Euryn Rhys Roberts is a Lecturer in Medieval and Welsh History. He studied for his doctorate at Bangor under the supervision of Professor Huw Pryce, having previously obtained an MA (Welsh History) degree from Bangor and a BA (Modern History) degree from the University of Oxford. He specializes in the history of Wales during the Middle Ages and is also interested in how the medieval past is used and presented in contemporary Wales. He teaches on various aspects of medieval British and European history.

Ebost: e.r.roberts@bangor.ac.uk

Rhif ffon: 01248 383810

Swyddfa: 227.2 [G4] Coridor Hanes, Prif Adeilad y Celfyddydau

Prifysgol Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG

Teaching and Supervision

Euryn is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His teaching concentrates on the history of Wales and aspects of European history in the pre-modern period.

Courses taught at undergraduate level:

Modules at Level 4 (Part One)

• Wales: Princes to Tudors / Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid

Modules at Levels 5 and 6 (Part Two)

General History Modules

• The Heroic Age

Topic Modules

• The Age of the Castle / Cestyll a Chymdeithas
• Under the Hammer: Edward I and the Celtic Fringe
• Holy Wars 1095-1197 / Rhyfeloedd Sanctaidd 1095-1197

Special Subject

• Native and Norman Wales

Courses taught at postgraduate level:

• MA Documents and Sources for Medieval and Early Modern History
• MA Postgraduate Portfolio
• MA Themes and Issues in History

Imagined Communities: Constructing Collective Identities in Medieval Europe (funded by the National Science Centre of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland 2013-16)

Collaborative research project led by Andrzej Pleszczyński (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland).

For more information, please see: http://europamedievalis.umcs.lublin.pl/communities/?page_id=160

This collaborative project examined the various kinds of narratives which shaped collective identities in medieval Europe.

’Rydwyf yn fodlon goruchwylio cwrs PhD

2019

• CyhoeddwydBritain, Wales, England, c.600-1450
  Roberts, E., 18 Ebr 2019, The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature. Evans, G. & Fulton, H. (gol.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, t. 13-25 (Cambridge Histories - Literature).
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydA Surfeit of Identity? Regional Solidarities, Welsh Identity and the Idea of Britain
  Roberts, E., 17 Ebr 2018, Imagined Communities: Constructing Collective Identities in Medieval Europe. Pleszczyński, A., Sobiesiak, J., Tomaszek, M. & Tyszka, P. (gol.). Brill: Leiden, t. 247-78 31 t. (Explorations in Medieval Culture; Cyfrol 8).
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• CyhoeddwydWales's tourism problem is down to a disconnect with its own people
  Roberts, E., 14 Awst 2018, The Conversation.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl

2015

• CyhoeddwydCaraf ei Morfa a’i Mynyddoedd: Brogarwch Cymry’r Oesoedd Canol
  Roberts, E., 1 Ebr 2015, Yn: Y Traethodydd. 713, t. 69-80
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydMental Geographies and Literary Convention: The Poets of the Welsh Princes and the Polities and Provincesof Medieval Wales
  Roberts, E. R., 1 Rhag 2012, Yn: Studia Celtica. (46), 1, t. 85-110
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2025

• Castles, Quarries, and Communities

  Building on the interest in Bangor History’s ‘College on the Hill’ event for the University’s 140th Anniversary, this course explores different aspects of the history and heritage of north Wales. Our historians and archaeologists are passionate experts in their field of study, and the course is designed to introduce some of the more contested aspects of local and community history.

  19 Maw 2025 – 9 Ebr 2025

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)