Past DIAS O’Donovan Scholar, Dr Nike Stam opened this years Samhain agus Science festival, describing the challenges of bringing Celtic Studies to new audiences.

Interviewed by Prof. Barry Lewis, Nike goes through the intricacies of podcasting Celtic Studies.

Nike is currently Veni Postdoc at Utrecht University. Previously Nike completed both her BA in Celtic Studies and her RMA in Medieval Studies at Utrecht University. In 2012, she embarked on her PhD project ‘Language choice as part of intellectual culture’ at the same university. In this project, she analysed instances of Irish-Latin code-switching in the commentary to the Félire Óengusso (Bodleian, Rawlinson B505). She was awarded her doctorate with distinction in 2017, while also lecturing in the undergraduate program of Celtic Studies. In September 2018, she joined the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies as a post-doctoral scholar.

Profile page: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/NStam/and Twitter account @naoicea

A Typology of Code-switching in the Commentary to the Félire Óengusso. LOT Publications. 2017. (https://www.lotpublications.nl/a-typology-of-code-switching-in-the-commentary-to-the-f%c3%a9lire-%c3%b3engusso)

‘Strategy of Accident: Code-switching in the Commentary to the Félire Óengusso’. Conference proceedings of ‘Code-Switching in Medieval Ireland and England’ in: Münchener Forschungen zur historischen Sprachwissenschaft 18, Hempen Verlag. 71–94. 2018.

With Tom ter Horst:

‘Meertalige middeleeuwen: taalwisselingen in de marges’. Madoc 29/3, 139–147. 2015.

Stam, Nike. “Between Innovation and Tradition: Code-Switching in the Transmission of the Commentary to the Félire Óengusso.” Medieval Worlds, vol. 14, 2021, pp. 120–46, doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no13_2021s120.

Episode 7. Jacopo Bisagni and Teresa Lynn - Celebrating Multilingualism!

Jacopo Bisagni Profile

Professor Barry Lewis Profile

Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines, available in the DIAS bookshop

SCS Journal Celtica, edited by Barry Lewis and Ruairí Ó hUiginn

ASNAC Department in Cambridge

Celtic Students at the University of Aberystwyth

Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies

On the Book of Lismore

4. Ní hAnsae: Chantal Kobel

Education:

PhD - Kobel, Chantal, “A critical editon of Aided Chonchobair ‘The violent death of Conchobar’: with translation, textual notes and bibliography”, PhD thesis: Trinity College Dublin, Department of Irish and Celtic Studies, 2015.

Talk on Book of Ballycumin – ‘“A Few Trifling Exceptions”: Ignored Texts in RIA MS 23 N 10’, given at “A little remnant of the work of the ancients" 23 N 10: the Book of Ballycummin”, 8th April 2019

Catalogue - ‘A descriptive catalogue of TCD MS H 3. 18 (1337), vols 2-4, pp. 1-87: “Máel Íosa's Book”’, Celtica 32 (2020), 187-215.

Manuscript References

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (Book of Ballycummin) – on ISOS.

Other References:

Corthals, Johan [ed.], “The retoiric in Aided Chonchobuir”, Ériu 40 (1989): 41–59.

Inspiration outside of Academia:

Antoni Tàpies: https://fundaciotapies.org/en/biography/ (biography) https://fundaciotapies.org/en/blog/lobjecte/ (objects)

Bechbretha ‘Bee Judgements’

DIAS Websites:

Irish Script on Screen, run by Anne Marie O’Brien: www.isos.dias.ie

Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature (BILL) run by Alexandre Guilarte: https://bill.celt.dias.ie/

Podcast 3: Anne Marie O’Brien

Of course, ISOS is the most important reference for this podcast! Go and have a look at: www.isos.dias.ie

Anne Marie’s favourite manuscripts are:

1. Stowe Missal, RIA MS D ii 3; shrine in National Museum of Ireland, nr. 8: https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/museums/archaeology/visitor-information/top-10-things-to-see
2. Lebor na hUidre, RIA MS 23 E 25
3. NLS Adv. MS 72.1.2
4. The Farmleigh collection was recently donated to Marsh’s Library by the Guinness family. Although owned by Marsh's Library, it will continue to be held at Farmleigh and will remain in the care of the Office of Public Works. It can now be accessed on ISOS through Marsh's Library "Irish Primer" https://www.isos.dias.ie/libraries/MARSH/Irish_Primer/english/index.html

ISOS in the media:

1. December 1999 “Ancient Manuscripts to go online”
2. 2019 “Manuscripts of 17th-century Irish exiles will live on digitally”

Digital Manuscripts at Oxford University: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

Shout out as well to Andrew McCarthy who is our one-man-IT-miracle!

School of Celtic Studies (SCS) Research Podcast - Ní hansae.

Ní hansae is Old Irish for ‘not difficult’, which is precisely what you will think after having heard the researchers explaining their research in their own words on this podcast.

In each episode, O’Donovan Scholar Nike Stam will throw questions in Old Irish at her coworkers, but not to worry, they will answer in English!

Jingle produced by Silvan van der Zwaag of Studio Galassasa; the Irish fragment of Annie Uí Annluain is taken from the DIAS Glór recordings, with thanks to Dr Andrea Palandri. Logo designed by Tim Leech-Cleary.

Production team: Christina Cleary, Margaret Irons, Nike Stam.

With thanks the Director of the School of Celtic Studies for his support and to all the interviewees for taking part.

Our next guest is Mícheál Hoyne, Bergin Fellow at the School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.

References from the podcast:

Books on Bardic Poetry published by the School of Celtic Studies:

Damian McManus’ publication on Dogs in Bardic Poetry, ‘Celebrating the Canine I & II’:

Our very first guest is Christina Cleary, O'Donovan Scholar at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.

You can find her on Twitter @cclearych

References from the podcast:

Aislinge Óenguso ('The Dream of Óengus'; prose): Meid, Wolfgang, Die Suche nach der Traumfrau. Aislinge Óenguso: Oengus’ Traum. Eine altirische Sage, Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft, Neue Folge 14, Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, 2017.