Saturday 26 April 2014, 11am, at the National Waterfront Museum. Admission free.
Dr Leighton James (Swansea University): Total War: Nationalism and the Wars of Liberation, 1813-14.
HA Talk 26 April – ‘Total War’
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Viking Swansea Study Day, 10 April
RIAH Conference Suite, James Callaghan Building B02/03 (basement), Swansea University, 10.30am – 5.15pm
The Swansea Millennium Research Project has been set up by Swansea University’s Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO), to research the origins of the city and to see what light this might shed on Wales’s place in the world before the Norman Conquest.
The sessions are open, and there is no charge. Full details here: Viking Swansea workshop 10.04.14.
History in Two Minutes
Seventeen year old Joe Bush got a high school assignment to make a video reproduction. He chose history as a theme and tucked it all into two minutes. Take pictures from the internet, add the track Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey (from the movie Interception) and then you get something like this.
http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html
60 Second Show and Tell, NWM 2 March
“Watch our curators squirm as they try to explain an object without hesitation, repetition or deviation in just in a minute!” National Waterfront Museum, Sunday 2 March at 2.15.
The theme is Electricity, but there will also be a chance for Q&A and object handling and why not bring along your own favourite object for discussion or identification. It does not have to be Electrical – bring something you are baffled by, fascinated by, or try to baffle the Museum’s experts!
The first Show and Tell was held last October as the highlight of the Historical Association’s Local History … Live! We had an excellent collection of objects, an involved and vocal audience, and a lot of fun. Now how can I baffle Steph and Ian this time …
Working in Heritage Day, 19 February
Heritage Skills Programme, Working in Heritage Day, Wednesday 19th February,
12.00 – 13.00
Ian Smith (National Waterfront Museum)
KEIR HARDIE 130
Work and interpretation at the National Waterfront Museum
13.45 – 14.30
Paul Roberts (British Museum)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
Informal talk with students about work at the British Museum
14.30 – 15.00
Sam Wale (Egypt Centre)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
How I got my dream job!
15.00 – 15.30
Caroline Graves-Brown and Wendy Goodridge (Egypt Centre)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
Applying for jobs in museums
16.00 – 17.00
Paul Roberts (British Museum)
GROVE LECTURE THEATRE
Organising a major exhibition at the British Museum: Pompeii
Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks as the Key Heritage Skills Programme will be announcing new heritage placements opportunities and speakers very soon (http://www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre/heritageskillsprogramme/.) Updates will issued on the website and sent via email.
For more details on the ‘Working in Heritage Day’ please contact Dr Jo Berry: J.T.Berry@swansea.ac.uk
Friends of Hafod Morfa Copperworks – CuSP project launch 17 February
You are invited to the launch of the next phase of the community archaeology project at Hafod Morfa Copperworks.
The launch takes place on Monday 17th February at 6.00p.m. at Hafod Community Centre.
We will have a short presentation on the community archaeology completed last year and will be launching the new CuSP project (Swansea Copper Slag Project). If you want to find out more about it, and maybe get involved come along to the meeting or contact me by phone or email (see below). Please pass on the invitation to anybody who you think may be interested and bring them along on the launch night.
I look forward to seeing you on February 17th.
Jan Bailey MA
Community Archaeologist & Youth Engagement
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust
Tel 01792-655208
Direct Dial 01792-634236
Fax 01792-474469
e-mail janet@ggat.org.uk
web www.ggat.org.uk
Chinese New Year, National Waterfront Museum, 2 February
Swansea Chinese Community Co-op Centre will hold a Chinese New Year Celebrations event from 11a.m. to 4p.m. on Sunday 2nd Feb 2014 in National Waterfront Museum.
There will be amazing performances and activities on the day, such as Chinese traditional secret performance art–Face Changing, Chinese Acrobatics Dance, Northern style lion dance and South style lion dance, and so on.
FREE ENTRY! You and your whole family are welcome to join us to celebrate the Chinese New Year!
See the 2014_Chinese_New_Year_Celebration_Waterfront_Agenda and Chinese New Year Poster 2014.
HA Christmas Talk, Saturday 21 December
Steph Mastoris, Director of the National Waterfront Museum, will give his celebrated talk Glad Tidings! A History of the Christmas Card. The talk starts at 11.00 in the Ocean Room at the Museum. haswansea.org.uk
HLF Funding Opportunities Workshop
Connected Communities Project
Funding Opportunities Workshop
Everyone Welcome
Join us at Mount Zion Chapel, Bonymaen for a workshop to learn about funding opportunities available for local community projects.
Organised by Swansea University’s ‘Connected Communities’ project, this workshop is open to everyone who is interested in acquiring funding for community heritage projects, including:
- First time applicants to the Heritage Lottery Fund
- Those who have received Heritage Lottery Fund grants and are looking for support for further activities
Mount Zion Chapel, Bonymaen
December 13, 2013
10.30-am – 12.30pm
Led by Adam Hitchings, Heritage Lottery Fund
Refreshments available.
If you would like to attend please contact Kate Spiller, Connected Communities Project Co-ordinator : k.spiller@swansea.ac.uk to reserve your place.
October/November Update
- Several new oral histories have been taken, and more are planned. They are being transcribed and will be placed on the web site and in West Glamorgan Archives.
- Selections of the recordings will be put on the web site.
- New photographs of White Rock have been discovered. When we have completed their interpretation they will also be placed in the public domain.
- Images sourced from the Royal Commission have been examined and considerable interpretation added. The images and interpretation will be on the web site shortly, and the additional information will be returned to the Royal Commission.
- Images kindly supplied by Swansea Museum are currently being examined by the team and will also be put on view.
- A large number of documents have been discovered in West Glamorgan Archives and the Richard Burton Archives. These are already proving a rich source of new information. A copy of the 1736 White Rock lease is on display in the Connected Communities Exhibition at the National Waterfront Museum. Two of our student volunteers are transcribing the lease.
- Two boxes of White Rock memorabilia found in the Richard Burton Archives are generating great excitement.
- A user community for the android Digital Trails app is being recruited both in Wales and in England. Two groups of Swansea University Computer Science MEng students are developing the app further as their first year master’s project. An MSc student is researching the Digital Trails user experience.
- An iPad app is under development, bringing together the various strands of research and other work in an interactive format.
- Three Swansea University history students have joined the team for 2013 / 2014. In addition to research, they will take on the organisation of White Rock events.
- The White Rock schools pack has been finalised.
- Discussions on restoring the site to its 1990s condition are continuing with CADW and Swansea Council. It is hoped the first clearance, along the river bank, will be carried out early in the New Year.
Contact info@friendsofwhiterock.org.uk for further information or to join the project.