This blog post is by our very own Christopher Fleming, a PhD student with the Faculty of Humanities at UWTSD, who earlier this month attended the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History.   On 17th March 2018, I was …

Christopher Fleming represents UWTSD at the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History hosted by Birkbeck College and University College London March 2018 Read more »

This blog post was written by Betsy Woodhouse, LGBT+ Officer at UWTSD Lampeter Campus, who reflects on the success of the Speak Out/Siaradwch event held on 31st January 2018 at the UWTSD   Q: What do you get when you …

Betsy Woodhouse, UWTSD Lampeter LGBT+ Officer, talks about the success of Speak Out/Siaradwch Read more »

The 1828 charter, with a portrait of George III, but a reference to George IV.

The university that came to be (after a few name changes) the University of Wales Trinity St David, was founded in 1822. At that point it was St David’s College. The college admitted its first students on St David’s Day …

1822 and All That: The Beginnings of UWTSD Read more »

Reconstruction of Newfoundland, Red Bay in Labrador, Canada, in the 16th century Basque whaling season.

This week’s blog is by Beñat Eguiluz Miranda, a PhD student in maritime archaeology and history at UWTSD Lampeter, and the Marie Curie Fellow with the ForSEAdiscovery Project. Every time somebody asks me ‘what is your research on?’, I don’t …

Transnational Shipbuilding in the Age of Discovery Read more »

This week’s blog is by Mandiza Landsmeer, who is studying for a BA in Ancient History and Archaeology at UWTSD Lampeter. Mandiza is a first-year student.    Waking up on the 27th of January at 5 a.m. was certainly not something …

Fieldtrip to the Ashmolean: Experiencing the Material Culture of the Past Read more »

This week’s post is by Sofia Bianchi Mancini, one of our postgraduate research students in Classics at UWTSD Lampeter. My name is Sofia Bianchi Mancini, I am in my final year of MRes in the department of Classics. My research …

Ancients Behaving Badly: Conference Report Read more »