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Professor Gwynedd Parry

Professor Gwynedd Parry

Professor, Cymraeg

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Welsh language proficiency

Fluent Welsh Speaker
Office (Welsh Language & Translation & Learning Compliance) - 166
First Floor
Talbot Building
Singleton Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Professor Parry is the Head of the Department of Welsh. He is an academic and a qualified barrister, and his research interests lie at the intersection of law, history and language, and especially in the context of Wales and the Welsh language. He has a sustained record of scholarly publications, including monographs, articles and contributions to edited collections. He has served on several national committees, in particular those concerned with the Welsh language, including the Welsh Language Commissioner's Advisory Panel, the Welsh Government's Welsh Language Partnership Council, and the Academic Board of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 

Areas Of Expertise

  • - The Legal and Social History of Wales
  • - The Legal Status of the Welsh Language
  • - Devolution
  • - Language Rights in International Law

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Rwyf yn dysgu’r modiwlau hyn: Statws y Gymraeg, Cyfraith Hywel, Hawliau Iaith yn y cyd-destun Rhyngwladol a’r Gymraeg, Datganoli a’r Gyfraith.

Rwyf yn Gymrawd o’r Academi Addysg Uwch.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations