Home is where the legends are’ is aÌýCentre for Arthurian StudiesÌýproject funded by the ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Fund, the Vice-chancellor’s initiative, which supports areas of strategic priority for the university in theÌý140th anniversary year of ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û (1884). The aims of the project are to highlight the central role played byÌýArthurianÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýCeltic StudiesÌýin the local area around ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, in the foundation of the university library at the inception of the university, and in shaping scholarship, teaching and further research in these fields. The project is grounded inÌýÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û’s Archives and Special Collections, including a celebration of the Flintshire Harries Arthurian collection.
This online exhibit is complemented by the Centre’s 2024 Arthurian Lecture series, organised under the aegis of the 140th anniversary of ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, and an educational programme for primary schools in the local area for the New Creative Curriculum in Wales, conducted by Prof. Radulescu withÌý, andÌý.
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An international dimension of this project is the collaborative ‘virtual set of exhibition cases’ in the year-longÌýÌýexhibition at theÌý, Rochester, USA, from the private collections of Alan Lupack (external board member of the Centre for Arthurian Studies, formerly Director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library) and his wife Barbara Tepa Lupack.Ìý
The project presents the outcomes of research and supervision from Centre staff (Co-directorsÌýProf. Raluca RadulescuÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýDr Aled Llion Jones; and Special Collections ManagerÌýShan Robinson), PhD students Claire Lober and Aude Martin, and MA student Joel Romero-Meredith. Contributions from alumni Dr Ashley Walchester-Bailes,Ìý, MA alumna Merlynn Spenser, Jessika Brandon and Maurita van Drogenbroek, also feature in this exhibition, which also celebrates 10 years since the arrival of the Flintshire Harries Arthurian collection, donated by the Flintshire County Council in 2014.
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