New Assistant Professor of Celtic

The Department is delighted to announce that Dr Ben Guy will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Celtic on 1st September 2023. A very bright light in the field of Welsh Celtic Studies, he is currently a Research Associate for the AHRC-funded collaborative project ‘An Edition of the Welsh Merlin Poetry’ (Cardiff University). Dr […]

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Congratulations to Professor Ní Mhaonaigh

Congratulations to Máire Ní Mhaonaigh who has been elected as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy in recognition of her scholarship and academic achievements. Membership of the Royal Irish Academy ‘is awarded to people who have attained the highest distinction by their unique contributions to education and research’. She will be admitted into the […]

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Clemoes Reading Prize winners 2023

Congratulations to Marko Trandafilovski, winner of the 2023 Clemoes Reading Prize for his performance of ‘A Bé Fhind’, from the Tochmarc Étaíne, in Medieval Irish. Joint second place was awarded to Alexandra Zhirnova and Davide Salmoiraghi (performing together) for their reading of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy in Old English and Latin, and to Eleanor Smith […]

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