Skip to main content
Home

Information for:

  • Alumni
  • Applicants
  • Current Students
  • Staff
  • Parents
  • Job Vacancies
  • Covid-19
  • Cymraeg
My country:

Main Menu

    • Study Options
      • Study Home
      • Why Study at Bangor?
      • Undergraduate Study
      • Postgraduate Taught Study
      • Postgraduate Research
      • Part-time Courses
      • January Start Courses
      • Degree Apprenticeships
      • Study Abroad
      • Work Experience
    • Study Advice
      • Apply
      • Already Applied?
      • Fees and Finances
      • Scholarships and Bursaries
      • Get Ready for University
    • Explore Bangor
      • Open Days and Visits
      • Virtual Student Experience

    Find a Course

    Order a Prospectus

    • Student Life
      • Student Life Home
      • Bangor and the Area
      • Social Life and Entertainment
      • Accommodation
      • Clubs and Societies
      • Sport
      • Virtual Student Experience
    • Your Experience at Bangor
      • Student Support
      • Skills and Employability
      • Study or Work Abroad
      • Fees and Finances

    Student Profiles

    Student Videos and Vlogs

    • Choose Bangor
      • International Home
      • Why Bangor?
      • Location
      • Accommodation
      • Student Support
      • Contact Us
    • Apply
      • Entry Requirements
      • Tuition Fees and Scholarships
      • How to Apply
      • Already Applied
      • Study Abroad
      • Exchanges

    Country Specific Information

    Join us on a Virtual Open Day

    Bangor University International College

    Covid-19 Information

    • Research
      • Research Home
      • About Our Research
      • Research in our Academic Schools
      • Research Institutes and Centres
      • Research Portal
      • Research, Innovation and Impact Office (RIIO)
      • Energy
      • Research News
    • Postgraduate Research Opportunities
      • Postgraduate Research
      • Doctoral School
    • Events and Training Opportunities
      • Researcher Development
    • The University
      • About Us
      • Our Mission
      • Strategy 2030
      • Annual Review
      • Our Location
      • Academic Schools and Colleges
      • Services and Facilities
      • Vice Chancellor’s Office
      • Working with Business
      • Working with the Community
      • Sustainability
      • Health and Wellbeing
      • Contact Us
    • Working for Us
      • Job Vacancies
    • University Management and Governance
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Management and Governance
    • University and the Community
      • Pontio
      • Sports Facilities
      • Conference Facilities
      • Places to Eat and Drink
      • Public Events
      • Widening Access
      • Services to Schools
    • Business Services
      • Business Services Home
    • Collaboration Hub
      • Collaboration Hub
      • Funding for Collaborative Research and Development (R&D) & Innovation
      • Business Facilities and Networks
      • Consultancy, Specialist Expertise and Knowledge
      • Commercialisation and Intellectual Property (IP)
      • Student Placements and Internships in Business & Enterprise
      • Training and Continuing Professional Development
      • Degree Apprenticeships
    • Conferencing and Business Dining
      • Conferencing Facilities
      • Business Dining
    • Contacts
      • Research, Innovation and Impact Office (RIIO)
      • Get In Touch
    • News
      • Current News
      • Research News
      • Student News
    • Events
      • Events

    • Study Options
      • Study Home
      • Why Study at Bangor?
      • Undergraduate Study
      • Postgraduate Taught Study
      • Postgraduate Research
      • Part-time Courses
      • January Start Courses
      • Degree Apprenticeships
      • Study Abroad
      • Work Experience
    • Study Advice
      • Apply
      • Already Applied?
      • Fees and Finances
      • Scholarships and Bursaries
      • Get Ready for University
    • Explore Bangor
      • Virtual Open Days and Visits
      • Virtual Student Experience

    Find a Course

    Order a Prospectus

    • Student Life
      • Student Life Home
      • Bangor and the Area
      • Social Life and Entertainment
      • Accommodation
      • Clubs and Societies
      • Sport
      • Virtual Student Experience
    • Your Experience at Bangor
      • Student Support
      • Skills and Employability
      • Study or Work Abroad
      • Fees and Finances

    Student Profiles

    Student Videos and Vlogs

    • Choose Bangor
      • International Home
      • Why Bangor?
      • Location
      • Student Support
      • Contact Us
    • Apply
      • Entry Requirements
      • Tuition Fees and Scholarships
      • How to Apply
      • Already Applied
      • Study Abroad
      • Exchanges

    Country Specific Information

    Join us on a Virtual Open Day

    Bangor University International College

    Covid-19 Information

    • Research
      • Research Home
      • About Our Research
      • Research in our Academic Schools
      • Research Institutes and Centres
      • Research Portal
      • Research, Innovation and Impact Office (RIIO)
      • Energy
      • Research News
    • Postgraduate Research Opportunities
      • Postgraduate Research
      • Doctoral School
    • Events and Training Opportunities
      • Researcher Development
    • The University
      • About Us
      • Our Mission
      • Strategy 2030
      • Annual Review
      • Our Location
      • Academic Schools and Colleges
      • Services and Facilities
      • Vice Chancellor’s Office
      • Working with Business
      • Working with the Community
      • Sustainability
      • Health and Wellbeing
      • Contact Us
    • Working for Us
      • Job Vacancies
    • University Management and Governance
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Management and Governance
    • University and the Community
      • Pontio
      • Sports Facilities
      • Conference Facilities
      • Places to Eat and Drink
      • Public Events
      • Widening Access
      • Services to Schools
    • Business Services
      • Business Services Home
    • Collaboration Hub
      • Collaboration Hub
      • Funding for Collaborative Research and Development (R&D) & Innovation
      • Business Facilities and Networks
      • Consultancy, Specialist Expertise and Knowledge
      • Commercialisation and Intellectual Property (IP)
      • Student Placements and Internships in Business & Enterprise
      • Training and Continuing Professional Development
      • Degree Apprenticeships
    • Conferencing and Business Dining
      • Conferencing Facilities
      • Business Dining
    • Contacts
      • Research, Innovation and Impact Office (RIIO)
      • Get In Touch
    • News
      • Current News
      • Research News
      • Student News
    • Events
      • Events

Information for:

  • Alumni
  • Applicants
  • Current Students
  • Staff
  • Parents
  • Job Vacancies
  • Covid-19
My country:

Search

Close

Breadcrumb

  • Cymraeg

Share this page:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Dr Shaun Evans

Lecturer & Director of ISWE

shaun.evans@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 383617

–

Dr Shaun Evans

View Dr Shaun Evans’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Shaun is Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE) and Lecturer in Early Modern and Welsh History at Bangor University.  Originally from Flintshire, he studied History at York before proceeding to Aberystwyth to undertake his doctoral research on the dynastic identity of the Mostyn family and estate across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  Following the award of his PhD he worked as part of the Research Team at The National Archives.

Shaun was appointed Director of ISWE in 2015, with responsibility for overseeing the management, strategic direction and intellectual development of the research centre.  ISWE exists to enhance both public and academic engagement with the histories, cultures and landscapes of Wales.  It operates as a partnership with Bangor University Archives and Special Collections.  To find out more about ISWE, please visit: http://iswe.bangor.ac.uk/. 

Additional Contact Information

shaun.evans@bangor.ac.uk

+44 (0)1248383617

Teaching and Supervision

Shaun lectures and teaches on a number of early modern and research skills modules within the School of History, Law and Social Sciences, including:

Undergraduate:

HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII

HGH-2133/3133: The Tudors: Politics, Society and Religion, 1485-1603

HTW-2127/3127: Wales and Europe in the Renaissance: Image, Language and Identity, c.1450-1630

Masters:

HPH-4004: Research Skills

HPH-4005: Themes and Issues in History

HPH-4006: Documents and Sources – Medieval and Early Modern

HPS-4015: A (dis)united Kingdom? Early modern perspectives on the makeup of Britain, 1485-1707

Supervision:

Shaun is happy to be approached by undergraduate and postgraduate students to supervise dissertations in early modern or Welsh history.  Enquires about doctoral projects relating to the work of ISWE are always welcome.  

Research Interests

Shaun is a historian of gentry culture and landed estates in Wales across the period c.1500-1900.  His research primarily focuses on the social and cultural history of landownership and its interconnections with wider issues of identity, heritage, ancestry, social relations and the operation of power, status and authority in Wales.  This includes an interest in the political and cultural history of Wales and its role in the creation of Britain after 1485 and the Act of Union of 1536-43.  Landowner-tenant relations, estate landscapes, gentry identities and the Welsh country house represent important focuses in his work.  This extends to publications on heraldry, heirlooms and commemorative practice, vernacular portraiture, libraries and the materiality of archives.

Shaun’s approach to research is inherently collaborative and interdisciplinary.  He enjoys working with cultural heritage partners on collections-based research projects which have impact beyond academia, including in the sphere of heritage interpretation.  He is a strong advocate of public history methodologies and community engagement.  All these elements are all embedded in ISWE’s wider strategy and approach.

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Shaun is always pleased to supervise doctoral projects, especially on themes and issues of interest to the work of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (see http://iswe.bangor.ac.uk/our-research).

Publications

2023

  • PublishedRoute of Change on Angleysey
    Collinson, M., Wiliam, M., Evans, S., Williams, C. & Rowland, M., 27 Jan 2023, Rural History Today, 44, p. 5-6.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2022

  • PublishedBook Cultures, Gentry Identities and The Welsh Country House Library: Problems and Possibilities for Future Research
    Evans, S., 1 Jun 2022, In: Welsh History Review. 31, 1, p. 17-54
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedIntroduction: Books and Manuscripts in Wales
    Chadwick, M. (Guest ed.), Ward Clavier, S. (Guest ed.) & Evans, S. (Guest ed.), 1 Jun 2022, In: Welsh History Review. 31, 1, 16 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
  • PublishedIntroduction: Land Reform, Estates and Society
    Evans, S., McCarthy, T. & Tindley, A., Feb 2022, Land Reform in the British and Irish Isles since 1800. Evans, S., McCarthy, T. & Tindley, A. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 1-24
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedLand Reform in the British and Irish Isles since 1800: Scotland's land
    Evans, S. (ed.), McCarthy, T. (ed.) & Tindley, A. (ed.), Feb 2022, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 336 p. (Scotland's land)
    Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
  • PublishedNew Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Louise Miskell (ed.)
    Evans, S., Mar 2022, In: EH.Net: Economic History Association.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
  • Published‘The battle of the Welsh nation against landlordism’: The Response of the North Wales Property Defence Association to the Welsh Land Question, c. 1886–1896
    Evans, S., Feb 2022, Land Reform in the British and Irish Isles since 1800. Evans, S., McCarthy, T. & Tindley, A. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 259-284 (Scotland's land).
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

  • Published'Coming of Age’: Landowners and tenants in nineteenth-century Carmarthenshire
    Evans, S., Dec 2021, In: The Carmarthenshire Antiquary. 57, p. 76-89
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedAssessing the impact of collections-based collaboration across archives and academia: the Penrhyn estate archive
    Evans, S. & Simpson, E. W., 2019, In: Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association. 40, 1, p. 37-54
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEditorial: Special edition on Estate Archives
    Higgins, S., Evans, S. & Mathias, J., 22 Apr 2019, In: Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association. 40, 1, p. 1-4
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  • PublishedGruffudd Hiraethog, heraldic display and the ‘‘five courts’’ of Mostyn: Projecting status, honour and authority in sixteenth-century Wales
    Evans, S., 2019, The Display of Heraldry: The Heraldic Imagination in Arts and Culture. Robertson, F. & Lindfield, P. (eds.). London: The Heraldry Society, p. 116-33
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedReport on the History of Maes Mynan
    Evans, S., 2019, Prifysgol Bangor University.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • PublishedTowards a toolkit for estate records
    Owen, G., Mathias, J. & Evans, S., 2019, Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association, 40, 1, p. 86-109.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2018

  • Published#Mostyn100 - The Mostyn Manuscripts Exhibition
    Evans, S. & ap Huw, M., 2018
    Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
  • PublishedInventing the Bosworth tradition: Richard ap Hywel, the ‘‘King’s Hole’’ and the Mostyn family image
    Evans, S., 1 Dec 2018, In: Welsh History Review. 29, 2, p. 218-253 36 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPlace-Names of Flintshire by Hywel Wyn Owen and Ken Lloyd Gruffydd
    Evans, S., 2018, In: Flintshire Historical Society Journal. 41, p. 166-68
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
  • PublishedProsiect Penrhyn: Tu Hwnt i'r Chwarel | Beyond the Quarry Exhibition
    Evans, S. & Gwyn, M., 2018
    Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
  • PublishedTroy House: A Tudor estate across time by Ann Benson
    Evans, S., 2018, In: Vernacular Architecture. 49, 1, p. 160-61
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
  • Published‘‘Between two interests’’: Pennant A. Lloyd’s agency of the Penrhyn estate, 1860-77
    Evans, S., 2018, The Land Agent: 1700-1920 . Tindley, A., Rees, L. A. & Reilly, C. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, p. 184-201
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • Published‘‘Ye Best Tast of Bookes & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’’: The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676-1692
    Chadwick, M. & Evans, S., May 2018, Libraries, Books and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900 . Bautz, A. & Gregory, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 87-103
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedDarganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri / Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia by Richard Suggett and Margaret Dunn
    Evans, S., 2017, In: Transactions of the Caernarvonshire Historical Society. 76, p. 141
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
  • PublishedThe Lloyd family of Pentrehobyn, Flintshire
    Evans, S., 2017, Mold: Pentrehobyn Estate Publications.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2015

  • PublishedRandle Holme the Elder and the Development of Portraiture in North Wales, c.1600-1630
    Tittler, R. & Evans, S., Oct 2015, In: The British Art Journal. 16, 2, p. 24-29
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSt. Winifred’s well, office-holding and the Mostyn Family interest: Negotiating the Reformation in Flintshire, c.1570-1642
    Evans, S., 2015, In: Flintshire Historical Society Journal. 40, p. 41-72
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2014

  • PublishedThe House of Brynkir, c.1500-1700
    Evans, S., Dec 2014, Plas Brynkir, Dolbenmaen. Baker, M. (ed.). Caerphilly: Love My Wales, p. 11-34
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Activities

2023

  • The Llanfeirian Experiment: Transforming the Bodorgan estate landscape in the mid-20th century.

    Presentation to Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club about the project (Audience - c. 70)

    20 Jan 2023

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2022

  • Bodorgan Estate Heritage Route

    The Bodorgan Estate (https://www.bodorgan.com/) located in south-west Anglesey has received a Welsh Government grant to construct a new public footpath through part of the estate, linking to the existing Wales Coast Path. The development of the footpath infrastructure will proceed alongside a programme of habitat restoration. The route will embrace several important landscape features, linked to the social, cultural and economic history of Anglesey. The project is committed to sharing this landscape history with future users of the footpath through the installation of appropriate heritage interpretation along the route. The Bodorgan Estate is collaborating with Bangor University’s Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (http://iswe.bangor.ac.uk/) to deliver these objectives.

    The Project Team (Shaun Evans, Marc Collinson, and Mari Wiliam) advised and supervised the work of two paid postgraduate interns (Matthew Rowland and Catrin Williams). They undertook archival work at Bodorgan and interviewed members of the local community to provide historical information and oral testimony to aid the creation of heritage interpretation along the path and online. Members of the team intend to produce academic-level publications in due course.

    1 Aug 2022 – 31 Dec 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Research and Teaching at External Organisation (Organiser)

Projects

  • "Deep Mapping" Estate Archives: A New Digital Methodology for Analyzing Estate Landscapes circa. 1500-1930

    01/09/2020 – 28/03/2023 (Active)

  • Networks of News: Reanimating the Mostyn Manuscript Newsletters and Correspondence (c.1672-1740)

    01/08/2018 – 15/06/2020 (Finished)

Other Information

Beyond his roles at Bangor University, Shaun serves as Chair of the North East Wales Heritage Forum (https://www.newalesheritageforum.org.uk/), which represents over fifty local history and heritage groups across Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.  He is a Trustee of the Discovering Old Welsh Houses group (https://discoveringoldwelshhouses.co.uk/), Patron of the Friends of Clwyd Archives and sits on the Council of the Flintshire Historical Society.  He is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the RCAHMW List of Historic Place Names of Wales project (https://historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk/). 

Home

About Us

Academic Schools and Colleges

School of History, Law and Social Sciences

  • Staff
    • Dr Shaun Evans
Home

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn

Bangor University

Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK

+44 (0)1248 351151

Contact Us

Visit Us

Maps & Directions

Policy

  • Legal Compliance
  • Modern Slavery Act 2015 Statement
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy and Cookies
  • Welsh Language Policy
Map

Bangor University is a Registered Charity: No. 1141565

© 2020 Bangor University