Dr Rees completed her BA, MA and PhD in History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the School of History, Law and Social Sciences, her teaching focuses on nineteenth century British history. She completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Bangor University, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests centre on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Wales, in particular the landed elite and their country estates. She has published on paternalism and rural protest, the Rebecca Riots, the land agent, new wealth and social mobility, and Welsh sojourners in India. 

You can follow Dr Rees on Twitter @LowriAnnRees

01248 382248

l.a.rees@bangor.ac.uk

Areas of teaching

Dr Rees’ teaching concentrates on the history of Britain during the nineteenth century.

Undergraduate:

Part One

  • Wales in the Modern World (team-taught module)
  • Cymru yn y Byd Modern (team-taught module)

Part Two

  • The Age of Reform: Britain 1770-1835
  • History Through Objects
  • Victorian Britain, 1837-1901
  • Country House Life
  • Dissertation module lead and supervisor

Postgraduate:

Taught MA

  • Reinterpreting the Country House
  • Themes and Issues (module lead)
  • Documents and Sources: Modern (contributor)
  • MA dissertation supervision

Publications

Articles

  • “Aspire, persevere and indulge not”: new wealth and gentry society in Wales, c.1760-1840, Rural History (2023).
  • ‘Welsh sojourners in India: the East India Company, networks and patronage, c.1760-1840’, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 45:2 (2017), pp. 165-87
  • ‘Paternalism and rural protest: the Rebecca riots and the landed interest of south-west Wales’, Agricultural History Review, lix, 1 (2011), pp. 36–60
  • ‘”The Wail of Miss Jane”: the Rebecca Riots and Jane Walters of Glanmedeni, 1843–44’, Ceredigion, xv, 3 (2007), pp. 37–68
  • ‘Religious beliefs and drinking habits at Middleton Hall, 1825–75’, Carmarthenshire Antiquarian, xlii (2006), pp. 56–68

Books

  • Lowri Ann Rees (ed.), The Middleman at Middleton Hall: The Letters of Thomas Herbert Cooke, Land Agent in Rebecca’s Carmarthenshire, 1841-1847 (South Wales Record Society, 2023).

  • Lowri Ann Rees, Ciaran J. Reilly and Annie Tindley (eds), The Land Agent: 1700-1920 (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)

Book sections

  • ‘Introduction’, in Lowri Ann Rees, Ciaran J. Reilly and Annie Tindley (eds), The Land Agent: 1700-1920 (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)
  • ‘Frustrations and fears: the impact of the Rebecca Riots on the land agent in Carmarthenshire, 1843’, in Lowri Ann Rees, Ciaran J. Reilly and Annie Tindley (eds), The Land Agent: 1700-1920 (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)
  • ‘Postscript: the land agent in fiction’, in Lowri Ann Rees, Ciaran J. Reilly and Annie Tindley (eds), The Land Agent: 1700-1920 (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)
  • ‘“I serve my God, and I fear not man”: the Rebecca Riots and a female landowner’s response to Welsh rural protest, 1843-44’, in Terence Dooley, Maeve O’Riordan and Christopher Ridgway (eds), Women and the Country House in Ireland and Britain (Four Courts Press, 2018)
  • ‘Hughes, John / Jac Tŷ Isha (1819-1905)’, Dictionary of Labour Biography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) c.5,000 words
  • ‘Might and spite: the former Middleton Hall estate’ in H. V. Bowen (ed.), Buildings and Places in Welsh History: A New History of Wales (Gwasg Gomer, 2013).

 

Further publications

Select conference and invited papers

  • Invited paper at Wales and the World conference, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter (June 2022).
  • Lecture for the Anglesey Antiquarian Society, online (February 2022).
  • Women’s Archive Wales annual conference, online (October 2021).
  • Britain and the World annual conference, online (June 2021).
  • Women’s Archive Wales annual conference, online (October 2020).
  • Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Day School, Carmarthen (February 2020).
  • Lecture for the Anglesey Antiquarian Society (November 2018)
  • CELT annual conference (September 2018)
  • Women’s History Month 10-minute lightening talks ‘Women’s Voices, Voices of Women’, School of History and Archaeology, Bangor University (March 2018)
  • Day school ‘History on the Hill: Hidden Histories of Bangor University’ (November 2017)
  • Women’s Archive Wales annual conference, Bangor University (October 2016)
  • International conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), Harvard, Cambridge MA (July 2016)
  • ESRC funded workshop ‘Sojourners, Economic Migrants, Expats: Migrations in Global Perspective’, Northumbria University (June 2016)
  • ‘The Land Agent in transnational context’ workshop at Dundee University (October 2015) co-organiser
  • ‘The South Wales Squires’ ISWE day school at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (June 2015) organiser
  • Yorkshire Country House Partnership seminar (February 2015)
  • Lecture for Y Fainc Sglodion society, Blaenau Ffestiniog (October 2014)
  • Welsh History Forum annual lecture at the National Eisteddfod, Llanelli (August 2014)
  • International conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), Kingston ON, Canada (July 2014)
  • The East India Company at Home end of project conference, University College London (July 2014)
  • Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE) research seminar (March 2014) organiser
  • Aberystwyth University organised conference ‘Consumption, 1650-1850’ at Gregynog Hall (February 2014)
  • Land and Power day school at Bangor University (July 2013) organiser
  • Community, Cohesion and Social Stability: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Bangor University (September 2012)
  • Researching Welsh Family Archives c.1500–1850, Gloddaith Hall, Llandudno (August 2011)
  • International conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), Bangor University (July 2012)
  • Inaugural Bangor Conference of Celtic Studies (July 2012)
  • Annual conference of the Social History Society, University of Manchester (April 2011)
  • Aberystwyth University History Research Seminar (November 2010)
  • Bangor University History Research Seminar (October 2010)
  • International conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), Marymount University, Washington DC (July 2010)
  • Visiting Rites: Accessing the English Home, c.1650–1850, University of Northampton (September 2009)
  • Edward Lhuyd International Conference, Aberystwyth (June/July 2009)

2024

2023

2018

  • PublishedFrustrations and fears: the impact of the Rebecca Riots on the land agent in Carmarthenshire, 1843
    Rees, L. A., 30 Jun 2018, The Land Agent: 1700-1920. Tindley, A., Rees, L. A. & Reilly, C. J. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedHughes, John (Jac Ty Isha) 1819-1905
    Rees, L., 13 Mar 2018, Dictionary of Labour Biography. Gildart, K. & Howell, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Palgrave
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Land Agent: 1700-1920
    Tindley, A. (Editor), Rees, L. A. (Editor) & Reilly , C. J. (Editor), 30 Jun 2018, illustrated edition ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 256 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2017

2013

  • PublishedMight and spite: The former Middleton Hall estate
    Rees, L., 2013, Buildings and Places in Welsh History: A New History of Wales. Bowen, H. V. (ed.). Gwasg Gomer, p. 90-98
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2011

2007

2006

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 Mar 2025 – 9 Apr 2025

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)

2024

  • The College on the Hill: 140 Years of Bangor University History

    For 140 years, Bangor University has been located in the City of Bangor. This event is a celebration of both the university and that ongoing relationship. Talks will cover a number of aspects of the university's founding and provide opportunities for attendees to discuss issues further.

    After an introductory talk from Prof Merfyn Jones, staff discussed aspects of university history. Talks include:

    Bangor: Growth of a City before 1884 - Shan Robinson

    Who were the University’s founders? - Shaun Evans

    A Victorian University: The Violet Osborne Affair - Lowri Ann Rees

    Building history: The growth of Bangor University since 1884 - Marc Collinson

    Tea and coffee will be provided. The talk will begin at 10am and finish around 3pm, and there will be a break at lunch time.

    19 Oct 2024

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)

2023