We are looking forward to the 43rd Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium
October 11-13, 2024
Thursday, October 5, 2023
3:00-4:00 Fionn Folklore Database Launch. Natasha Sumner, Harvard University
Warren House 201, Kates Room
5:00-6:00 The 19th John V. Kelleher Lecture. Harvard Faculty Club
Helen Fulton, University of Bristol
Place and Emotion in Medieval Irish and Welsh Narrative
6:00-8:00 Reception. Harvard Faculty Club
Friday, October 6, 2023
8:30 Check-in, Greetings and Opening Remarks
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Thompson Room 110
HCC Senior Organizers Rachel Martin and Graham O'Toole
9:00-11:00 Session One. Chair: Lorena Alessandrini
Mícheál B. Ó Mainnín, Queen's University Belfast
Aspects of the Early Medieval Topography and Toponymy of Armagh City with Particular Reference to Trian Saxan
River Atwood Tabor, Maynooth University
Columba's Crane: An Exploration of Medieval Irish Ecological History
Geraint Evans, Swansea University
Creating a Welsh-language Historical Map of Swansea
Matthieu Boyd, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Animal Studies Meets Medieval Studies...Meets Celtic Studies
Break
11:15-12:45 Session Two. Chair: Sam Puopolo
Yves Coativy, University of Western Brittany
Medieval Breton Libraries (13th-15th Century)
Tudi Crequer, Rennes University
The First Commercial Discs of Breton Language in 1910
Myrzinn Boucher-Durand, Harvard University
The Fragments of Bignan, an Example of the Gwenedeg Dialect in Classical Middle Breton?
Lunch
2:00-3:30 Session Three. Chair: Graham O'Toole
Deborah Hayden, Maynooth University
Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World: An Introduction to the LEIGHEAS Project
Adrian Doyle, University of Galway and the Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Nitatsoír huili oc tintuúth abélru innalaill ɫ ocsaigid forsunu ɫ octabairt ruún essib: Questionable New Translations in the Universal Dependencies Treebank of the St. Gall Glosses, and Why They Don’t Matter
Elisa Roma and Chiara Zanchi, Università di Pavia
Old Irish in the PaVeDa Database
Break
3:45-4:45 Keynote Lecture. Chair: Joseph F. Nagy
Gregory Darwin, Uppsala University
How to Train your Näcken: Death, Dismemberment, and the Dissemination of Some Maritime Fabulates
Dinner
For restaurant options, you might check:
https://www.harvardsquare.com/
Reception and Céilí
6:30-8:30 Music and dancing, Thompson Room and Barker Cafe
Saturday, October 7, 2023
9:00-10:30 Session Four. Chair: Dylan Cooper
Joe Eska, Virginia Tech University
Celtic in Greek Characters and Implications for Phonology
Dolores Fors, Uppsala University
The Irish English Progressive: Investigating Early Hiberno-English Texts
Anabelle Caso and Oisín Ó Muirthile, Harvard University
Secondary Predication in Irish
Break
10:45-12:15 Popular Media Roundtable. Chair: Rachel Martin
Rick Riordan, Author, Percy Jackson series and other works
Jerry Hunter, Professor of Celtic Studies, Bangor University, and author of numerous Welsh-language novels
Hugo Sahuquet, Narrative Director of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and Wrath of the Druids DLC at Ubisoft
Lunch
1:30-3:00 Session Five. Chair: Colin Brady
Benedetta D’Antuono, Maynooth University
The Gaelicisation of Two Medieval Irish Romances: Beathadh Sir Gui o Bharbhuic and Bethadh Bibuis o Hamtuir
Philip Mac a' Ghoill, Maynooth University
Beannacht duit, beannacht d’fhearaibh th’oileamhna: Insights from the Elegy for Dáibhíth Óg de Barra (†c.1605)
Margo Griffin-Wilson, University of Cambridge
Crafting a Drinking-cup: The Verbal Artistry of Cuach ríogh Connacht Cuanna Séad
Break
3:15-4:45 Session Six. Chair: Rory Yarter
Dylan Bailey, Maynooth University
‘His honour would remain forever…’ – A Reassessment of the Relationship between Royalty and Physical Impairment in Medieval Irish Society
Mairéad Finnegan, Maynooth University
Dress, Clothing and Accessory in Late Medieval Ireland c. 1100 – c. 1550
Madison Bailey, Independent Scholar
An Analysis of the Áes Dana and their Status in Early Irish Law
Break
5:00-6:00 Session Seven. Chair: Dolan Gallagher
Máire McCafferty, University College Dublin
Dialects, Demographics and Development: The Irish Language Summer College in Ulster, 1905-1930
Aoife Whelan, University College Dublin
‘Progress … in the Old World and the New’: The Preservation Society’s Transnational Revival Efforts Post-1900
Conference Dinner
6:30 The Maharaja Restaurant, 57 JFK Street, Cambridge.
Please sign-up and pay for dinner (cash or check) during Conference Check-in.
Sunday, October 8, 2023
9:00-10:30 Session Eight. Chair: Jo Wolf
Tim Swales, Independent Scholar
How to Swear in Manx: Curses from the Ecclesiastic Court Records in the 18th Century
Lorena Alessandrini, Harvard University
Songs from Drowning Women: A Comparative Analysis of “A’ Bhean Eudach”/“A Bhean Ud Thall,” a Gaelic Variant of “The Twa Sisters” (Child 10)
Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, Cambridge College
Beyond Poetry: Viewing Clanship through Highland Letters and Family Papers
Break
10:45-12:15 Session Nine. Chair: Myrzinn Boucher-Durand
Sarah Zeiser, Independent Scholar
A Storm, a Harvest, and a Mischief of Mice: Locating the Context for a Poem by ‘Ricmarchus’
Tristan Gutbezahl, Johns Hopkins University
The Sword in the Mere: The Case for Brittonic Influence in Beowulf
Shannon Rose Parker, Harvard University
A Tumultuous Noise: Music in the Mabinogi
Lunch
(Provided in Thompson Room)
1:00-2:30 Session Ten. Chair: Nicholas Thyr
Natalia Schwien, Harvard University
Betwixt Earth and Heavens: The Theological Inspiration for Robert Kirk's The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies in the Works of Origen of Alexandria
Dustin Ashley, Emmanuel Christian Seminary
From Eriugena to Duns Scotus: The Development of Medieval Gaelic Theology
Jesse Harrington, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Brittonic and Gaelic Hagiography in the Latin "Lives" of St. Lorcán Ua Tuathail
Closing Remarks
HCC Senior and Junior Organizers
Dylan Cooper
Rachel Martin
Graham O'Toole
Sam Puopolo