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

Celt The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...

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 as a performing arts space in 1986. Since then the Museum of Modern Art h ...

in Wales at lunchtime on the Wednesday of each

Machynlleth Festival The Machynlleth Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in the auditorium of The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, Wales in late August. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children to jazz. Ev ...

. ;Past lecturers: * 1991 Professor J. E. Caerwyn Williams * 1992 Morfydd Owen * 1993 Emeritus Professor Dafydd Jenkins * 1994

Frank Delaney Francis James Joseph Raphael 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 Perfe ...

* 1995 Unknown * 1996 John Meirion Morris * 1997

Gwynn ap Gwilym Gwyn or Gwynn may refer to: People * Gwyn (name), includes a list of people with the given name or surname Gwyn, including variants such as Gwynn and Gwynne Fictional or mythological characters * Gwyn ap Nudd, in Welsh mythology * Gwynn (''Slugg ...

* 1998 Graham and Ann Arnold * 1999

Trevor Fishlock Trevor Fishlock (born 21 February 1941) is a British reporter, author and broadcaster. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for The Times and The Daily Telegraph, reporting from more than 70 countries, and has written and broadcast programmes ...

* 2000 Murray Chapman * 2001 Dr Marion Loffler * 2002

Simon Jenkins Sir Simon David Jenkins FLSW (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 f ...

* 2003 Professor Alistair Crawford * 2004 Dr Damian Walford Davies * 2005 Derec Llwyd Morgan

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The Machynlleth Festival
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