Celtic Students Podcast

In this episode, Manus Ó hEochaidh speaks to Dr. Nina Cnockaert-Guillou about the upcoming (Re)Creating Stories conference, which will be held in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies on the 23rd and 24th of May. This conference will focus on rewritings and adaptations of Old and Middle Irish narratives in Early Modern and Modern Irish and Gaelic, up to and including the 18th century. 

You can register for the conference until the 13th of May through this link: ⁠https://www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/recreating-stories-23-24-may-2025/⁠ 

You can follow the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (School of Celtic Studies) on Bluesky and Instagram through the following links:

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scs-dias.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scs.dias/

Registration is also open for the Celtic Students Conference 2025, which will be held online and in-person in Aberystwyth on June 12-14 2025. You can register for the conference through this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celtic-students-conference-2025-cynhadledd-myfyrwyr-celtaidd-2025-tickets-1318469811699?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

In this episode, Manus Ó hEochaidh speaks to Dr. Brendan Kane, Associate Professor of History and of Literatures, Cultures and Languages at the Univeristy of Connecticut and Emmet de Barra, a PhD researcher of the School of Irish and Celtic Studies at Trinity College Dublin about the ongoing Léamh: Learn Early Modern Irish project. They discuss the history of the project, its main website, Léamh.org, and some of the planned developments of the project in the near future.

The Manx Language Research Group and the Manx Corpus Project

In this episode, Erin McNulty talks to Dr Christopher Lewin of the University of Galway about the recently established Manx Language Research group that works to support the Manx language research community. They also discuss the Manx Language Corpus project, which aims to ensure that older Manx texts are available online for speakers and researchers. They finish up by exploring the challenges and opportunities for the Manx Language research community.

Possan Ronsee Gaelgagh as yn Çhallee Chorpus Gaelgagh 

Syn episode shoh ta Erin McNulty loayrt rish Dr Custal Lewin jeh Ollooscoill na Gaillimhe mychione yn Possan Ronsee Gaelgagh. Ta’n possan shoh, va currit er bun er y gherrid, cummal seose ronsaghey sy Ghaelg. Neesht, t’ad loayrt mychione yn Çhallee Chorpus Gaelgagh, ta shickyraghey dy vel shenn teksyn sy Ghaelg ry-gheddyn er-linney son sleih ta loayrt as ta gobbragh lesh y ghlare. Fy yerrey, t’ad soilshaghey magh ny doilleeidyn as ny caaghyn mie son y co-phobble ronsee Gaelagh.

Links/Kianglaghyn:

https://corpus.gaelg.im/ - The Manx Corpus Project Homepage

https://ycg.im/ - The website of Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh (The Manx Language Society)

https://twitter.com/PossanRonsee - The Manx Language Research Group on Twitter

https://www.learnmanx.com/aboutus/manx-language-network/ - Information on Jeebin, the Manx Language Network

In this episode, Alexandra Philbin talks to Anna Belew and Akano Johnson Adewale about the Endangered Languages Project (ELP).

ELP is an organisation that supports people around the world who are working to promote and protect Indigenous, endangered and minoritised languages. It provides an online space where people can access knowledge and resources, share ideas and stories relating to language revitalisation and connect with a global community of language champions. Here, Anna and Akano tell us more about this work, their roles in the organisation and share advice for Celtic Students about getting involved with ELP and the revitalisation sector more generally.

This episode was recorded in August 2023.

Host: Alexandra Philbin

Guests: Anna Belew and Akano Johnson Adewale

Language: English

Registration for the 2024 Celtic Students Conference is now open! The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its eleventh annual conference from the 30th May to the 1st June 2024.

This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, in Brest, or to attend online if they prefer.

We will be hosting presentations, both in English and the Celtic languages, on a variety of topics associated with the Celtic languages, peoples, literatures, histories, and/or cultures. 

Please complete the registration form in your language of choice at the following link. At the top of the registration form is a link to the Eventbrite payment form. For those considering travelling to Brest, the committee have created a useful guide to getting to Brest. Please note that you have until the 15th May to register for in-person attendance.

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org

Links to learn more about ELP’s work and get involved:

In this podcast, Nina Cnockaert-Guillou talks to Roan Runge about Queerness in Celtic Studies. Roan explains their doctoral research on medieval Irish literature using Queer and Trans theory. They also discuss what it is like to be Queer in the field of medieval Irish studies and Celtic Studies, how students react to Queer readings of medieval Irish literature and what steps we can take to ensure the field is open and welcoming both to people who identify as Queer and/or LGBTQ+, and to Queer readings. 

Content warnings:

From 0:45:00 to 0:47:45: transphobia 

From 0:59:30 to 1:01:12: transphobic attitudes and politics

Registration for the 2024 Celtic Students Conference (30 May - 1 June) is now open!

This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, in Brest, or to attend online if they prefer.

Please complete the registration form in your language of choice at the following ⁠link⁠. At the top of the registration form is a link to the Eventbrite payment form. Please note that you have until the 15th May to register for in-person attendance.

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org

Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode:

In this episode, Kensa Broadhurst speaks with Ed Rowe, actor, writer, director and Cornish-speaker, about the Cornish and Cornwall in film and television and the importance of telling authentic stories about Cornwall and its people.

Host: Kensa Broadhurst

Guest: Ed Rowe

Language: Cornish and English

Links to people and productions mentioned in the episode:

Ed is on Twitter: @Kernow_King

The website https://paloresproductions.co.uk/ gives information about the short film ‘Mab Hudel’ and the ‘Cornish Caretakers’ production for schools.

The Radio 4 Comedy Programme ‘Wosson Cornwall’ was broadcast earlier in 2023. Actors included Ed and Dawn French. It was produced by Simon Nicholls. Episodes available at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l982/episodes/player

Four short films in Cornish are available on BBC iPlayer here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0dv4crx/cornish-shorts

Mark Jenkin’s feature films are ‘Bait’ and ‘Enys Men’. Mark is on Twitter @Mark_Jenkin

‘Long Way Back’ (2022) was written and directed by Brett Harvey. His brother Simon is Artistic Director of o-region, an Associate Artist at Hall for Cornwall and had a long association with Kneehigh Theatre. In 2022 his show ‘Pride and Prejudice Sort of’ was the recipient of the Oliver Award for Best New Comedy.

Emma Rice was artistic director of Kneehigh Theatre, before becoming artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe between 2016 – 18, before founding her own theatre company: Wise Children.

Tom Jackson Greaves is a choreographer from Cornwall. More information on his work can be found here:

https://www.tom-jackson-greaves.com/bio/index.php

We would be grateful if you could share your feedback with us on your experience of the Association, the Celtic Students Conference, the Blog and/or the Podcast by clicking the following link: bit.ly/3VHaCFp

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy”, Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), freemusicarchive.org

The 11th annual Celtic Students Conference will take place online and in the Université de Bretagne Occidentale in Brest, in Brittany in France, from the 30th of May to the 1st of June 2024. 

We accept papers from current students and recent graduates on any aspect of Celtic Studies, as well as any topic associated with any of the Celtic languages, peoples, literatures, histories, and cultures. Conference papers should be between 15-20 minutes in length. We welcome papers in English and in any of the Celtic languages.

Abstracts of up to 200 words should be submitted at https://linktr.ee/celticstudentsconference by December 10th 2023. For more information, please go to the Celtic Students Blog or contact us at [email protected].

Ceol | Ceòl | Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy”, Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), freemusicarchive.org

GA: San eipeasóid seo, labhraíonn Stiofán Ó Briain le Nathaniel Harrington - file, scríbhneoir, agus taighdeoir a chríochnaigh dochtúireacht sa litríocht chomparáideach in Ollscoil Toronto anuraidh. Pléann siad suim Nathaniel sna teangacha Ceilteacha, a spéiseanna taighde, agus a chuid scríbhneoireachta cruthaithí, idir fhilíocht agus phrós. Is eipeasóid dhátheangach é seo i nGaeilge na hÉireann agus i nGaeilge na hAlban.

GÀ: Anns an eapasod seo, tha Stiofán Ó Briain a’ bruidhinn ri Nathaniel Harrington - bàrd, sgrìobhadair, agus neach-rannsachaidh a chuir crìoch ri ollamhachd ann an litreachas coimeasach aig Oilthigh Thoronto an-uiridh. Tha iad a’ dèanamh còmhradh mu dheidhinn ùidh Nathaneil sna cànanan Ceilteach, a chuid rannsachaidh, agus an sgrìobhadh cruthachail a th' aige, a’ bhàrdachd agus an rosg araon. 'S e eapasod dà-chànanach a th’ anns an eapasod seo ann an Gàidhlig na h-Èireann agus ann an Gàidhlig na h-Alba.

EN: In this episode, Stiofán Ó Briain speaks with Nathaniel Harrington - poet, writer and researcher who completed his PhD in comparative literature in the University of Toronto last year. They discuss Nathaniel’s interest in the Celtic languages, his research interests, and his creative writing, both poetry and prose. This is a bilingual episode in Irish and in Scottish Gaelic. 

Óstach | Neach-aoigheachd | Host: Stiofán Ó Briain

Aoi | Aoigh | Guest: Nathaniel Harrington

Teanga | Cànan | Language: Gaeilge na hÉireann agus Gàidhlig na hAlba

Naisc | Ceanglaichean | Links:

GA: Ba mhór againn dá bhféadfá do chuid aiseolais a roinnt linn ar do thaithí ar an gCumann, ar Chomhdháil Mhic Léinn na Ceiltise, ar an mBlag agus ar an bPodchraoladh tríd an bhfoirm aiseolais seo: bit.ly/3VHaCFp

GÀ: Bhitheamaid nur comain nam b' urrainn dhuibh bhur beachdan a leigeil thugainn mu dheidhinn a' Chomainn, a' Cho-labhairt, am Blog agus am Pod-chraoladh le bhith a' lìonadh an fhoirm seo: bit.ly/3VHaCFp

EN: We would be grateful if you could share your feedback with us on your experience of the Association, the Celtic Students Conference, the Blog and/or the Podcast by clicking the following link: bit.ly/3VHaCFp

Ceol | Ceòl | Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy”, Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), freemusicarchive.org.

This episode is a recording of the Association of Celtic Students’ recent roundtable discussion at the International Congress of Celtic Studies in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The current Chair, Nina Cnockaert-Guillou, describes the history and activities of the Association of Celtic Students and hosts a discussion with other members of the Association; Stiofán Ó Briain, Kensa Broadhurst, Freya Smith and Emmet Taylor. They discuss the place of the Association in Celtic Studies, the use and promotion of the modern Celtic languages, the challenges faced by the Association and by students and early-career researchers, and what they hope to see the Association do in the future. This episode is introduced by Stiofán Ó Briain, Podcast and Social Media Officer of the Association.

This episode was recorded in July 2023 at the International Congress of Celtic Studies.

Host: Nina Cnockaert-Guillou

Guests: Stiofán Ó Briain, Kensa Broadhurst, Freya Smith, Emmet Taylor

Language: English

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org

Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode:

Celtic Students Blog

Contribute to the Blog

Proceedings of the Association of Celtic Students: Vols. VIII & IX

CARANTES

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This episode features one of the papers presented at the 2023 Celtic Students Conference in Glasgow. Rachel Martin (PhD student at Harvard University) discusses the use of Celtic Languages in video games, namely the Assassin’s Creed series of games created by Ubisoft. The paper reflects on the portrayal of ancient and modern Celtic languages in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the differences between the handling of Celtic languages and other languages in the game. Rachel is also one of the editors of the Celtic Students Blog and is an active member in the Association of Celtic Students. This episode is introduced by Stiofán Ó Briain, Podcast and Social Media Officer of the Association.

This episode was recorded in March 2023 at the Celtic Students Conference.

Host: Stiofán Ó Briain

Guests: Rachel Martin

Language: English

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org

Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode:

Celtic Students Blog

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla - Gunnar and Brigid’s Wedding

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