A one-day symposium on Welsh Jewish history, culture, life, and communities to be held at Bangor University on Monday 17th March 2008.

10-10.15 Welcome & Introduction
Dr. Nathan Abrams (Bangor University)

10.15-11.15 A Short History of North Wales Jewry
Dr. David Morris (Archivist, West Glamorgan Archive Service)

11.15-11.30 Tea/Coffee

11.30-12.30 On Natives and Nationalisms: Jewish Views on Wales and Jewish Views from Wales
Dr. Jasmine Donahaye (Research Associate, Swansea University)

12.30-1.30 Buffet Lunch (kosher supplied upon request)

1.30-2.30 Zion Chapels and Welsh Jews: Synagogue Architecture in Wales
Dr. Sharman Kadish (Director, Jewish Heritage, UK)

2.30-2.45 Tea/Coffee

2.34-3.45 Philo-Semitic and Anti-Semitic Attitudes in Welsh Writing
Dr. Grahame Davies (Associate Lecturer, Cardiff University)

3.45-4.00 Closing Remarks
Prof. Duncan Tanner (Director of WISCA, Bangor University)

4.30 Wine reception at the Bangor Museum and Art Gallery and opening of the new exhibition ‘Jewish Life in North Wales’.

7.00 Screening of Solomon and Gaenor in MALT to be introduced by Neil Evans (editor of Llafur: the Journal of Welsh People’s History and Honorary Fellow, Cardiff University and WISCA).

Cost: £10 (full)/£5 (concessions)