 'Castles, Quarries, and Communities' short course last night. A great turnout! Diolch yn fawr! @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social More info: www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

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Hanes/ History Prifysgol Bangor University @bangorhistory.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

@lowriannrees.bsky.social yn arwain ail sesiwn ein cwrs byr Cestyll, Chwareli a Chymunedau. Bu Lowri’n trafod plastai gwledig 🏠🏞️ Dr Lowri Ann Rees @ystadaucymru.bsky.social led the 2nd session of our popular Castles, Quarries & Communities short course, tackling country houses and the landscape 👏🏾

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The officers and committee members of the AAS gathered yesterday to celebrate Frances Lynch Llewelyn MBE, who is stepping down as our chair after 13 years. She first joined the society in 1964 and has been at the centre of our activities ever since. She will still be very much involved, though!

Group photograph of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society committee

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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Very interesting explainer of the electorate after 1832 @bangorhistory.bsky.social @lowriannrees.bsky.social #BangorPolitics

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Hanes/ History Prifysgol Bangor University @bangorhistory.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Ymunwch â @lowriannrees.bsky.social mewn sesiwn arlein rhad ac am ddim am farwolaeth yn Oes Fictoria 💀💀💀 Join Dr Lowri Ann Rees in this fab and free online session discussing Death and the Victorians events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d5a69a... @archpbu.bsky.social @philosophybangor.bsky.social

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

"Riots in Amlwch. Town in state of shock". The Anglesey Antiquarian Society's lecture, to be delivered by Dr Lowri Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social, on Friday, 21st February at 7:00 pm at Oriel Môn Llangefni will delve deeper into this 'headline' and explain the background and the consequences.

Engraving by William Daniell, 1815, The entrance to Amlwch harbour, Anglesea

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

"Terfysg yn Amlwch. Y dref wedi dychryn". Bydd Dr Lowri Rees @lowriannrees.bsky.social, yn cyflwyno darlith i Gymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn nos Wener, 21ain Chwefror am 7:00 o'r gloch yn Oriel Môn a byddwn yn dysgu mwy am y cefndir i'r pennawd ac hefyd y canlyniadau.

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Hanes/ History Prifysgol Bangor University @bangorhistory.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Ymunwch â ni ar ein cwrs byr rhad ac am ddim newydd sbon! Join us on our brand new, and completely free, short course! Sesiynau gan/ sessions by Dr Euryn Rhys Roberts, Dr Lowri Ann Rees @ystadaucymru Dr Leona Huey, Dr Mari Elin Wiliam! @marccollinson.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#onthisday in 1826, the Menai Suspension Bridge was opened. Next year will see the 200th anniversary of the bridge’s completion. Here we have documents relating to the bridge’s 150th celebrations in 1976.

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#arydyddhwn ym 1826, agorwyd Pont Menai. Y flwyddyn nesaf fydd hi’n 200 mlynedd ers cwblhau’r bont. Dyma ddogfennau ym ymwneud a dathliadau 150 mlwyddiant y bont 1976.

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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A rather creative nickname for a government that was supposed to last a few months but lasted nearly 18 years! @bangorhistory.bsky.social #BangorPolitics

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Our next Day School, Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time, will be on 15 Feb. 2025. There will be five notable lecturers who are acknowledged experts on different aspects of Anglesey and Ireland’s history and there will be ample opportunities for questions and discussions during the day.

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Bydd ein Hysgol Un-dydd nesaf, Môn ac Iwerddon: cysylltiadau trwy’r oesoedd, ar ddydd Sadwrn 15 Chwefror 2025. Bydd pum darlithydd yn traethu yn ystod y dydd, pob un yn canolbwyntio ar wahanol agweddau o hanes Môn a’r Iwerddon a bydd cyfleoedd i ofyn cwestiynau ac i drafod y pynciau dan sylw.

Yysgol Un-dydd nesaf, Môn ac Iwerddon: cysylltiadau trwy’r oesoedd

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