page_title: Learned Society of Wales
section_title: Fellowship
hierarchical_section_title: Learned Society of Wales / Fellowship
caption_attribution_description: Brian made this picture while Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, visited his work and held a press conference.
context_page_description: The Learned Society of Wales is a learned society and charity that exists to "celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines", and to serve the Welsh nation.
  The Learned Society of Wales is Wales's first and only all-embracing national scholarly academy. A Registered Charity, it was established and launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales. and was granted a Royal Charter in 2015. It is based in Cardiff.
  It is an independent, self-governing, pan-disciplinary and bilingual organisation operating throughout Wales.
context_section_description: The Learned Society of Wales has over 500 Fellows, distinguished men and women from all branches of learning.
  Election to fellowship is a public recognition of academic excellence.
  The Society harnesses the expertise of the Fellowship to help promote awareness of how the sciences and the arts, humanities and social sciences benefit society. Fellows assist the Society in its work by serving on its various committees and working groups and by representing us nationally and internationally.
  Fellowship of the Society is open to Welsh residents, those born in Wales or with a particular connection to Wales, who have a "demonstrable record of excellence and achievement" in academia, or who have made a distinguished contribution to knowledge in their professional field.
  Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales are entitled to refer to themselves as such and use the initials FLSW after their name.
  Fellows are elected following a rigorous process of peer review . Nominations are proposed, and seconded, by existing Fellows of the Society.  The nomination papers of each candidate are then considered by the relevant Scrutiny Committee, prior to further consideration by the Council and submission to the Fellowship as a whole for confirmation and formal election.
  Scrutiny Committees, made up of Fellows, operate in the following areas:
  Medicine and Medical Sciences
  Cellular, Molecular, Evolutionary, Organismal and Ecosystem Sciences
  Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy and Earth Sciences
  Computing, Mathematics and Statistics
  Engineering
  Language, Literature and the history and theory of the Creative and Performing Arts
  History, Philosophy and Theology
  Economic and Social Sciences, Education and Law
  General
  Elections have been held each year since the Inaugural Election of Fellows in 2011, when 119 new Fellows joined the Society's ranks, and, as of 2019, the Society has more than 500 Fellows .
  The Fellows are all prominent figures who represent a high level of international expertise and knowledge within their respective academic disciplines and professions.  The Fellowship includes some of Wales's leading scholars, many of whom are also Fellows of other UK learned societies, including the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Royal Historical Society.  Two of the Fellows are Nobel Laureates.
caption: Rowan Williams, Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
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