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Professor Jason Davies

Athro mewn Cymraeg a Llen Cymru yn Saesneg (School of Welsh)

j.w.davies@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382239

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Professor Jason Davies

View Professor Jason Davies’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Jason Walford Davies graduated in Welsh at Bangor University in 1993, and was appointed the same year to a lectureship in the Department of Welsh.. He is currently Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the R. S. Thomas Research Centre at the University.

Following the appointment in 1999 of R. S. Thomas (1913–2000) to an Honorary Professorship in the Department of Welsh, a special Research Centre was set up in recognition of his poetic achievement and in order to promote research into his work. The Centre's archive contains all of R. S. Thomas's published works, together with an unparalleled collection of critical books, articles, reviews, interviews and audio-visual material. The Research Centre is available to visiting scholars.

rsthomas.bangor.ac.uk

Jason Walford Davies’s main research interests are medieval and twentieth-century Welsh literature, and Welsh Writing in English. He has written extensively on the work of R. S. Thomas; his publications include R. S. Thomas: Autobiographies (J. M. Dent: 1997) and Gororau’r Iaith (‘The Borders of Language’) (University of Wales Press: 2003). The latter is a critical survey of Thomas’s relation to the Welsh literary tradition and was placed on the shortlist for the Arts Council of Wales/ Welsh Books Council Book of the Year Award, 2004. 

http://www.celfcymru.com/sioegelf/index.php?page=6c1491af&cat=21&lang=2

His critical edition of R. S. Thomas’s correspondence with Raymond Garlick (which spans half a century) was published by Gomer Press in 2009.

 

2006 saw the publication of his co-edited collection, Cof ac Arwydd: Ysgrifau Newydd ar Waldo Williams (‘Memory and Sign: New Critical Essays on Waldo Williams’) – a volume that contains his extended linguistic study of this major twentieth-century poet’s work, ‘“Pa Wyrth Hen eu Perthynas?”: Waldo Williams a “Chymdeithasiad Geiriau”’ (‘Waldo Williams and the “Sociability of Words”’). 

Jason Walford Davies has been commissioned by the University of Wales Press to write a biography of Waldo Williams in the ‘Dawn Dweud’ series, and Gomer Press has invited him to edit the definitive critical edition of Waldo’s poetry.

He is the editor of Gweledigaethau (‘Visions’) (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, 2007), a volume of critical essays in honour of Gwyn Thomas – Emeritus Professor of Welsh at Bangor University and former National Poet of Wales.

In 2004 Jason Walford Davies won the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales with his poem ‘Egni’, which commemorates the Miners’ Strike of 1984–5. He is currently preparing a collection of his poems. He has served as an adjudicator in the Crown competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales on two occasions – at Llanelli (2000) and Bangor (2005).

www.bangor.ac.uk/news/Jason.php.en

He is a regular contributor to radio and television programmes on the arts, and recently presented Cymru a’r Chwyldro Diwydiannol (2006), a four-part documentary series for S4C on Wales and the Industrial Revolution.

 

http://www.s4c.co.uk/ffeithiol/e_chwyldro.shtml

Examples of Jason Walford Davies' work

Here are some examples of Jason Walford Davies' recent work. Click on the links below:

  • Cyfieithiad o ‘Preludes for Memnon, II’ gan Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
  • Y Bae
  • Cyfieithiad o ‘The First Days’ gan James Wright (1927–80)
  • Cyfieithiad o ‘Eisenhower’s Visit to Franco, 1959’ gan James Wright (1927–80)
  • Tyrau

Administrative Duties

  • Co-Director of the R. S. Thomas Research Centre

  • Examinations Officer

  • Entrance Scholarship Officer

Additional Contact Information

Position: Senior Lecturer

Email: wes009@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 1248  38 2240

Location: Room 3, Professor’s Corridor

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching

CXC1001: Beirniadaeth Lenyddol Ymarferol (‘Practical literary criticism’)

CXC1016: Llên Gyfoes (‘Contemporary literature’)

CXC3001/ CXC2101: Canu Chwedl (‘Saga poetry’)

CXC3102/ CXC2002: Dafydd ap Gwilym (‘Dafydd ap Gwilym’)

CXC3007: Barddoniaeth Fodern (‘Modern Poetry’)

CXC3009: Traethawd Estynedig (‘Dissertation’)

Publications

2025

  • Published'Waldo Williams: Henry Vaughan and Other "Sprightly runners"'
    Davies, J., May 2025.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2023

  • PublishedBeirniadaeth Jason Walford Davies
    Davies, J., 1 Aug 2023, Cyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llŷn ac Eifionydd 2023. Lewis, G. (ed.). Llys yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, p. 36-52 15 p. (Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru).
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedRhin cydeneidiau’n ymagor’: Gohebiaeth Waldo Williams a Megan Humphreys
    Davies, J., 16 Aug 2023, Penrhaith ein Heniaith Ni: Cyfrol Deyrnged Gruffydd Aled Williams. Huws, B. & Chapman, T. R. (eds.). 1af ed. Aberystwyth: Atebol, p. 171-209 38 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedToo Brave to Dream: Encounters with Modern Art
    Davies, J. (Editor) & Brown, A. (Editor), 29 Sept 2016, 1af ed. Haxham: Bloodaxe Books. 112 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2013

  • Published'Dan y Dderwen Gam': Cerdd Goll gan Waldo Williams
    Davies, J. W., 1 Oct 2013, Ysgrifau Beirniadol XXXII. Gwasg Gee, p. 163-197
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published'Dyfal Gerddwr y Maes': Waldo Williams a'r Pedestrig
    Davies, J. W., 1 Oct 2013, In: Llên Cymru. 36, 1, p. 51-90
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published"Myned Allan i Fanfrig Gwreiddiau": Waldo Williams a The Penguin New Writing
    Davies, J. W., 1 Dec 2013, In: Trafodion Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 19, p. 148-168
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedR.S. Thomas: Uncollected Poems
    Brown, A. D. (Editor) & Davies, J. W. (Editor), 29 Mar 2013, 2013 ed. Bloodaxe Books Ltd.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2009

  • PublishedR. S. Thomas – Letters to Raymond Garlick, 1951-1999
    Davies, J. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, 2009 ed. Gwasg Gomer.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2007

  • PublishedGweledigaethau: Cyfrol Deyrnged yr Athro Gwyn Thomas.
    Davies, J. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, 2007 ed. Cyhoeddiadau Barddas.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2006

  • PublishedCof ac Arwydd: Ysgrifau Newydd ar Waldo Williams
    Walford Davies, D. (Editor) & Davies, J. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, 2006 ed. Cyhoeddiadau Barddas. 232 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2004

  • Published1) ‘Egni', in J. Elwyn Hughes (ed.), Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Casnewydd a'r Cylch, 2004 (Gwasg Gomer: Llandysul, 2004), pp. 22–27;2) ‘Rhwng y Llinellau', Taliesin, 131 (Summer 2007), pp. 34–39;3) ‘Y Disgyniad yn Aberystwyth', Barddas, 291 (February/March 2007), p. 13;4) ‘Y Bae', Taliesin, 129 (Winter 2006),pp.34–35;5) ‘Cinio Gydag R.S.', Barddas, 292 (April/May 2007), p. 5.
    Davies, J. W., Walford Davies, J. & Hughes, J. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2004, Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Casnewydd a'r Cylch, 2004. 2004 ed. Gomer Press, Llandysul, p. 22-27
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedEgni
    Davies, J. W., 2004, Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Casnewydd a'r Cylch 2004. Gwasg Gomer, p. 22-27
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution

2003

  • PublishedGororau'r Iaith: R.S Thomas a'r Traddodiad Llenyddol Cymraeg
    Davies, J. W., 1 Jan 2003, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

Activities

2024

  • 'Y Prifardd Rhys Iorwerth yn trafod cerdd fuddugol Cystadleuaeth y Goron 2023, "Rhyddid", yng nghwmni’r Athro Jason Walford Davies'

    Y Prifardd Rhys Iorwerth yn cael ei gyfweld gan Jason Walford Davies, Cadeirydd y beirniaid, a thraddodwr y feirniadaeth, Cystadleuaeth y Goron, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Lly^n ac Eifionydd 2023

    31 Jan 2024

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

Projects

  • Acquisition of original manuscripts relating to the Welsh poet R. S. Thomas for the R.S Thomas Research Centre, Bangor University

    01/06/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • Ahrc-An Edition Of R.S.Thomas'S Letters

    01/10/2006 – 13/09/2007 (Finished)

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