Professor Chris Williams (1963-2024): An Appreciation                                                                                               

Join us in Newport for a day school to remember Chris Williams and celebrate his immense contribution to Welsh history.

• 10:45-11:00 – Welcome (Professor Dai Smith, Professor Angela V. John and 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/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 Break [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.

Photograph courtesy of Swansea University