In this episode, Nina Cnockaert-Guillou speaks to Dr Nike Stam and Dr Aaron Griffith, two of the organisers of the upcoming XVIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies in Utrecht in 2023. They first talk about the history of Celtic Studies in Utrecht, and the ways one can study Celtic languages there, before discussing the organisation of the Congress (to be held 24–28 July 2023). Aaron and Nike explain how exciting this event is, and strongly encourage students (and other academics and researchers) to come to the Congress and submit abstracts for it (the deadline of the Call for Papers is 1st September 2022, more information here: https://celticstudiescongress.sites.uu.nl/call-for-papers/).

This episode was recorded in June 2022.

Host: Nina Cnockaert-Guillou

Guests: Nike Stam and Aaron Griffith

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 and organisations mentioned in the episode:

VLQ 7 OA online

ICCS Website

BA Programme Celtic at UU

RMA Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies

Various Tracks within the RMA

Van Hamel Foundation for Celtic Studies

Website Celtic (Dutch)

Twitter:

@CelticUU

@ICCS23

@vanhamelst

@vhcodecs