Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru Adroddiad Blynyddol 2018–19 University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies Annual Report 2018–19 Adroddiad y Cyfarwyddwr Director’s Report It is my privilege to present this report on the activities of my colleagues in the Centre, with heartfelt thanks to them all for their tireless commitment to the fulfilment of a range of projects. It is also a pleasure to thank our partners in other universities and in public bodies for their vital contributions to our research work and for their collab- oration in disseminating the findings of that research to the public. Some projects have come to an end this year, but new ones have also started, and it is good to see strong continuity in our core research areas. Yr Athro/Professor Dafydd Johnston The ‘Curious Travellers’ project officially finished at Fy mraint i yw cael cyflwyno adroddiad ar weithgareddau the end of 2018 with public events in London together fy nghyd-weithwyr yn y Ganolfan, gan ddiolch o’r galon with our Scottish partners, and the publication of an iddynt i gyd am eu hymroddiad diflino wrth gyflawni electronic edition of Thomas Pennant’s correspondence amryw brosiectau. Pleser hefyd yw diolch i’n partner- and accounts by other travellers. Outreach activities will iaid mewn prifysgolion eraill ac mewn cyrff cyhoeddus continue, as they are doing in the case of ‘European Trav- am eu cyfraniadau hollbwysig i’n gwaith ymchwil ac am ellers to Wales’. And a most timely opportunity arose to ein cynorthwyo i ledaenu canfyddiadau’r gwaith hwnnw apply our research on the history of travel as a result of i’r cyhoedd. Daeth rhai prosiectau i ben eleni, ond the success of our application under the Ireland-Wales dechreuodd rhai newydd hefyd, a braf yw gweld parhad Interreg scheme. The project ‘Ports, Past and Present’ y gwaith yn ein meysydd ymchwil craidd. began in May 2019 in partnership with University College Cork, Aberystwyth University and County Wexford, and Daeth ‘Teithwyr Chwilfrydig’ i ben yn swyddogol ar over the next four years will work with the communities ddiwedd 2018 gyda digwyddiadau cyhoeddus yn Llundain of the ports of Fishguard, Pembroke Dock, Holyhead, ar y cyd â’n partneriaid o’r Alban, a chyhoeddi golygiad Rosslare and Dublin. electronig o lythyrau Thomas Pennant ac adroddiadau gan deithwyr eraill. Bydd y gweithgareddau ymestyn Our work on the early history of the Celtic languages yn parhau, fel y maent hefyd yn achos y prosiect continues to develop in exciting new directions. Exploring ‘Teithwyr Ewropeaidd i Gymru’. A daeth cyfle hynod Celtic Origins: New Ways Forward in Archaeology, Linguistics, amserol i gymhwyso ein hymchwil ar hanes teithio yn and Genetics, published in late 2018, is a multidisciplinary sgil llwyddiant ein cais dan gynllun Interreg Cymru ac volume which presents the findings of the previous Iwerddon. Dechreuodd y prosiect ‘Porthladdoedd Ddoe a project. And in March 2019 Professor John Koch joined Heddiw’ ym mis Mai 2019 mewn cydweithrediad â Choleg the team of a new project based in Sweden which will Prifysgol Corc, Prifysgol Aberystwyth a swydd Wexford, explore connections between Scandinavia and the Iberian a dros y pedair blynedd nesaf byddwn yn gweithio gyda Peninsula in the Bronze Age, focusing on striking parallels chymunedau porthladdoedd Abergwaun, Doc Penfro, between the rock art of the two regions. Caergybi, Rosslare a Dulyn. The project on the Latin Lives of the Welsh saints is now Mae’r gwaith ar hanes cynnar yr ieithoedd Celtaidd yn in its final year, and a concluding conference was held in dal i ddatblygu mewn cyfeiriadau newydd cyffrous. Cyfrol Cambridge in September 2019. We look forward to seeing amlddisgyblaethol sy’n crynhoi casgliadau’r prosiect the publication of papers from this and other hagio- blaenorol yw Exploring Celtic Origins: New Ways Forward graphic conferences in due course. And in the meantime in Archaeology, Linguistics, and Genetics a gyhoeddwyd ar the Welsh and Latin texts which are the main outputs of ddiwedd 2018. Ac ym mis Mawrth 2019 ymunodd yr the two projects are gradually appearing on the website Athro John Koch â thîm prosiect newydd yn Sweden hosted by the National Library of Wales. sy’n archwilio cysylltiadau rhwng Sgandinafia a’r Penrhyn Iberaidd yn Oes yr Efydd gan ganolbwyntio ar gyfateb- As the merger process between the University of iaethau trawiadol rhwng celfyddyd cerrig y ddwy ardal. Wales and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1 Cynhadledd ‘Bucheddau Lladin Seintiau Cymru’, Caer-grawnt, Medi 2019 ‘Latin Lives of the Welsh Saints’ conference, Cambridge, September 2019 yn ôl pan ddechreuodd Dr Rhys Kaminski-Jones ar Romanticism of William Owen Pughe he co-organized an Gymrodoriaeth yr Academi Brydeinig yn y Ganolfan interesting conference in Oxford entitled ‘Change of Air: ym Medi 2018. Bu Rhys yn brysur iawn eleni, ac yn Atmosphere, Health, and Locality in the Romantic Era’. Mae’r prosiect ar fucheddau Lladin seintiau Cymru yn ogystal â’i brif waith ar Ramantiaeth William Owen ei flwyddyn olaf erbyn hyn, a chynhaliwyd cynhadledd Pughe cyd-drefnodd gynhadledd ddiddorol a gynhaliwyd A very significant occasion in our field is the International derfynol yng Nghaer-grawnt ym Medi 2019. Edrychwn yn Rhydychen dan y teitl ‘Change of Air: Atmosphere, Congress of Celtic Studies which is held every four years ymlaen at weld cyhoeddi papurau hon a chynadleddau Health, and Locality in the Romantic Era’. in one of the Celtic countries. It was the turn of Wales eraill ym maes y seintiau maes o law. Ac yn y cyfamser this year, and the conference held in Bangor in July was mae’r testunau Cymraeg a Lladin, sef prif gynnyrch y Achlysur pwysig yn ein maes yw’r Gyngres Geltaidd an excellent opportunity for staff of the Centre to present ddau brosiect, yn amlhau ar y wefan dan ofal Llyfrgell Ryngwladol a gynhelir bob pedair blynedd yn un o’r their research. Papers were given by Dr Martin Crampin, Genedlaethol Cymru. gwledydd Celtaidd. Tro Cymru oedd hi eleni, ac roedd Dr Jenny Day, Dr Angharad Fychan, Andrew Hawke, y gynhadledd ym Mangor ym mis Gorffennaf yn gyfle Professor Dafydd Johnston, Dr Ffion Jones, Professor Wrth i’r proses uno rhwng Prifysgol Cymru a Phrifysgol progresses the Centre is working ever more closely with arbennig i staff y Ganolfan gyflwyno eu gwaith ymchwil. John Koch, Professor Ann Parry Owen and Dr David Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant symud yn ei flaen mae’r cognate departments in Lampeter. Staff of the Centre Traddodwyd papurau gan Dr Martin Crampin, Dr Jenny Parsons. Ganolfan yn closio fwyfwy at adrannau cydnaws yn contributed for the first time this year to the new distance Day, Dr Angharad Fychan, Andrew Hawke, yr Athro Llambed. Eleni oedd y tro cyntaf i ni gyfrannu at y cwrs learning BA in Celtic Studies. And a new research collab- Dafydd Johnston, Dr Ffion Jones, yr Athro John Koch, A partnership of vital importance to the work of the BA dysgu o bell newydd mewn Astudiaethau Celtaidd. oration began in January 2019 with the three-year project yr Athro Ann Parry Owen a Dr David Parsons. Centre is that with the National Library of Wales, A daeth cyfle gwych i gydweithio o ran ymchwil pan ‘Sacred Landscapes of Medieval Monasteries’ led by where many of the raw materials of our research are ddechreuodd y prosiect ‘Tirweddau Professor David Austin. The expertise of Partneriaeth hollbwysig i waith y Ganolfan yw’r un held. One aspect of that partnership is the Dictionary of Cysegredig Mynachlogydd yr Professor Ann Parry Owen and Dr Jenny â Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, lle cedwir llawer o Welsh Biography, which is now hosted on a brand new Oesoedd Canol’ yn Ionawr 2019, Day in the field of medieval poetry will be ddeunyddiau crai ein hymchwil. Un wedd ar y bart- website launched by the Library in November 2018. dan arweiniad yr Athro David exceptionally valuable to this project, and neriaeth yw’r Bywgraffiadur Cymreig, sydd bellach Another aspect is the collaborative effort in preparation Austin. Bydd arbenigedd yr Athro we look forward to seeing their work on wedi ei gartrefu ar wefan newydd sbon a lansiwyd gan for publication of A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Ann Parry Owen a Dr Jenny Day the poems of Gutun Owain in particular. y Llyfrgell ym mis Tachwedd 2018. Gwedd arall yw’r Scribes, the authoritative reference work by Dr Daniel ym maes Beirdd yr Uchelwyr yn cydweithio wrth baratoi i gyhoeddi A Repertory of Welsh Huws, former Keeper of Manuscripts at the Library and werthfawr iawn i’r prosiect, ac The coverage of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Manuscripts and Scribes, cyfeirlyfr awdurdodol Dr Daniel an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Centre. Gruffudd Antur edrychwn ymlaen at weld eu gwaith continues to expand apace, with five Huws, cyn-Geidwad Llawysgrifau’r Llyfrgell a Chymrawd was appointed as Daniel’s assistant, and good progress ar gerddi Gutun Owain yn enwedig. hundred and fifty new articles appearing Hŷn Mygedol yn y Ganolfan. Penodwyd Gruffudd Antur has been made towards the target of publication of the online this year. We are grateful once yn gynorthwyydd i Daniel, ac mae’r gwaith yn symud yn three-volume work by September 2020, when a major Parhau y mae’r gwaith o ychwanegu again to the Welsh Government for ei flaen yn hwylus tuag at y nod o gyhoeddi’r tair cyfrol conference will be held to mark the occasion. geiriau newydd i Eiriadur Prifysgol substantial funding which is essential to erbyn mis Medi 2020, pan gynhelir cynhadledd fawr i Cymru, gyda phum cant a the sustainability of the Dictionary Unit.