CHARTISM e-MAG BULLETIN
177th Anniversary of the South Wales Rising
AUTUMN EVENTS 2016
And Don't forget to Book for
10th Annual Newport CHARTIST CONVENTION 2016
Saturday November 5th 09.30 – 16.30
Venue: JOHN FROST SCHOOL, Lighthouse Road, Newport, NP10 8YD
For programme details, location map and to book your place
GO TO https://chartist-conventio n-2016.eventbrite.co.uk
Tickets are £10 with lunch; £7 without lunch; £3 student with lunch
The school (formerly Duffryn High School) is marking its adoption of the iconic Newport Chartist leader
as its school name by hosting this year's convention.
Throughout the day, pupils will pay tribute to the Chartists through musical and other artistic contributions.
This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Malcolm Chase (Leeds University),
who will explore Welsh Chartism in the aftermath of the Newport Rising of November 1839.
Other speakers include: Dr. Katrina Navickas, Peter Strong, Dr. Elin Jones, Catrin Edwards,
Sarah Richards and Les James.
Associated Events
OCT 13 Michael Sheen’s BBC Film: Rebellion in the Valleys
Thursday 7.00pm SHIRE HALL, Monmouth
Agincourt Square, NP25 3DY +44 01600 775257 [email protected] rg.uk
Reception desk open 10.00 – 16.00 hrs (Mon- Sat)
£3 advance booking (£4 on the door); Students £2
OCT 15 Dic Penderyn to Keir Hardie: Merthyr Politics 1800-1900
Saturday 10am – 3.30pm SOAR CHAPEL, Merthyr Tydfil
Contributors: Joe England and Dr Gerard Charmley
Free event (including lunch)
Registration is essential: 01685 727309 or [email protected]k
OCT 19 Ninth Annual Merthyr Chartist Lecture
Wednesday 7.00pm DOWLAIS LIBRARY
Church St., Merthyr Tydfil CF48 3HS
Speaker: Huw Williams
“Respectable Chartism!”? – Merthyr Tydfil Chartists at the Local Board of Health
Contact: 07968256864 [email protected]
organised through the Dic Penderyn Society
ADMISSION FREE
OCT 29 John Frost’s Newport 1784-1839
Saturday 11.00am NEWPORT MUSEUM
John Frost Sq. NP20 1PA tel: 01633 656656
FREE Gallery tour & talk by Les James
He will show some of the evidence appearing in his forthcoming book about John Frost.
This event is organised by the Friends of Newport Museum & Art Gallery (FONMAG)
NOV 4 Anniversary Day: The Westgate Battle
Friday at NEWPORT
1pm Annual Children’s March down Stow Hill to the Westgate
6pm Remembrance of the Chartists at St. Woolos Cathedral churchyard
where ten of the Chartists who died at the Westgate are buried
7.30pm ‘Democracy and Race: an infamous Chartist legacy’
at the Newport City Campus, University of South Wales
Using the Chartist press, Dr. Paul Pickering (Australian National
University) explores attitudes to democracy and race in Britain and the
Australian colonies (1838 – 1854).
THIS EVENT is SPONSORED by the University of South Wales
NOV 12 STORY of FROST, WILLIAMS, JONES – Transported Welsh Chartists
Saturday 1.30pm BIG PIT MUSEUM,
Blaenavon, NP49 6AA tel: 0300111 2333
In this lecture, Les James, author of ‘Render the Chartists Defenceless’ (2015) discusses ‘surveillance and entrapment’ aboard the Mandarin convict ship (1840) and the efforts made by British state officials to keep John Frost out of British political life.
NOV 23 DAVID GARNER, artist, talks about his NEw WORK
Saturday 7pm Newport Art Gallery
Two intrinsically linked works:
A chandelier Pennies for the People, inspired by a coin in the museum’s collection
that is inscribed with the words ‘Frost’ and ‘set him free’
A video Call and Response presented with the improvised harp response by Rhodri Davies
at the Chartist Cave, Llangyndir
FREE event
For more information please see:
http://www.newport.gov.uk/heri tage/Homepage.aspx
http://www.davidgarnerartist.c om/
NOV 24 & 25
JOHN FROST is “APPEARING” in the Australian made Film
'DEATH OR LIBERTY’ touring SOUTH WALES
Dr. Tony Moore (Monash University, Australia), author and film maker will introduce and discuss his docudrama at three screenings:
The Welsh Premiere: Thursday 24 November 3.00 – 4.30 pm
at The ATRIUM, University of South Wales, CARDIFF CF10 2HA
secure your place(s), apply [email protected]
Newport Screening: Thursday 24 November 7.30 pm
at The CWTSH, Handpost, NP20 4HA
£5 (£3 concessions) on the door, book your reservations [email protected]
Monmouth Screening: Friday 25 November 7.00 pm
at SHIRE HALL, Agincourt Square, NP25 3DY SEE Chartist Trials COURT ROOM
+44 01600 775257 [email protected] rg.uk
Reception desk open 10.00 – 16.00 hrs (Mon- Sat)
£3 advance booking (£4 on the door); Students £2
NOV 25 OPEN FORUM
Friday 2.00 – 4.00pm
GWENT ARCHIVES, Steel Works Road, Ebbw Vale NP23 6AA
Discussion: The need for a transnational Political Convicts Research Project
How might our communities participate/ promote/ use/contribute to the project? Panel: Dr. Tony Moore, Dr. Nick Carter, Paul Smith, (Australia);
Tony Hopkins, Colin Gibson (Gwent Archives);
Les James (Editor, CHARTISM e-Mag), Pat Drewett (Our Chartist Heritage)
To book your free place: [email protected] tel: 01495 353363
Local/Family historians, Chartist enthusiasts, historians, teachers, academics, tourism specialists, guides and ambassadors etc are all welcome
For a trailer of the film: ‘Death or Liberty’ http://www.roarfilm.com.au/dea thorliberty/
The book's website: https://www.murdochbooks.com.a u/browse/books/history/austral asian-pacific-history/Death- or-Liberty-Tony-Moore-97817419 61409
To buy Les James ‘Render the Chartists Defenceless’ (2015) £10 (incl p&p)
GO TO http://www.threeimpostors.co.u k/SHOP-1
A Special FREE pre-Convention edition CHARTISM e-Mag is coming out in October
If you have a Chartist event to publicise or a Chartist story to tell,
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