{"id":3951,"date":"2019-07-31T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T09:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:02:16","slug":"cardiff-university-at-the-2019-national-eisteddfod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/2019\/07\/31\/cardiff-university-at-the-2019-national-eisteddfod\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University at the 2019 National Eisteddfod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Cardiff University will be hosting a range of exciting events during the National Eisteddfod in Conwy County that will explore Wales\u2019 culture past and present. The events, in the University\u2019s tent on the maes, will cover topics including, poetry, heritage, identity and more.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University\u2019s contribution to the Eisteddfod is demonstrative of its proud commitment to the Welsh language and culture, <strong>and we are delighted to invite alumni to a special drinks reception on 9 August (15.15) to socialise and share their stories of Cardiff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors can also come to hear academics from across the\nUniversity, including Dr Dylan Foster Evans (Head of the School of Welsh)\ndiscussing the use of language in graffiti, walls and castles, and &nbsp;Dr Huw Williams (Dean for the Welsh Language)\nexploring Wales\u2019 history, starting with the work of William Salesbury who\nfamously translated the Bible into Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University is also offering the chance for visitors to explore\nan important Welsh Language resource, which is the National Corpus of\nContemporary Welsh (CorCenCC). The Corpus is nearing its target of 10 million\nof contemporary Welsh words and will be on display for the public before its\nfull launch next year. The CorCenCC events will run on 6-7 August in the\nUniversity\u2019s tent as well as on the same days in the societies tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University also welcomes staff member and winner of the Chair\n2017, Osian Rhys Jones, who will give a talk on the cynghanedd where the public\ncan learn more about the challenging form of poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media Studies\nand Culture debate will focus on the future of print journalism in Wales, with\na panel of experts including the new head of <em>Golwg<\/em>, Sian Powell (BA\n2009, MScEcon 2011). The Cardiff alumna is starting her new role during the\nweek of the Eisteddfod and her views on the industry will be keenly anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University\u2019s digital news service returns to \u2018Llais y Maes\u2019,\nwhere students will work with industry professionals. Some of the those involved\ninclude ITV Cymru Wales employees Liam Ketcher (BA 2018) and Elen Davies (BA\n2018) who will supporting the students and sharing their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As, the University has also organised several exciting practical\nactivities in the Science Village. There, visitors can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Visit the amazing antibody exhibition and,\nwith the help of a priceless sheep called Darwen, learn how antibodies protect\nus from bugs and how she is helping humans to develop antibody medicines<\/li><li>Find out more about honeybees and their\n\u2018magical\u2019 powers, and how they are inspiring the next generation of Welsh\nscientists<\/li><li>Discover how polymers have amazing properties\nthat can be used to make water-resistant rugby balls and new materials for\nhealing humans<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you might expect, there\u2019s something for everyone \u2013 and so we hope to see you in Llanrwst!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardiff University will be hosting a range of exciting events during the National Eisteddfod in Conwy County.","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,38],"tags":[143,181],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-our-alumni","tag-alumni","tag-cymru"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3981,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/3981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}