Celtic Seminar – Michaelmas Term, 2024
Introduction
The Celtic Seminar is held jointly by Oxford and the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS), Aberystwyth.
All Oxford seminars will be at 5.15 pm on Thursdays in a hybrid (online and in person) format. You will be able to join virtually via Microsoft Teams. Please contact david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk if you need a link to join online. In person, we will be in the Memorial Room, Second Quad, Jesus College.
All CAWCS seminars will be held online at 5.00 pm on Thursdays via Zoom, and, for hybrid seminars, in person at the National Library of Wales. Please contact a.elias@wales.ac.uk for the link.
Programme
| Date | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October, 17:00 | CAWCS (Y Drwm, National Library of Wales and online) | Who’s to blame for Connla’s death? Changing causae occidendi from Aided Óenfir Aífe to Bàs Chonnlaoich. | Abigail Burnyeat (Sabhal Mòr Ostaig) | a.elias@wales.ac.uk |
| 24 October, 17:00 | CAWCS (Y Drwm, National Library of Wales and online) | Pre-and in-service teachers’ language attitudes towards Basque. | Mikel Gartziarena (University of the Basque Country) | a.elias@wales.ac.uk |
| 31 October, 17:15 | Oxford (Jesus College and online) | From Acallam na Senórach to Agallamh na Seanórach: Structuring narratives and recycling texts in (early) modern Ireland. | Nina Cnockaert-Guillou (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) | david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk |
| 7 November, 17:00 | CAWCS (online) | Psychology and the individual in medieval Ireland | Elizabeth Boyle (Maynooth) | a.elias@wales.ac.uk |
| 14 November, 17:15 | Oxford (Jesus College and online) | From Dánta Grá to Dante: Irish–Italian genealogies, 1350–1850 | Elisa Cozzi (Oxford) | david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk |
| 21 November, 17:00 | CAWCS (online) | “Desert wilds of India Africa”: Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Eisteddfod competitions and Empire, 1834–1853. | Marion Löffler (Cardiff) | a.elias@wales.ac.uk |
| 28 November, 17:15 | Oxford (Jesus College and online) | Breton dialect variation: An opportunity to reflect on the emergence and formation of a language | Tanguy Solliec (LACITO, CNRS, Paris) | david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk |
