The Hallstatt Lecture is an hour-long lecture in any European language on some aspect of ancient and modern

Celt The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient ...

ic culture. It is given at

The Tabernacle, Machynlleth The Tabernacle is a centre for the performing arts in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. It is located in a former Wesleyan chapel, which was converted in the mid-1980s and opened in 1986. Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, w ...

in Wales at lunchtime on the Wednesday of each

Machynlleth Festival The Machynlleth Festival takes place in the Auditorium of The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, Wales in late August every year. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children to jazz. Events The festival begin ...

. ;Past lecturers: * 1991 Professor

J. E. Caerwyn Williams John Ellis Caerwyn Williams FBA (17 January 1912 – 10 June 1999), was a Welsh scholar. His fields of study included the literatures of the Celtic languages, especially Welsh and Irish literature. He has published books in both English and Welsh ...

* 1992 Morfydd Owen * 1993 Emeritus Professor Dafydd Jenkins * 1994

Frank Delaney Frank Delaney (24 October 1942 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of ''The New York Times'' best-seller ''Ireland'', Op-Ed Contributor: Holy Rollers and Papal Perfectas">The New York Times ...

* 1995 Unknown * 1996 John Meirion Morris * 1997

Gwynn ap Gwilym Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950 – 31 July 2016) was a Welsh poet, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in Bangor but raised in Machynlleth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. He was educated at University of Wales, University College, Galway and Wy ...

* 1998 Graham and Ann Arnold * 1999 Trevor Fishlock * 2000 Murray Chapman * 2001 Dr Marion Loffler * 2002

Simon Jenkins Sir Simon David Jenkins (born 10 June 1943) is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1976 to 1978 and of ''The Times'' from 1990 to 1992. Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 20 ...

* 2003 Professor Alistair Crawford * 2004 Dr Damian Walford Davies * 2005

Derec Llwyd Morgan Derec Llwyd Morgan (born as Derek Lloyd Morgan; 15 November 1943) is a Wales, Welsh academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Biography Morgan was educated at Amman Valley Grammar School, (now Ysgol Dyffr ...

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The Machynlleth Festival
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