Huw Lewis

Uwch Ddarlithydd Prifysgol Aberystwyth

hhl@aber.ac.uk 01970 628638 @Huw_Aber

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Huw is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University. He is also an active member of Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Welsh Politics and Society.

Huw’s research interests encompass language revitalisation, language policy and planning, debates concerning multiculturalism and nationalism and contemporary political theory. His recent publications include New Geographies of Language (with Rhys Jones, 2019) and Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation (with Wilson McLeod, 2021).

His work has also been published in prominent peer-reviewed journals, including Political Studies, Policy & Politics and the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

Previously, he was the PI for the AHRC-funded ‘Revitalise’ research network, which brought together an international group of researchers, policy practitioners and civil society organisations working on regional or minority languages.

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Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

Governance, complexity, and multi-level language policy and planning

Though there is general awareness that language policy is a multi-level activity, there has been little systematic analysis of how interactions between actors and institutions at different territorial scales can influence language policy development. By engaging with two public policy approaches, multi-level governance and new institutionalism, this chapter develops a multi-level institutional framework to systematically…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Hydref 2023

Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

Examining the Political Origins of Language Policies

Chapter in Language, Policy and Territory. Huw Lewis and Elin Royles analyse the origins of specific language policies and trace their development over time. They argue that existing literature on language policy fails to identify how and why particular choices emerge and how these are related to political factors. As a conceptual framework, Lewis and…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Gorffennaf 2022

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Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Language policy in multi-level systems: A historical institutionalist analysis

Efforts are underway to develop a stronger political science perspective regarding the practice of language policy to establish language policy as a distinct field of public policy studies. The article’s original theoretical contribution is to develop a framework, grounded in historical institutionalism, to analyse the multi-level institutional factors that influence language policy choices relating to…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Gorffennaf 2019

Eisteddfod – Deall ‘Cenedlaetholdeb y Tlawd’: Trafodaeth banel

11 Awst 2023

Ydi’r syniad o ‘Genedlaetholdeb y Tlawd’ yn un dilys? Sut mae staws economaidd rhanbarthau cymharol ‘dlawd’ yn dylanwadu ar strategaethau mudiadau cenedlaetholgar? Trafodir canfyddiadau prosiect IMAJINE arweiniwyd gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth am Gymru a Chorsica a chlywed ymateb arbenigwyr o Brifysgolion Bangor a Chaerdydd. Siaradwyr: Dr Catrin Wyn Edwards Dr Anwen Elias Dr Rhys ap Gwilym…

Seminar

The Power of Language – The Language of Power

17 Mai 2016 | Aberystwyth

Presenters: Professor John Edwards Chair: Dr Huw Lewis Location: Aberystwyth University, Main Hall, International Politics Building This seminar will consider why do some languages become powerful, and others not? They say that ‘knowledge is power’ – is it the case, then, that access to ‘big’ languages is empowering? And what of ‘small’ or threatened languages: can their…

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Education, Language & Identity. Creating devolved education systems in Scotland and Wales

16 Mawrth 2016 | Aberystwyth

Presenters: Dr Rhys Jones and Dr Elin Royles (Aberystwyth University) and Professor Lindsay Paterson and Dr Fiona O’Hanlon (University of Edinburgh) Chair: Dr Huw Lewis Location: Interpol Room, Main Hall, Aberystwyth University Much has been written in various disciplines about the role played by governmental organisations – most notably statutory and more informal educational institutions – in…

Hyfforddiant

The Use of Welsh in the Community

19 Tachwedd 2015 | Aberystwyth

Speakers: Dr Rhian Hodges and Dr Cynog Prys, Bangor University Chair: Dr Huw Lewis This event was co-hosted by the Institute of Welsh Politics and WISERD at Aberystwyth University as part of the Understanding Wales seminar series.

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The Future of Homelessness Policy in Wales: Learning Lessons from the States and the Scots

9 Chwefror 2012 | Caerdydd

Speakers: Professor Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania, Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Herit-Watt University, and Huw Lewis, AM Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage. WISERD jointly hosted this public lecture with the Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Link/or embed the story and videos from this page