Congratulations to Lefi Dafydd for winning the 2026 Clemoes Prize for his performance of Cad Goddeu in Medieval Welsh. The two joint runner ups were Rhys Matthews, performing Marwnad Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by Gruffudd ap yr Ynad Coch in Medieval Welsh, and Theo Pyy-Sitzia, for his performance of Wulfstan’s Sermo Lupi ad Anglos in Old […]

The Department is delighted to announce that Dr Becky Shercliff will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Celtic on 1st September 2026. Her appointment follows on from the election of Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh as the next Director of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies School of Celtic Studies from October 2026, an extremely […]

Congratulations: Dr Ben Guy awarded an AHRC Standard Grant for project on early Welsh charters   We are delighted to announce that Dr Ben Guy, Assistant Professor of Celtic in the department, has been awarded an AHRC Standard Grant of just over £900,000 for a three-year collaborative project called ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Early Medieval Wales: […]