Chris Williams (1963-2024): An Appreciation

25/09/2024

Join us on Saturday 12 October 2024  (10.30 AM – 3.30PM) at University of South Wales Newport Campus for a day school to remember Chris Williams and celebrate his immense contribution to Welsh history.

Programme:

  • 10:45-11:00 – Welcome (Professor Dai Smith, Professor Angela V. John, Ian Rees)
  • 11:00-11:15 – Address from Sara Williams
  • 11:15-12:30 – Panel with personal reflections and discussion of Chris’s impact as a teacher and historian – Including Professor Bill Jones, Professor Gareth Williams, Sian Williams, Dr Aled Eirug, Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS and messages from Dr Andy Croll, Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams and Professor Martin Johnes (pre-recorded)
  • 12:30-13:30 – Lunch [Lunch not provided]
  • 13:30-15:00 – Talks on Chris’s achievements, legacy, and connected themes including:
  1. 13:30-14:00 – Professor Sir Deian Hopkin – Labour History – Title TBC (Pre-recorded)
  2. 14:00-14:30 – Felix Larkin – Political cartoons – Title TBC
  3. 14:30-15:00 – Professor Angela V. John – Diaries, Dreams and Drama: Writing about Richard and Philip Burton
  • 15:00-15:30 – Closing remarks, reflections and memories

This event will take place in-person, is free to attend and a warm welcome is extended to all.

Reserve your free ticket at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/llafurwelshpeopleshistorysociety/1396454