Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Maritime Wales 2015: Commemoration, Contemplation, Celebration

31/10/2015, Lampeter

Maritime Wales 2015: Commemoration, Contemplation, Celebration 
The 7th Annual Conference of MOROL 
(Institute of Welsh Maritime Historical Studies) 
10th Anniversary of MOROL 
University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter 
Saturday October 31st, 2015 
Free Admission – All Welcome 
To register your place or for your organization email Jamie Davies: jamesgarethdavies@yahoo.co.uk 
There will be presentations by: 
Selina Ali, Maritime Archaeology, University of Southern Denmark - 
Toby Jones- The Newport Medieval Ship Project 
Lowri Roberts, MSc Maritime Archaeology, Bournemouth University 
Dr Mark Matthews (MOROL Chair) 
Professor Nigel Nayling (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter) 
Special Presentation: Y Wladfa, Patagonia 1855-2015 - 150th Anniversary Lecture: Susan Wilkinson. Author of Mimosa: the Life and Times of the Ship that Sailed to Patagonia. (Recorded lecture from Patagonia) 
The Annual Arfordir 2015- Panel Session- Update by the Welsh Archaeological Trusts and the RCAHMW on coastal and maritime archaeology 
MOROL Annual General Meeting 
Also for this year we are holding a Maritime Wales 2015 Statement Workshop. We hope that stakeholders in Welsh Maritime Heritage can attend, so we can pull together a vision document, outlining what we want to see happen to support our sector in the coming years, which will then be presented to Cadw. 
As usual there will be a space for maritime organizations to have display stands- please get in touch if you are interested