Hallstatt Lecture
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The Hallstatt Lecture is an hour-long lecture in any European language on some aspect of ancient and modern Celt
ic culture. It is given at The Tabernacle, Machynlleth
in Wales at lunchtime on the Wednesday of each Machynlleth Festival
.
Past Lecturers:
Celt
The Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....
ic culture. It is given at The Tabernacle, Machynlleth
The Tabernacle, Machynlleth
The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, is a former Wesleyan chapel. In the mid-1980s, it was converted from a Wesleyan chapel into a centre for the performing arts, opening in 1986. Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, with six exhibition spaces....
in Wales at lunchtime on the Wednesday of each Machynlleth Festival
Machynlleth Festival
The Machynlleth Festival takes place in the Auditorium of The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, in late August every year. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children to jazz...
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Past Lecturers:
- 1991 Professor J.E. Caerwyn Williams
- 1992 Morfydd Owen
- 1993 Emeritus Professor Dafydd Jenkins
- 1994 Frank DelaneyFrank DelaneyFrank Delaney is an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He's the author of New York Times best-seller "Ireland", the non-fiction book "Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea", and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections...
- 1995 Unknown
- 1996 John Meirion Morris
- 1997 Gwynn ap GwilymGwynn ap GwilymGwynn ap Gwilym is a Welsh language poet, novelist, editor and translator.He was born in Bangor but raised in Machynlleth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales....
- 1998 Graham and Ann Arnold
- 1999 Trevor Fishlock
- 2000 Murray Chapman
- 2001 Dr Marion Loffler
- 2002 Simon JenkinsSimon JenkinsSir Simon David Jenkins is a British newspaper columnist and author, and since November 2008 has been chairman of the National Trust. He currently writes columns for both The Guardian and London's Evening Standard, and was previously a commentator for The Times, which he edited from 1990 to 1992...
- 2003 Professor Alistair Crawford
- 2004 Dr Damian Walford Davies
- 2005 Derec Llwyd MorganDerec Llwyd MorganDerec Llwyd Morgan is a Welsh academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.-Life:Morgan was educated at Amman Valley Grammar School, Carmarthenshire, Wales before studying at the University College of North Wales, Bangor for a Bachelor of Arts degree...
Further reading
- Gwynn ap Gwilym: Our cousins' verse: Connections between some Welsh and Irish poets in the early twentieth century (Hallstatt Lecture) (Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, Machynlleth, 1997) ISBN 0-9519971-3-0
- Trevor Fishlock: Invitation to a Mystery (Hallstatt Lecture) (Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, Machynlleth, 1999) ISBN 0-9519971-3-0