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Miss Teleri Owen
(she/her)
BA (Cardiff) MSC Econ
- Welsh speaking
Teams and roles for Teleri Owen
Research student
Graduate Tutor
Overview
I am a PhD researcher focusing on the dynamic and important role of women during the Great Penrhyn Strike, 1900-1903, where slate quarry workers stood up against the powerful owners of the quarry, demanding better working conditions and fair wages. I am keen to bring inspiring and often forgotten stories of the women who stood alongside the quarrymen at the forefront of this pivotal moment in history, and reveal their contributions to the strike.
Education
2022 - Present: PhD in History and Welsh History - Cardiff University
2022: MScEcon Welsh Government and Politics (Merit) - Cardiff University
2020: BA History (First Class) - Cardiff University
Awards and Funding
2025: Three Minute Essay Competition, Coleg Cymraeg and the Learned Society of Wales Early Career Researchers Network
2022: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Research Scholarship
2020: Charles Morgan Award
2020: James Pantyfedwen Scholarship
2020: Avril Rolph Bursary
Publications
Owen, T., 'Portreadau o fenywod yn cartwnnau Papur Pawb yn ystod cyfnod Streic Fawr y Penrhyn, 1900–1903', Gwerddon, 40 (2025), pp.22–48. https://doi.org/10.61257/GWER4002
Owen, T., "Mysteriously and in Public: The Role, Impact, and Portrayal of Women during the Great Penrhyn Strike, 1900–1903", Labour, 12:4 (2020).
Talking Engagements
2025: Rhaglen Dei Tomos, Radio Cymru
2025: Resilience in Silence: Women and Their Illustrations in Papur Pawb during the Great Penrhyn Strike (1900–1903), Welsh Women's Archive Zoom Lecture Series 2024-2025
2024: Illustrations of Women in Papur Pawb, Welsh History Postgraduate Conference
2021: Guest Speaker on Penrhyn Podcast, Episode 4: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61967335707e1e093c272615/t/637d51a7238adf6e12f9327b/1669157361593/Pod-Penrhyn-Ep-4-PC-128.mp3/original/Pod-Penrhyn-Ep-4-PC-128.mp3
2021: Penrhyn Quarry Strike Women, 1900-1903 for Llandudno Museum: https://vimeo.com/channels/1659778/548507539
2020: Rhaglen Dei Tomos, Radio Cymru.
2020: Penrhyn Strike, Welsh Women's Archive Symposium: https://www.womensarchivewales.org/en/symposium-2020
Academic experience
2023 - Present: Masterclasses for Star Network
2022: Research Assistant at Cardiff University: Long 18th Century Wales: Welsh Resources from the Salisbury Collection: https://xerte.cardiff.ac.uk/play_17356#page1.
2021: Freelance Researcher: A History of Cardiff Market for Headland Design.
2020-2021: Digital Volunteer at Llandudno Museum: Research on the suffrage movement in and around Llandudno.
Research
As an enthusiastic historian with a passion for uncovering the hidden stories of women in Wales. I'm very interested in women's history and stepped outside traditional social norms. My research focuses on these pioneering women and the impact they had on the world around them. I'm very interested in the links between Wales and the wider world, and how the stories of Welsh women interwoven into the wider narrative of Welsh history. I am also passionate about exploring the intersection of gender and LGBTQIA + history, and how these themes have played a role in women's lives throughout the ages.
I'm very passionate about health history, especially mental health. I'm hugely interested in how traumatic events, such as the Great Penrhyn Strike, affected not only the people who lived through it, but also its long-lasting effects on subsequent generations. I am driven to explore and uncover the stories of those who experienced the strike and its aftermath, and to shed light on the ongoing impact of such events on the health and wellbeing of communities that were often completely dependent on a single industry.
Teaching
HS1105: The Making of The Modern World, 1750-1970
HS1109: Inventing a Nation: Politics, Culture and Heritage
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Welsh history
- medical history
- History of Psychiatry
- 20th Century
- Women’s studies