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A look at some fascinating historic links between Swansea and India such as how a scholar of Hinduism played a significant role in bringing public libraries to Swansea in this the 150th anniversary of the founding of Swansea Public Libraries in 1875. As well as looking at the visits to Victorian Swansea by members of the Indian National Congress and tales of the Swansea Captain John Jones of the East India Company. Gwilym Games, Librarian: Local Studies, Swansea Libraries Teigrod, Dreigiau a Llyfrgelloedd – cysylltiadau rhwng Abertawe ac India (cynhelir y sgwrs yn Saesneg yn unig). Cewch gip ar gysylltiadau hanesyddol diddorol rhwng Abertawe ac India, er enghraifft sut gwnaeth ysgolhaig Hindŵaeth chwarae rôl arwyddocaol wrth ddod â llyfrgelloedd cyhoeddus i Abertawe, wrth i ni nodi 150 mlynedd ers sefydlu Llyfrgelloedd Cyhoeddus Abertawe ym 1875. Yn ogystal, bydd yn trafod ymweliadau aelodau o Gyngres Genedlaethol India ag Abertawe yn oes Victoria a hanesion Capten John Jones o Abertawe a oedd yn gweithio

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain 23.05.25 - 02.11.2025 Kathryn Campbell Dodd, Cragen Beca. Campbell Dodd's Cragen Beca project draws on the 19th-century Rebecca Riots, where men dressed as women protested unjust tolls in rural Wales. Campbell Dodd's film documents her performance. It features the costume, Nelly, which combines references to working women's clothes in 19th century Wales. Kathryn Campbell Dodd, Cragen Beca. Mae prosiect Cragen Beca gan Campbell Dodd yn tynnu ar Derfysgoedd Beca yn y 19eg ganrif, lle bu dynion wedi'u gwisgo fel merched yn protestio yn erbyn tollau anghyfiawn yng nghefn gwlad Cymru. Mae ffilm Campbell Dodd yn cofnodi ei pherfformiad. Mae'n cynnwys y wisg, Nelly, sy'n cyfuno cyfeiriadau at ddillad merched oedd yn gweithio yng Nghymru'r 19eg ganrif. Image courtesy of the artist

Bridging Cultures: Sir William Jones and the India–Wales Connection Hadi Baghaei-Abchooyeh is a specialist in English and Comparative Literature. This talk explores the remarkable life and legacy of Sir William Jones (1746–1794), the Welsh-born jurist whose work in late-18th-century Bengal forged enduring intellectual ties between Wales and India. This talk explores the remarkable life and legacy of Sir William Jones (1746–1794), the Welsh-born jurist whose work in late-18th-century Bengal forged enduring intellectual ties between Wales and India. We’ll trace his early bilingual upbringing and classical education in Wales, his pioneering role as a judge who championed legal pluralism in Calcutta, and his ground-breaking hypothesis linking Sanskrit and Persian with Greek, Latin, and Celtic languages—an insight that launched modern comparative linguistics. Along the way, we’ll consider how Jones’s dual identity as a Welshman and a colonial official shaped his empathy for both Celtic and South Asian traditions,

Modron, Threads 24.05.2025 - 2.11.2025 We are proud to present the outcome of the Threads project, featuring the personal responses of group members to the work of acclaimed artist Adeela Suleman. Threads: Glynn Vivian Community Textiles Group has been experimenting with textile-based techniques and materials. As the project has developed, the slow, repetitive nature of textile processes has encouraged social interactions and connections. This slowed-down approach has allowed for the development of a shared sense of purpose celebrating how the threads of our diverse lives are inextricably woven together in our community. Rydym yn falch o gyflwyno canlyniad prosiect Threads, sy’n cynnwys ymatebion personol gan aelodau’r grŵp i waith yr artist adnabyddus Adeela Suleman. Ariannwyd prosiect Threads gan Grant ‘Creu’ Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Mae Threads, Grŵp Tecstilau Cymunedol Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian, wedi bod yn arbrofi â thechnegau a deunyddiau sy’n seiliedig ar decstilau. Wrth i’r prosiect ddatblygu, mae

AND then there were Dragons? If India was the Jewel in the Imperial Crown, could we argue that Wales was England’s first colony? What do the Tiger of India and the Welsh Dragon share? This talk will focus on “Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain”but unlike the more research-based talks she has given so far, this one by Zehra will come from a curatorial perspective; giving insights into the collaborative curation of the show with Glynn Vivian’s Katy Freer. Os India oedd ‘yr em yn y goron ymerodrol’, a allem ddadlau mai Cymru oedd trefedigaeth gyntaf Lloegr? Beth mae Teigr India a Draig Cymru’n ei rannu? Bydd y sgwrs hon yn canolbwyntio ar “Teigrod a Dreigiau: India a Chymru ym Mhrydain” ond yn wahanol i’r sgyrsiau mwy seiliedig ar ymchwil y mae hi wedi’u rhoi hyd yn hyn, bydd y sgwrs hon gan Zehra yn dod o safbwynt curadurol; gan roi cipolwg i ni ar y modd y curadwyd yr arddangosfa hon ar y cyd â Katy Freer o Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artist.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain. A Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition, 2025. Artworks courtesy and copyright the artists. Photography Polly Thomas.

Nikhil Chopra, From Land to Fire, 2025. Image copyright and courtesy the artist. Photographer: Polly Thomas.