Travellers to Wales

This is a collaboration with Dr Kathryn Jones (Swansea University) and Dr Carol Tully (Bangor University).

The project is interested in exchanges and connections between Wales and other (mainly European) countries/cultures in either direction, from 1750 to the present day, and in particular in travel accounts to Wales from these countries. We are hoping to identify patterns of reception and significant periods of activity which will later form the key foci for a network or research grant bid. A workshop entitled Travellers to Wales| was held at the Centre on 25 April 2009. The papers concentrated mainly on texts in European languages. We hope to build upon the success of this event and to develop the theme further in other collaborative events in the future.

Click here for further information on a special issue of the journal Studies in Travel Writing.