Name: Mark Williams
University of Oxford
http://www.oxfordmindfulness.org/about/people/research-scientists/

Events this person is speaking at:

Wednesday 21 September 2016 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mindfulness in the modern world: Behind the hype
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 21 September 2016, 18:00 - 19:30 (Wednesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker s: Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian), Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Celtic Research Seminar: Magic and violence in Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi
Date: 26 January 2023, 17:15 - 18:15 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: History of the Book Room
Organiser: Prof. David Willis
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 18 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

‘Time and Time Again: Strategies of Temporal Mixing in Early Welsh and English Poetry’
Date: 18 January 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr David Callandar (Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, Cambridge)
Venue: Ship Street Centre, 4 Ship Street OX1 3DA
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

‘Europa Celtica: Celtic National Origins in Early-Modern Antiquarianism’
Date: 25 January 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Ian Stewart (London School of Economics)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

‘Brut Ieuan Brechfa: A Welsh Poet Writes the Early Middle Ages’
Date: 1 February 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Ben Guy (Robinson College, Cambridge)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

‘“In this the Egypt of our island”: Reflecting Jewish History in Medieval Ireland’
Date: 8 February 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Elizabeth Boyle (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Gwenogvryn Evans and his private press’
Date: 15 February 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Angela Grant (Jesus College, Oxford)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

‘“Throwing The Welsh Language Head Over Heels”: William Owen Pughe's Revolutionary Orthography’
Date: 22 February 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Rhys Kaminski-Jones (Aberystwyth)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 March 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 1 March 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Kristyna Syrova (St John’s College, Oxford)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Rewriting the Mabinogi’ (including a reading of his new verse rendering of the Fourth Branch)
Date: 8 March 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Matthew Francis (Aberystwyth)
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 May 2023 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

O'Donnell Lecture
Date: 5 May 2023, 17:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Rowan Williams
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. David Willis, Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Medieval English Research Seminar: National Epics [nationalepics.com]: the Elusive Case of England’
Date: 10 October 2023, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof. David Wallace (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organiser: Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Medieval English Research Seminar: Urban Humanism and Chaucer’s House of Fame’
Date: 14 November 2023, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Helen Fulton (University of Bristol)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Daniel Wakelin, Mark Williams (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA