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The Lampeter MasterclassesWorkshops, Weekend Courses,Expert Lectures and Learning Opportunitiesto Suit Every Level and Interest

January - October 2018

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Contents

Introduction 5

West Wales and Lampeter 6

Humanities Tasters - One day interactive workshops 8

Well-being and Meditation courses 10

Residential Weekend Courses: 12

Mindfulness, Yoga and Self-care 13

Yoga and Sound - Making Sound Finding Harmony 14

The Best of Celtic Wales - a Sense of Place 15

Wales, the Year of the Sea: Legends and Myths of the Welsh coastline 15

“The Spirit of Place” Dylan Thomas Summer School 17

Writing and Dylan Thomas 17

Writing and Travel 18

Writing and Nature 19

Writing and Ghosts: Haunted Landscapes 20

Conferences 22-27

The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives: Special Exhibitions 28

Research Lectures: Past Peoples, Present Society Seminar Programme 30

Medieval Day 32

Confucius Institute 34

Calender of Events 37

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What are the Lampeter Masterclasses?UWTSD is proud to be presenting this new offer of a range of residential weekend and evening courses for 2018. The courses on offer are exciting and will appeal to a range of different audiences, covering new subject areas such as yoga, meditation and well-being, alongside our more traditional humanities courses and disciplines which are for the first time being offered in new and different ways. Lampeter is committed to lifelong learning and education for all. Regardless of age and background, whether you are retired or in full-time employment, studying for reasons of career development or simply for the pleasure of learning, then studying the humanities in all their breadth and sweep should be available to all.

Our structure of delivery has been adapted to offer a more personalised approach to learning. This approach to study is one that fits in with a student’s own needs and demands. So whether you want to study on certain days of the week, or study at a slower or faster pace, or simply study for its own sake and love of subject, rather than for a qualification,then we have a course appropriate to you. In other words Lampeter offers you a wide choice of courses. These range from weekly workshops, evening courses and study at a distance, occasional or ‘drop in’ lectures, weekend workshops, day courses, larger academic conferences and weekend field trips. The choice is up to you.

This brochure provides details of the type of courses and workshops we offer, as well as the range of subject areas and topics you can study. We are in the process of developing more courses and workshops too, so please do not hesitate to get in touch to receive updates.

If you would like to find out more about any of the courses, conferences or talks included in the brochure, or to receive updates on the Lampeter Masterclasses, please do not hesitate to contact:

01570  424723 facultyoffice@uwtsd.ac.ukwww.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanitiesmasterclasses

To book any of the Masterclasses listed in the brochure, please visit http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-workshops/Please note that Weekend courses will only run subjectto minimum numbers being met.In the eventuality of minimum numbers not being met, a fullrefund will be provided.

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Lampeter is one of the oldest market towns in Ceredigion, a region of Wales that is beautifully situated on the west coast, one of Wales’ most popular holiday areas. Named after Prince Ceredig, Ceredigion is sheltered from the east by the Cambrian Mountains, and ends at the sea by the shores of Cardigan Bay. Ceredigion is perfect for a weekend break or a longer stay, with award-winning beaches, sandy coves, sea cliffs, caves and wonderful wildlife, spectacular sunsets and starry dark skies.

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West Wales and Lampeter

Our HeritageThe University is nestled in the heart of Lampeter and is the oldest University in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. It was established by Royal Charter in 1822 by Bishop Thomas Burgess of St David’s (1803-25) as St David’s College, Lampeter, with the gift of land from the local landowner, John Harford. The college took five years to build and the first students were admitted in 1827. The buildings were designed by the distinguished architect C R Cockerell and were based on the traditional design of an Oxford or Cambridge college, with a chapel, hall, library, cloisters and a quadrangle with individual staircases leading to student accommodation. Lampeter has long been a place of faith, spiritual learning and religious training. From the start it established a tradition of academic scholarship and research in the area of theology and textual interpretation. The University is famous for having brought the game of rugby to Wales, when Professor Rowland Williams introduced the game to the college in the 1850s. In 1881, Lampeter was one of the founding members of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Present DayLampeter is now a busy market town in the Teifi Valley on routes to the Cambrian Mountains and the Cardigan Bay coast, which has an interesting history as a centre of commerce, and is home of the Organics – a group of local farmers who supply supermarkets worldwide with their produce. There are a number of independent shops specialising in home furnishings, books, records, arts and crafts, clothing, and food and drink. There’s a regular People’s Market which is held in the Victoria Hall every other Saturday, offering local produce made by small-scale artisans and farmers from the Ceredigion region, as well as excellent cafes serving homemade cakes, Italian ice cream and other freshly prepared and artisan food. Lampeter has a lively Transition Town community which is behind the move towards a more ecologically sustainable future, and has with a number of shops offering mainly local produce with its own shopping loyalty card. You’ll also find supermarkets, a leisure centre and swimming pool, a local museum and a great network of walks to enjoy. The popular Lampeter Food Festival in July is held on the grounds of the University college every year, and traditional events include the annual agricultural show, craft fairs and music festivals.

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One-DayInteractive Humanities Workshop

The Ancient World - Kings, Emperors and Heroes Wednesday, 7th MarchSt David’s Building, Old Building

10.10 –10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 –11.30am Dr Ralph Haeussler ‘Power and Ideology under the emperor Augustus’11.30am –12.30pm Dr Kyle Erickson ‘Alexander the Great: from myth to legend’12.30 –1.30pm Lunch1.30 –2.30pm Dr Ruth Parkes ‘The Ancient Hero’

Politics & CultureWednesday, 4th AprilOld Hall, Old Building

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Dr Paul Wright ‘The Politics of Poetry’11.30am – 12.30pm Dr Thomas Jansen ‘What is China’s One-Belt, One-Road Initiative?’ 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Dr Kerem Öge ‘How to Prevent the End of the World: Politics and Economics of Climate Change’

A Guided Tour of Strata FloridaWednesday, 2nd MayCost: £30 (Inclusive of the coach from the Lampeter Campus)Quentin Drew – ‘In the Footstep of Gerald’Transport will be arranged from the Lampeter Campus.Please bring a packed lunch and appropriate clothing and footwear. Transport leaving the Lampeter Campus at 10am.

A Guided Tour of the Archaeological Dig at LlanllyrDr Martin Bates – ‘The Excavations at Llanllyr’Saturday, 2nd June Cost: £30 (Inclusive of the coach from the Lampeter Campus)Transport will be arranged from the Lampeter Campus.Please bring a packed lunch and appropriate clothing and footwear. Transport leaving the Lampeter Campus at 10am.

History and CultureWednesday, 4th JulyOld Hall, Old Building

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Dr Lester Mason ‘With truth and justice on our side – War Memorial unveiling speeches in west Wales 1919-192411.30am – 12.30pm Dr Katharina Zinn ‘The representation of Ancient Egypt in Modern Popular Culture’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Dr Alex Scott – ‘Re-thinking the 80s’

PhilosophyWednesday, 8th AugustOld Hall, Old Building

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Dr Rebekah Humphreys – ‘What is Speciesism?’11.30am – 12.30pm Prof David Cockburn ‘Free will in a determined world?’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Dr Tristan Nash – ‘Moral Dilemmas’

The Ancient World Wednesday, 5th SeptemberOld Hall, Old Building

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Dr Fiona Mitchell – ‘Edges of the Ancient World’11.30am – 12.30pm Dr Louise Steel – ‘Mycenaean figurines’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Dr Erietta Bissa – ‘Amazons in Myth and Culture’

Anthropology & Archaeology Wednesday, 3rd OctoberOld Hall, Old Building

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Dr Emma-Jayne Abbotts – ‘The Anthropology of Food’11.30am – 12.30pm Dr Ros Coard – ‘Death and the Body’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Luci Attala ‘Virtual Reality: what does being human mean?’

The Humanities Workshops will offer participants the chance to engage in fascinating day-long workshops in a range of topical humanities subjects. The workshops will run once a month and will be interactiveand accessible. The cost for all of these is £30 which will include lunchand refreshments except where stated.

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Religion and CultureWednesday, 7th NovemberOld Hall, Old Building

10 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Prof Janet Burton ‘The role of monasteries in medieval society’11.30pm – 12.30am Dr Nick Campion - ‘The End of the world’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Prof Jane Cartwright ‘An Introduction to Welsh Hagiography and Saints’

Religion Wednesday, 5th DecemberOld Hall, Old Building

10 – 10.30am Arrival + Tea & Coffee10.30 – 11.30am Prof Bettina Schmidt ‘Women and the changing religious landscape of Brazil’11.30am – 12.30pm Dr Catrin Williams ‘Harlots and Heroines: Biblical Women and their Afterlives’12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch1.30 – 2.30pm Dr Sarah Lewis – ‘Religion and the 2011 Census’

Dr Tristan NashLead Workshop Facilitator, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Programme Director for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Philosophy. Lectures in Moral Philosophy, Metaethics, Philosophy of Action and Philosophy of Religion.

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Mindfulness: Finding peace in a

frantic world

Mindfulness: Finding peace in a

frantic world

Mindfulness: Finding peace in a

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Well-being and Meditation Courses

Mindfulness: Finding peace in a frantic world

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Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment, which can be developed through the practice of meditation and other training. We will be offering a choice of courses next year for complete beginners through to those who wish to refresh their meditation practices or learn a different approach to meditation. Heather Fish, our Mindfulness Teacher, says: “Mindfulness has had a lot of coverage in the media over the past few years. For a meditative practice, with its roots in Buddhism, it is interesting to consider where the practice has found its place in the 21st century. From the NHS, to schools, universities and heavy industry, more and more people are trying it out and finding that it can, indeed, be beneficial for our physical, emotional and mental health.

According to Heather, it’s about being awake in the present moment, instead of living our lives on automatic pilot.

In 2018 we will be offering two Mindfulness courses over eight weeks, plus a weekend retreat (see next section). We are offering:

Mindfulness: Finding peace in a frantic world

Wednesday evenings 6-7.30pm starting on April 18 for eight weeks. This will be priced at £120/ £80 and will run for 8 weeks, a course book will need to be purchased at an additional £4.10 on kindle or £11 new hard copy. Location: Founder’s Library Student class: Wednesday lunchtimes (2.30pm) starting on the 31 Jan for eight weeks with a one-week break during the week of 26 February. This will be free to all students and will run for eight weeks and a course book will need to be purchased at an additional £4.10 on kindle or £11 new hard copy.

This course has been heavily supported by our Student Experience team with kind thanks.

Location: Founder’s Library

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Heather Fish is passionate about mindfulness and the ability to create a life liberated from the shackles of unnecessary worry and over-thinking. She has practiced meditation for over 20 years, and been a teacher of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for over six years. She teaches in the community, in workplaces and in academia, where her subject is Mindfulness in the Workplace.

Residential Weekend CoursesFor 2018 UWTSD Lampeter is launching a range of new weekend residential or non-residential courses to take advantage of our beautiful location, the stunning local countryside and the quiet and historic campus. All weekend courses include dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation on the Friday and Saturday nights and lunch on the Saturdays. It is also possible to join these weekend courses without the accommodation option if you are a local resident or wish to stay in another location. The prices for each option are included in the information below.

All weekend courses will follow a similar schedule with the activities on the Saturdays and Sundays varying per course outline.

For further information or to book any of these courses please contact:

01570  424723facultyoffice@uwtsd.ac.ukwww.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanitiesmasterclasses

To book any of the Weekend courses listed in the brochure, please visit:www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-workshops

Please note that Weekend courses will only run subject to minimum numbers being met. In the eventuality of minimum numbers not being met, a full refund will be provided.

Weekend residential course schedule:

Arriving Friday for evening dinner, drinks, and welcometo the campus.

Saturday – Breakfast and workshop / trip activities; an instructive excursion or workshop followed by lunch either on campus or during the trip.

Evening – Entertainment and dinner.

Sunday – Breakfast, followed by a lecture or workshopon the chosen topic.

Feedback and follow- up is offered in person and on email, plus information packs will be provided where relevant.

Costs:Fully catered with two nights’ stay full-boardat our Lloyd Thomas Conference Centre, Lampeter.Cost: £240

Course plus all meals and refreshments minus the accommodation.Cost: £190

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This weekend retreat, set on the lovely Lampeter campus, offers a blend of approaches designed to enhance our sense of well-being and aliveness. Suitable for beginners and more experienced practitioners, the experiential activities encompass meditation, mindful movement and a variety of yoga practices.

Activities will be based on Mindfulness: finding peace in a frantic world, exploring gratitude, self-kindness and taking in the

good in our experience, however small. Some periods of silence will enable us to fully be present with ourselves, and a focus will be the question: ‘How can we best take care of ourselves?’ Yoga sessions will include hatha yoga (physical postures), pranayama (yoga breathing) and yoga nidra (sleep yoga). In this weekend, both mindfulness and yoga work together to create a flowing dynamic, promoting a sense of self-awareness and simply ‘being’.

Weather permitting, we will take full advantage of the location to walk and practice in nature, to deepen and enrich our experience.

Heather and Kerry, and the Lampeter staff, look forward to welcoming you to this gentle and inspiring adventure into the body, mind, and infinite potential.

Kerry Morgan first started her yoga journey when she was an undergraduate student in 1996. Her yoga practice is strongly influenced by her background as a qualified Sport Scientist and Public Health Professional, enabling her to deliver yoga in a way that is easily accessible, offering students deeper connections with their body, mind and soul. She has been fortunate to have studied various yoga disciplines including, Ashtanga, Sivananda, Gitianada and Hatha and qualified as a Registered Yoga Teacher, with the Yoga Alliance in 2010.

Mindfulness, Yoga and Self-careWith Heather Fish and Kerry MorganFriday Aug 31st - Sunday Sept 2nd

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Rajesh David trained at The Yoga Institute, Mumbai, India and has been a Yoga teacher for over 30 years. He is also a composer and singer, with a background in Indian classical music. His three courses on the subject of Nada, Nada Yoga are all recognised as In-Service Training by the British Wheel of Yoga. Rajesh has trained as a coach with HeartMath UK, which focuses on heart intelligence as a means of building resiliance and managing stress.

Marye Wyvill trained as a yoga teacher for five years at the Dharma Yoga Centre under the tutelage of Julie Friedeberger, Marye later spent four years as a resident and teacher at Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales. She teaches three In-Service Training courses which are recognised by the British Wheel of Yoga: “Movement, Pleasure and Insight”, “Bones for Life” and “Walk for Life”. She has produced three CDs of Yoga Nidra practices

With Rajesh David and Marye WyvillFriday 28th- Sunday 30th September

A weekend retreat of Nada Yoga and “Bones for Life” with Rajesh Davidand Marye Wyvill.

The search for harmony, balance and rhythm, vital for well-being, are the common threads running through this weekend. While Rajesh will be sharing techniques of Nada Yoga, effecting the transition from sound to silence through music, mantra and meditation, Marye will be focusing on the practices of “Bones for Life”, designed to address the problem of osteoporosis.

Yoga and Sound -Making Sound, Finding Harmony

Nada YogaThe resonance produced by our vocal sounds have the potential not only to energise our body and mind, but also to heighten our awareness of the chakras.

Nada means sound. It also means vibration, thus incorporating everything from the most seemingly solid to the most intangible, therefore our exploration of Nada must go beyond the limitations of

human hearing. Our journey will be from audible sound to deeper realms of being, just as the chanting of the mantra Om, that perfect symbol of Nada, is followed by the silence from which the manifest universe emanates.

Bones for Life“Bones for Life”, a programme of strengthening bone through natural movement and weight-bearing posture, is the result of a lifetime

of research by Ruthy Alon. Our “Bones for Life” sessions will include demonstrating the two main options for the response of the spine to pressure and exploring strategies for promoting uprightness and the body-language of gentle assertion and leadership.

For more information, seewww.bonesforlife.com

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Starting in 2018, UWTSD Lampeter is unveiling two new history and heritage tours of Wales with aspecific focus on developing skill at reading local history and landscape with expert eyes, to show thehidden techniques and tips for unveiling the past in the present.

The Best of Wales

Wales - the Year of the Sea - legends and myths of the Welsh coastlineFriday August 10th - Sunday 12th

Marvel at the wonders of the Welsh coastline on a guided tour, taking in the sights, sounds and history of the West Wales coast. In line with the “Visit Wales” year of the Sea we are proud to present this new tour of the Welsh coast. This is our Year of the Sea. The 870-mile Wales Coastal Path runs the whole length of our coastline, passing seascapes of breath-taking variety, from fens to towering cliffs, featuring hundreds of harbours, coves, inlets and islands, and 230 beaches. Every cove and clifftop comes with legends of pirates and smugglers, wreckers and saints. There are classic harbour towns, modern marinas, ancient castles and elegant Victorian and Edwardian resorts.

The weekend will involve:

• Lecture and guided tour of the coastline from Aberaeron to New Quay by Conway Davies - renowned local historian, academic and BBC TV Wales guest presenter• Exhibition and talk on the Year of the Sea from the Roderic Bowen archives

Wales - a Sense of Place - Peeling back the layersFriday June 22nd - Sunday 24th

A guided tour with an authentically Welsh flavour to learn about how to interpret a town. This tour is aimed at the interested amateur who wishes to develop their skill set and capacity as a Blue or Green badge tour guide or indeed as a local historian. The idea is to develop your skills in unravelling the many threads of physical landscape to reveal the history and heritage of a town.

The joy of studying Welsh history is its rich ambiguity. This weekend course attempts to anchor Wales within the philosophy of a ‘sense of place’. We will look at what makes Wales special, and how to link a patchwork of events over the centuries, to create a coherent image of Wales in all its complexities. There will be a tour of Lampeter and district in order to draw many of these strands together and show how walking around the ‘familiar’ can draw in so many interesting and diverse aspects of the past.

The weekend will involve:

• Lecture and guided tour of Lampeter by Conway Davies - renowned local historian, academic and BBC TV Wales guest presenter• Exhibition and talk on the Roderic Bowen Archives of Lampeter town past and present• Certificate of attendance and “Sense of place guided tour” Pack

Conway Davies is a lecturer in history at the University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids. He is a local historian who has run for a number of years a highly successful Master’s Degree Programme in the Local History of South West Wales as well as teaching on various undergraduate courses, from a history of sport in Wales to Civil disobedience. His specialist areas include the Rebecca Riots, agricultural protest, the industrialisation of Wales from the 1770s, and the myths and legends of ancient Wales. 

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Creative WritingIn 2018 we are offering five different residential writing workshops around the themes of Dylan Thomas, Travel, Nature and Rural Gothic. These weekends will follow the schedule below and aim to provide an enjoyable, challenging and thought - provoking weekend with a perfect mix of instruction, interaction and practice to equip our students with new ideas, enthusiasm and more than anything a relaxing and stimulating weekend among like-minded people in a beautiful campus location.

Arriving Friday for evening dinner, drinks, and welcome

Saturday - Breakfast and a trip out or visit in the morning - lunch out

Afternoon - Writing workshop and practice with an expert in the chosen field Evening - reading and dinner

Sunday - Breakfast followed by a writing review and personalised feedback session

More time or in-depth feedback will be providedon email/mail Accreditation - Certificate of attendance

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“The Spirit of Place”- The Dylan Thomas Summer School Monday 29th May - Friday 8th June

This is a 10-day residential summer school focusing on the extraordinary landscape of Wales as a catalyst for creative writing. Students will attend daily writing workshops, travel to culturally significant locations, and listen to readings by renowned Welsh writers. The Dylan Thomas Summer School is a 10-day intensive writing programme. It was founded by Menna Elfyn in 2014 and is co-directed by Pamela Petro and Dominic Williams.

Dylan Thomasin Lampeter

Dr Paul Wright teaches on a wide range of creative writing modules, including modules on writing poetry and prose and writing workshops. He also contributes to other degree programmes within the school. In recent years he has taught in the following areas: the Eighteenth Century; Romanticism Contemporary Literature; and, Science Fiction. His research has largely been concerned with Romanticism and aspects of contemporary poetry.

Dylan Thomas had strong connections to Lampeter, having lived at Gelli, a large house in the village of Talsarn, near the town, from 1941 to 1943. It has been documented that Dylan would book in to the Castle Hotel in Lampeter to get away from it all, and used to enjoy the beautiful Lampeter university campus where he took walks and wrote poems in the grounds. It was in the Lampeter Court House, in 1945, that William Killick was tried and acquitted of the attempted murder of Dylan Thomas. Dylan himself appeared in court in Lampeter, as a witness to the shooting incident, dramatised in the film ‘The Edge of Love’. The Courthouse is now home to the Welsh Quilt Centre, a world-famous centre of excellence for textile production and display. There are two Dylan Thomas creative writing courses on offer for 2018:

Writing and Dylan ThomasFriday 27th April - Sunday 29th

The weekend course will include a short trip to sites concerned with Dylan Thomas’ work and life on the Saturday morning when we will visit the harbour town of Aberaeron and Dylan Thomas Boathouse in Laugharne. During the day we will focus on the influence of the region on his work. This will give scope to use the figure he represents as a springboard to fresh and stimulating writing in the afternoon session, later on in Lampeter, where students will also have the chance to enjoy a guided tour of Lampeter’s Roderic Bowen Library and its “Year of the Sea” exhibition, which contains one of the most important collections of rare books and medieval manuscripts in Britain.

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Like any other narrative, a creative travel article is a story. It draws readers in from the first crucial ‘hook’, then continues to engage their emotions while it moves towards a satisfying ending. This workshop will explore story telling techniques that can be applied to travel writing. After writing notes and looking for inspiration during the morning’s visit, we will spend the afternoon considering how to structure the narrative and use descriptive language to convey a sense of place. By the end of the day, we will aim to have the beginnings of a travel story that not only informs readers but takes them on a journey. There will be a travel-themed quiz on Saturday evening, with wine and treats to sample from around the world, while Sunday’s feedback session will focus on how the stories can be improved. To take away, there will be a downloadable e-book with further tips on travel writing and how to get published.

The weekend will focus on travel writing and will include a journey on the Vale of Rheidol Railway from Aberystwyth to Devil’s Bridge, with a visit to the Devil’s Bridge Falls, followed by an afternoon writing workshop with experienced travel writer Dawn Morgan. Saturday afternoon will end with a browse and exploration of old travel writing and maps of Welsh seaside resorts from an exhibition in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, and the evening will include a travel-themed quiz and wine/food tasting. The Sunday morning will involve a feedback session with advice and support to develop and enhance your own personal journey as you progress as a travel writer.

Dawn Morgan has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, writing about travel, tourism and other topics. Her work has been published in magazines and newspapers including The Times, The Sunday Business, International Living and the Financial Times magazines. For 10 years she was travel editor at The Winchester Group publishing company, writing holiday and adventure travel guides. She now runs her own business, working with tourist boards to produce destination guides. Following an MA in Creative Writing at Lampeter in 2016, her short fiction and poetry have been published by Accent Press, Writers Forum magazine, Paragram Poetry, and in the 2016 Flambard Poetry Prize anthology.

Writing and TravelFriday June 22nd - Sunday 24th

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Ever since Dorothy Wordsworth persuaded William to come down from the mountain, with his lofty, idealised view of the sublime, and engage with the actual detail of the natural world, there has been a debate about how we ‘write nature’. In particular, writers are ever more conscious of how the physical act of walking, or travelling, and looking, affects our perception and experience of the natural world. With a focus on journeying along the margin between sea and shore, we will explore ways to express our unique observations and feelings about the journey. How do we observe? How do to we relate to the natural spaces we move through? What do we choose to look at? How do ecological or political issues affect our way of seeing? We will look at strategies to turn these observations into creative writing, and to find exciting forms to convey the experience of the journey.

On the Saturday morning we will take a boat ride out into the Irish sea to observe marine wildlife in all its glorious forms along the cost, before returning to Lampeter and, after visiting an exhibition about the sea and shore at the Roderic Bowen Library, we will enjoy a workshop and discussion before an evening of readings and poetry. On the Sunday we will enjoy a leisurely breakfast and a feedback session to support and develop your skills as a nature writer. Come prepared to experiment and discuss!

Writing and NatureFriday August 10th - Sunday 12th

Rosalind Hudis is an award-winning poet, creative-writing tutor and freelance editor, living in rural West Wales. She is an alumna of UWTSD Lampeter, where she undertook an MA in Creative and Script Writing. Her publications include two poetry collections: Terra Ignota (Rack Press 2013) and Tilt (Cinnamon Press 2014) which was highly commended in the 2015 Forward Prizes for Poetry. In 2017 she was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. She currently provides poetry surgeries for creative writing students on the Lampeter Campus, and is an editor on the literary journal The Lampeter Review.

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Writing and Ghosts:The Spirit of Place in Rural Gothic writingFriday October 26th - Sunday 28th

Writers and readers have always been fascinated by the uncanny and the gothic, by the spirits and forces that flicker at the edges of our perceived world. Hauntings can take many forms: the longed-for return of a beloved, or the projection of one’s own guilty conscience. Wish fulfilment, or psychotic delusion. A ghost is essentially the past encroaching on the present, a disturbance of life’s equilibrium. The best ghost stories serve to de-familiarise the world we live in, unsettling the order of stable perceptions and forcing us to look at reality anew. One effective way is to use the very landscape a character inhabits to build tension and atmosphere: autumn leaves collecting like blood spills on the ground or storm clouds the colour of a fading bruise...

“Haunted Landscapes” writing weekend will focus on the best ways to make the language of landscape, the rural gothic, work for the writer, to allow them to seed anxiety and increase tension in a narrative without direct action even having to be taken by their characters and without falling into the common pitfalls. There will be practical exercises and examples both classic and contemporary, alongside an afternoon “Ghost Walk,” a visit to the Roderic Bowen Library, which contains one of the most important collections of rare books and medieval manuscripts in Britain, and an evening telling ghost stories by candlelight.

Carly Holmes lives and writes on the banks of the river Teifi in Pembrokeshire. Her debut novel, The Scrapbook, was shortlisted for the International Rubery Book Award in 2015 and her short prose is regularly published in journals and anthologies such as Ambit, Black Static, and The Ghastling. In 2016 she won the Allingham Festival’s short story competition, which was judged by Anne Enright. Carly’s Literary Horror/Literary Strange short story collection, Figurehead, will be published by Tartarus Press in 2018. She is currently working on her second novel. Carly completed her English Literature BA degree at UWTSD in the mid 90s, followed swiftly by an MA in Creative Writing. She returned in 2010 to complete her PhD, for which her debut novel was the creative element.

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Conferences in LampeterAll the conferences listed in the “Lampeter Masterclasses Programme” are open to members of the public and we welcome participation from all. To book a place at any of these conferences please use this contact except where otherwise stated:

01570 422351facultyoffice@uwtsd.ac.ukwww.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanitiesmasterclasses

All University of Wales Trinity Saint David accommodation at Lampeter is located on the beautiful and historic main campus. Our relatively small campus ensures our students and visitors benefit from a close community atmosphere with excellent sports and leisure facilities on site.

We can offer accommodation for disabled people in our en-suite halls and have a number of suites in Lloyd Thomas Hall with facilities such as accessible bathrooms and variable height work surfaces.

We offer:

· Residential and Day Events, Conference rooms from 6 to 450· Weddings and Civil Services· Bed and Breakfast· Group Accommodation for up to 500· Dining and events for up to 350

We have a spacious and comfortable main conference room with a capacity of 400 delegates, a main exhibition area with further exhibition space available in the newly refurbished foyer in the Arts Building, high-quality catering including our cosy “1822” coffee shop located opposite the Arts Hall and at the heart of the historicold campus.

To book any conferencing event or meeting, leisure or bed and breakfast accommodation on this historic campus, please contact:

The Lloyd Thomas Centre Lampeter01570 424826 | ltc@uwtsd.ac.uk

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The word harmony is in vogue at Lampeter. It occurs in connection with the Chin Kung Foundation and the Academy of Sinology, and with the arrival of the new Interfaith PhDs and the associated public lectures. The harmony conferences themselves are based around the presence in the University of the Harmony Professors of Practice.

Our use of the word is inspired by the book Harmony, written by our Chancellor, the Prince of Wales, along with Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly, and also by the United Nations 2030 Agenda, which states that harmony is necessary if we are to create a sustainable planet.

The Third Lampeter Harmony Conference takes place on 14 March, and this year’s theme is ‘Action and Activism’. The question we tackle is what activism consists of. Is there an overlap between social activism, environmental activism and spiritual activism? This being the harmony conference, we are concerned with

action to promote harmony. We can look at action locally, action globally and action in the University.Harmony Professor of Practice David Cadman defines Harmony as: “...an expression of wholeness, a way of looking at ourselves and the world of which we are part. It’s about connections and relationships. The emotional, intellectual and physical are all connected. We are connected to our environments, both built and natural; and all the parts of our communities and their environments are connected, too. Harmony asks questions about relationship, justice, fairness and respect in economic, social and political relationships. As an integrative discipline it can be expressed in ideas and practice.” The conference includes a variety of presentations including talks, interviews and question and answer sessions from University staff and guests. We will welcome three Harmony Professors back to Lampeter:

· Alan Ereira, distinguished filmmaker best known for his 1990 BBC documentary, From The Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers’ Warning’.· David Cadman, quaker writer and joint editor of the University of Wales Press edition of the Prince of Wales’ speeches.· John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK.

All are welcome. A locally-sourced, seasonal, vegetarian lunch will be served, for which you must register by 7 March on our website.For further details, programme and lunch registration see:

www.harmonyinitiative.net/event-harmony-conference-14-march-2018.php

or e mail:Dr Nicholas Campion,n.campion@uwtsd.ac.uk

The Third Lampeter Harmony Conference‘Action and Activism’Wednesday, 14 March, Arts Hall

Luci Attala is Programme Director in Anthropology and winner of the Sustainability Staff Champion Award in the 2015 Green Gown Awards. She believes that to stimulate genuine and lasting change people need to experience how their actions make a difference. Recognising that future leadership demands confident individuals who make clear, bold decisions; Luci works stridently to empower undergraduates in diverse ways. Her community work with students in Kenya was recognised with a UN Gold Star Award in 2014.

Nicholas Campion is Director of the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, the only academic centre in the world to consider humanity’s relationship with the sky. He is Programme Director of the University’s MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology. His books include the two-volume History of Western Astrology (London: Continuum 2008/9), and his current projects include the six volume Cultural History of the Universe (Bloomsbury, forthcoming), for which he is General Editor.

Rivers, Mountains, Sky and SeaThe Materiality of Spirit and PlaceSixteenth Annual Sophia Centre Conference, Saturday-Sunday, July 7-8

In Dust of Snow, American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963), wrote of his uplifted spirit in an unexpected encounter with landscape and animal:

This academic conference attends to the intersections and relationships between land, sea, sky and bodies with a view to explore historical or contemporary expressions of participation or becoming-with place. It adopts water, mountains, and sky as a framework, and, chiming with the broad scope of research achieved by the Sophia Centre.

We will consider the ways in which landscapes, skyscapes or seascapes and the spirit of place have influenced, inspired and expressed the human spirit, on how objects and entities (including aspects of the environment shape people’s lives, and the connections and relationships between people and the world, land, sea, stars and sky.

Topics will be drawn from a variety of academic perspectives, including anthropology, astronomy, archaeology, architecture, the visual arts and literature.

http://sophia-project.net/conferences/Spirit-And-Place

‘The way a crow, Shook down on me, The dust of snow. From a hemlock tree,Has given my heart, A change of mood, And saved some part, Of a day I had rued’.

http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/sophia

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Merlin: Myth and History

Merlin, or to use his Welsh name Myrddin Wyllt, is a mythical character deeply rooted in the stories and folklore of Celtic Wales. Within Arthurian legend and medieval poetry Merlin appears as a Wizard of great power and influence, and is a legend that has appeared across different regions and continents and throughout history.And like so many mythical characters they have profound impact and resonance in contemporary society.

The Conference entitled Merlin: Myth, Magic and History is an interdisciplinary conference that seeks to explore the mythical figure Merlin. Through a wide selection of workshops and lectures, aimed at both professionals and amateurs alike, the conference will look to delve into the figure of Merlin and explore him through a range of subjects and approaches such as: the connections between the myth of Merlin and the formation of nationhood; legends, Merlin and constructions of Welsh identity; Merlin and Film representation; Merlin through History; the role of memory and myths of Merlin in contemporary Wales; and, Disney and Merlin.

The conference will take place at the University campus in Carmarthen. The town itself has very strong association with Merlin. To name just three: Bryn Myrddin is a tree-covered hill that sits above the town where there is supposed to be a legendary hidden cave where Merlin was trapped by another sorceress; Merlin’s Stone is also associated with Carmarthen and is based on a legend that Merlin supposedly kept his treasure hidden near here and, finally, Merlin’s Tree once located at the eastern entrance to the Town. According to legend, ‘When Myrddin’s tree shall tumble down, Then shall fall Carmarthen Town.” The tree did finally fall down although a branch from it is still to be found within the Carmarthen museum.

The Conference is open to all who enjoy history, myth-making and legends.

Lester Mason Programme Director on the Undergraduate Programme of Study at Lampeter, responsible for the day-to-day running of BA History, BA Medieval Studies, B.A. Modern Historical Studies, B.A. Conflict and War. His degree profile reflects a broad knowledge of Modern British and European History from the 18th century to the 1950s, and covers social, political as well as cultural themes.

Autumn 2018

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Prof Nigel Nayling Chair in Archaeology, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Lampeter since 1998. Prof Nayling has been a field archaeologist since 1976 working throughout the United Kingdom and Latin America for a wide range of organisations including archaeological units and trusts, museums and heritage organisations. Nigel has worked as a nautical archaeologist and dendrochronologist in the Severn Estuary region since 1991, including the excavation, post-excavation analysis and publication of a 13th century clinker-built boat, the Magor Pill medieval wreck (excavated 1998, published 2000, conserved timbers in store of National Museum Wales), and a late Romano-Celtic boat from Barland’s Farm (excavated 1994, published 2004, conserved timbers in store at Newport Ship Centre).

Dr Geraint Coles is Senior Lecturer in Heritage Management. He has particular interests in the origins and development of industrial landscapes and the ways in which these can be re-used and repurposed today. Dr Coles is a graduate of the University of Sheffield with a BA in Archaeology & Prehistory in 1983 and an SERC-funded PhD in Palaeoecology & Environmental Change in 1987. From 1988 to 2004 he taught at the University of Edinburgh where he was Senior Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology. During that time he investigated the changing environments of the North Atlantic region during the past 10,000 years through programmes of landscape archaeology and paleo-environmental analysis.

The Council for British Archaeology Wales will hold its first annual archaeological conference on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 13 to 14, at UWTSD Lampeter.

On offer will be an assortment of special excursions, presentations, activities, speakers, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and social events all set in lovely Mid-Wales and suitable for professionals, volunteers or simply anyone interested in the archaeology of Wales. We will be presenting findings from some of the last year’s most exciting projects and visiting some exceptional places. In so doing we will be celebrating the people, communities and organisations who do so much to protect, conserve and interpret the cultural heritage of Wales.

The meeting is open to the public and is aimed at a wide audience – if you are interested in the Archaeology of Wales then you will be made very welcome.

Arrangements are ongoing but there will be a choice of day tickets or full residential, with CBA members getting a special discount! Booking will be available later in the year but put the date in your diary now, so you don’t miss out. For more information contact:Cyllene Griffiths (Director, CBA Wales)at cyllenegriffiths@archaeologyuk.orgor Dr Geraint Coles (UWTSD)at geraint.coles@uwtsd.ac.uk

The Council for British Archaeology Wales - Annual Conference Friday 13th - Sunday 15th April

www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-performingarts/archaeology

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Annual Interfaith Conference

Dr Catrin Williams currently teaches New Testament and Judaism to undergraduates on various programmes (BA Religious Studies, BA Study of Religions, BA Theology). She is also Programme Director for the Welsh-medium undergraduate programme (BA Astudiaethau Crefyddol) she teaches and supervises students on the MA in Biblical Interpretation, and supervises several PhD students working on a variety of topics in the field of New Testament Studies. As Joint Head of School she has particular responsibility for the School’s undergraduate programmes and for overseeing the research degrees portfolio in close co-operation with the School’s Directorof Graduate Studies.

In July 2018 we hold our Third Annual Interfaith Conference. The day conference offers you the opportunity to come and hear speakers and experts from across the world who have dedicated their lives to the important work of interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding.

Our Interfaith Conference is built upon an appreciation that in an increasingly troubled world, there is a growing realisation that greater

religious and cultural harmony and understanding, between societies, religions and people, is an essential ingredient if our communities are going to survive. Building a greater understanding and harmony between the world’s great religions is indispensable for the establishment of world peace. By deepening religious understanding and dialogue, so a common tolerance and respect for each faith will grow and a common acceptance and empathy for each other will spread.

A greater understanding of, and between, the world’s great religions also allows us to identify a shared set of roots, beliefs, values, ethics and language. By exploring and debating this common set of underlying beliefs and by considering how each faith approaches concepts of compassion, harmony, love, peace and respect, offers us a key to unlocking the potential for religious reconciliation and interfaith harmony.

Tuesday 17th to Thursday 19th July 2018

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March 2018Alexander Dalrymple, British Admiralty hydrographer, nautical charts

April 2018Cantre’r Gwaelod

June 2018Seaside resorts of Wales

July 2018Fischbuch / Conrad Gesner

August 2018250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s departure on the Endeavour for Australia

September 2018HMS Elizabeth logbook

November 2018Naval chaplains of St David’s College

In collaboration with the Welsh Government, in 2018 the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives is celebrating Wales’ “Year of the Sea”, to support the promotion of our outstanding coastline, and invite visitors to discover new epic experiences all around our shores, with special events and attractions throughout the year. The 870-mile Wales Coast Path runs the whole length of our coastline, passing seascapes of breath-taking variety, from fens to towering cliffs, featuring hundreds of harbours, coves, inlets and islands, and 230 beaches. Every cove and clifftop comes with legends of pirates and smugglers, wreckers and saints. The Roderic Bowen library is holding a series of free public exhibitions to celebrate the Year of the Sea from a historical perspective, next year, including the following:

Roderic Bowen Library and Archives

Year of the Sea exhibitions, 2018

The Roderic Bowen Libraryand ArchivesThe Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, RBLA, houses the Special Collections of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the University’s oldest printed books, manuscripts and archives and is one of the principal resources for academic research in Wales. Acquired over the past 200 years, largely by bequest and donation, the Special Collections include more than 35,000 printed works, eight medieval manuscripts, around 100 post-medieval manuscripts, and 69 incunabula.

Material from the archives includes the early student registers and photographs from the mid-19th century onwards. Each year we hold a series of Special Exhibitions of the artefacts we hold here and the following exhibitions are planned for 2018, free and open to all.

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JUNERBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Prince and the Lampeter Brethren

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Seaside Resorts of Wales

JULYRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Derry Ormond and Charles Robert Cockerell

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Fischbuch, Conrad Gesner

AUGUSTRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Derry Ormond and Charles Robert Cockerell

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer 250th Anniversary of Cook’s departure on the Endeavour for Australia

SEPTEMBERRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Derry Ormond and Charles Robert Cockerell

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer HMS Elizabeth Logbook

OCTOBERRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Medicine in the Special Collections

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Rural Gothic: Haunted landscapes of Wales

NOVEMBERRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Medicine in the Special Collections

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Naval Chaplains of St David’s College

DECEMBERRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Medicine in the Special Collections

JANUARYRBLA Main Exhibition Area In Memoriam – Commemoration of the Lampeter Students

who died in 1917 Rudolf Hess and the Welsh Resistance

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Llanwnda Bible - Fishguard - French invasion (by sea)

FEBRUARYRBLA Main Exhibition Area In Memoriam – Commemoration of the Lampeter Students

who died in 1917 Rudolf Hess and the Welsh Resistance

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Centenary of Women’s Suffrage – Representation of the People Act 1918

MARCHRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1917

Rudolf Hess and the Welsh Resistance

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Alexander Dalrymple – British Admiralty Hydrographer – Nautical Charts

APRILRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Prince and the Lampeter Brethren

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Cantre’r Gwaelod (NSC 1641)

MAYRBLA Main Exhibition Area Commemoration of the Lampeter Students who died in 1918

Prince and the Lampeter Brethren

RBLA Cabinet in Foyer Pirates

Special Collections Exhibitions 2018

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Research LecturesPast Peoples, Present Society Seminar Programme

All are welcome to these free, specialist expert lectures, which are open to the publicand no need to book in advance.

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Philosophy Colloquium 17 January – 25 April, 20186-8pm Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Fiona Mitchell (UWTSD) ‘Personifications of Time in Orphic and Mithraic Iconography’7th Feb 2018 4 – 6pm Arts 1

Faculty Research Lecture Series 2017/18Learned Society of Wales Lecture – Prof Helen Fulton (University of Bristol) Monday, 12 February 5.15 – 7pm Founders’ Library

Past Peoples, Present Society – Rob Phillips (National Library of Wales)14 February, 2018 4 – 6pm Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Kerem Oge (UWTSD)‘Transparency, Corruption and Democracy:Making Sense of Compliance in Extractive Industries’21 February, 2018 4 – 6pm Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Thomas Jansen (UWTSD)7 March, 2018 4 – 6pm Arts 1

Action and Activism The Harmony Conference 2018Wed 14th MarArts Hall Lecture Theatre

Past Peoples, Present Society – Peter Mitchell (UWTSD) UWTSD: ‘The Colonial Literary Anatomy of Virginia, ca. 1622’Wednesday, March 14

Cliff Tucker Memorial Lecture – Peter Florence (MBE) Hay Festival DirectorFriday, 16 March, 7pmCliff Tucker Lecture Theatre

Past Peoples, Present Society – Harriett Webster – UWTSD: ‘”Monkbook”: The Social Networks of Medieval Monastic Orders’21 March, 2016, 4 – 6pm, Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Lester Mason (UWTSD)28 March 2018, 4 – 6pm, Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Kim Ridealgh(University of East Anglia)24 April 2018, – 6pm, Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen – UWTSD: ‘Marketing the Martyr: A Tale of Two Stephens.’2 May 2018 4 – 6pm Arts 1

Past Peoples, Present Society – Matt Briggs (UWTSD)9 May 2018, 4 – 6pm, Arts 1

Time and Chronology in Creation NarrativesThursday-Saturday, 14 –16 JuneFounders’ Library

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◆ Saturday, 24 March, 11- 5pm◆ Free entry - Family friendly - Full day of activities and entertainment◆ Medieval edibles and hot spiced fruit punch on offer!◆ Suggested donation £5 per family

UWTSD will open its doors to the public to celebrate the Medieval New Year (Feast of the Annunciation) with a variety of Medieval activities. The free public event (donations welcomed) will be a day of ‘living history’ and will include re-enactments, archery and medieval craft demonstrations, plus medieval games and music.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to hear the University’s Medieval Choir perform in the chapel on campus as well as being able to view displays of a range of medieval research projects. This is agreat event for anyone interested in studying medieval history at university as it provides an opportunity to find out what life and study would be like.

Activities on the day will include: A procession and choir performance; display and re-enactment by the Viking Society; performance of medieval music and readings of medieval poetry; a tournament staged by Historia Normannis; medieval street theatre performed by the Musical Theatre Society; demonstration of armour and weapons by the Battle Society;

Blacksmith in action; A Falconer; stocks; a Manor Court re-enactment; a Scriptorium where you can learn to write like a scribe; a candle - making display; a “Mead cellar” and a selection of medieval edibles including “Hog rolls” and hot spiced punch. There will also be the opportunity for children to have a go at archaeology with Dyfed Archaeological Trust. People will also have the opportunity to hear more about of the range of medieval research projects the University is involved with: including The Strata Florida Project; Monastic Wales; Centre for Advanced Celtic Studies; the Royal Commission; the Swansea City Witness; the Newport Ship.

Medieval DayBring your family to celebratethe Medieval New Year!

Janet Burton, Professor of Medieval History at UWTSD, well known for her research on medieval monastic orders and is the author of many books and articles on the subject. She works closely with colleagues in UWTSD and in other universities in Wales, and in Europe and beyond. Professor Burton is also Director of the Monastic Wales project.

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Programme February – August 2018The Confucius Institute is here to connect you to Chinese language and culture. We offer a range of Chinese language courses, tasters, workshops and art activities for everyone. Our Chinese teachers offer an exciting programme of activities at the UWTSD Lampeter Campus, as well as in schools. Please feel free to drop in to any of our ongoing courses at any time.

For more information on any of the courses below please contact:01570 424887 | confuciusinstitute@uwtsd.ac.uk

Confucius Institute

Location Course Day Time Who can attend? Cost

Lampeter

Confucius Institute Reading Room, Library, UWTSD Lampeter Campus

Chinese language and culture taster course

Wednesdays 1-2pm Students, staff and public

FREE

Beginners I Wednesdays 6-8pm Students, staff and public

£95 full fee£75 concessionsFree to UWTSD students and staff

Beginners II Tuesdays 6-8pm Students, staff and public

£95 full fee£75 concessionsFree to UWTSD students and staff

HSK training course (Chinese Proficiency Test)

Thursdays 6-8pm Students, staff and public

£50 full fee£40 concessionsFree to UWTSD students and staff

Intensive Chinese Weekend (residential) 19th – 20th May

Saturday to Monday

lunchtime Students, staff and public

£195 + Accommodation @£40 B&B

Chinese Culture weekly activities –

All Welcome.FREE of charge

All in the Confucius Institute Reading Room, Library, UWTSD Lampeter Campus

Learn to SingChinese SongsWednesday, 4-5pm

De-stress: Chinese Tea ceremonyThursdays 1-2pm

Classic and contemporary Chinese FilmFridays: 3-5pm

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Traditional Chinese Artsand Wellbeing ProgrammeChinese traditional ‘Eight Arts’ courseEvery Thursday at 12.30-2.30pm Starting on Thursday, 1 March,and then on the dates below:Workshops - £10 each Or sign up to the full “Eight Arts” course for £60

Chinese “Traditional cultural Experience” lessonsEvery Saturday at 10am-12pmStarting on Saturday, 3 March,and then on the dates below:Workshops - £10 each Or sign up to the full “Traditional Culture experience” course for £40

Chinese zither:Thursday, 1 MarchChinese zither Guqin cultural appreciation experience class

Feng Shui:Saturday, 3 MarchFeng Shui cultural experience course, including a focus on the home and office environments.

Chess:Thursday, 8 MarchChinese Chess - cultural experience and expert masterclass

Food culture:Saturday, 10 MarchChinese food culture, cuisine and cooking methods appreciation class

Calligraphy:Thursday, 15 MarchChinese calligraphy and cultural experience class Soft pen and hard pen calligraphyexperience class

Shaolin Martial Arts:Saturday, 10 MarchChinese Shaolin Kongfu culture experience class- Shaolin martial arts boxing and weapons

Painting:Thursday, 22 MarchChinese brush painting and traditionalline drawing class

Shaolin Martial Arts:Saturday, 24 MarchWudang martial arts boxing and equipment experience

Poetry:Thursday, 12 AprilChinese poetry culture experience class Appreciation of Ancient and ModernChinese Poetry

Healthy living the Chinese way:Saturday, 31 MarchChinese Health tips and techniques-Daily health, deep sleep, posture and recreation approaches.

Liqueur:Thursday, 19 AprilChinese wine culture experience class Liquor, wine and rice tasting, wine historyand cultureFlower styling:Thursday, 26 AprilChinese flower culture experience class Chinese ikebana art lessonsTea:Thursday, 3 MayChinese tea culture experience class Lesson 1: chinese tea experience courseBoth black and green tea appreciation class

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Master Ma Xinren, Traditional Daoist Practitioner

Daoist Practitioner Ma Xinren

President of Chinese Daoist Association, an outstanding teacher of Daoist College of Wudang Mountain, and an excellent teacher in several Chinese religious colleges, Master Ma Xinren is the 25th generation inheritor of the Longmen School of Wudang Mountain. He has the title of Professional Second National Rank Referee of Chinese Martial Arts. His expertise includes the Daoist classics, the Daoist Health Regimen and Wudang Martial Arts. He currently teaches at the Daoist College of Wudang Mountain, and is the Overseas Leader of Wudang Daoist Culture Communication Center.

Master Ma graduated from Wuhan University and Southwestern University of China. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David where he is researching the Daoist Health Regimen.

Together with the Confucius Institute, Master Ma has prepared a programme of traditional Chinese skills for cultivating personal well-being. These include the development of artistic skills, as well as creating energy balance in your home and personal health.

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Masterclass: Date:

One - Day Interactive Workshops:

The Ancient World - Kings, Emperors and Heroes 7 March

Politics and Culture 4 April

A Guided Tour of Strata Florida 2 May

A Guided Tour of the Archaeological Dig at Llanllyr 2 June

History and Culture 4 July

Philosophy 8 August

The Ancient World 5 September

Anthropology and Archaeology 3 October

Religion and Culture 7 November

Religion 5 December

Medieval Day 24 March

Mindfulness and Well-being: Finding peace in a frantic world:

Students 31 January for 8 weeks

All 18 April for 8 weeks

Residential Weekend Courses:

Writing and Dylan Thomas 27 – 29 April

Dylan Thomas Summer School 29 May – 8 June

Wales - A Sense of place 22 – 24 June

Writing and Travel 22 – 24 June

Wales - Year of the Sea 10 – 12 August

Writing and Nature 10 – 12 August

Mindfulness and Yoga 31 August – 2 September

Yoga and Sound 28 – 30 September

Writing and Ghosts 26 – 28 October

Conferences:

Harmony Conference 14 March

Council for Archaeology Wales 13 – 15 April

Interfaith Conference 17 – 19 July

Sophia Conference 7 – 8 July

Merlin Conference Autumn

Calendar Events at a glance 2018

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Lampeter - the Birthplace of Rugbyin Wales.

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