Celtic Students Podcast

The (Re)Creating Stories Conference with Dr. Nina Cnockaert-Gillou

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/⁠ [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

Léamh: Learn Early Modern Irish

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.

Possan Ronsee Gaelgagh - Manx Language Research Group

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/ [https://corpus.gaelg.im/] - The Manx Corpus Project Homepage https://ycg.im/ [https://ycg.im/] - The website of Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh (The Manx Language Society) https://twitter.com/PossanRonsee [https://twitter.com/PossanRonsee] - The Manx Language Research Group on Twitter https://www.learnmanx.com/aboutus/manx-language-network/ [https://www.learnmanx.com/aboutus/manx-language-network/] - Information on Jeebin, the Manx Language Network

Endangered Languages Project (ELP)

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 [https://linktr.ee/celticstudentsconference]. 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 [https://celticstudents.blogspot.com/p/conference.html] 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/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/]), available from freemusicarchive.org [https://freemusicarchive.org/] Links to learn more about ELP’s work and get involved: * The ELP website: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/ [https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/] * The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat): https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/about_catalogue/ [https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/about_catalogue/] * ELP Documentation Training Webinars 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHr320WvrI&list=PLPTs2Q1q0azUc310bSmZvUVpFYlOByZQp [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHr320WvrI&list=PLPTs2Q1q0azUc310bSmZvUVpFYlOByZQp] * ELP Revitalization Training Webinars ‘Ready to Revitalize’ 2024: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/blog/ [https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/blog/] * ELP Language Revitalization Directory Survey: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/0ddaba71?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3iO3TACLZalaov-dIMKJlBAmLDS-tz5UcUR-UosuH2bssfwM8OvIb5sCM_aem_Ae8QUKp3-UMUKKuuqteSvBAF4oiofvHeraPSHDGzE8IBYhYY46dZQxyxe8UlYF9fExcADFO-_MtTbPAEq-q3-MXE [https://www.surveyhero.com/c/0ddaba71?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3iO3TACLZalaov-dIMKJlBAmLDS-tz5UcUR-UosuH2bssfwM8OvIb5sCM_aem_Ae8QUKp3-UMUKKuuqteSvBAF4oiofvHeraPSHDGzE8IBYhYY46dZQxyxe8UlYF9fExcADFO-_MtTbPAEq-q3-MXE] * ELP Volunteer Interest Form: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/61e27109?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2MCrUOTXp5GDlIi14--hW3CwCWxVQcw5Yzj-dBKDqhTUWjsABd7S7qHvM_aem_Ae-Ufsyc4cuy1WDXIrATBjcQH339bye4Gy87oq9tlfXfrPEPtw6Dzfok2GNC6UaiV59mwgR6-cVn_vGgFC8rWsln [https://www.surveyhero.com/c/61e27109?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2MCrUOTXp5GDlIi14--hW3CwCWxVQcw5Yzj-dBKDqhTUWjsABd7S7qHvM_aem_Ae-Ufsyc4cuy1WDXIrATBjcQH339bye4Gy87oq9tlfXfrPEPtw6Dzfok2GNC6UaiV59mwgR6-cVn_vGgFC8rWsln] * ELP Language Revitalization Mentors Program: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/mentors/ [https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/mentors/] * ELP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredLanguagesProject [https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredLanguagesProject] * ELP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endangeredlanguagesproject/ [https://www.instagram.com/endangeredlanguagesproject/] * ELP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ELProject [https://twitter.com/_ELProject] * ELP on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endangered-languages-project [https://www.linkedin.com/company/endangered-languages-project]

Queerness, medieval Irish literature and Celtic Studies

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 [https://linktr.ee/celticstudentsconference]. 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/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/]), available from freemusicarchive.org [https://freemusicarchive.org/] Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode: * Bad Gays (podcast and recent book by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller; https://badgayspod.com [https://badgayspod.com]) * Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity – Jose Esteban Miñoz (2009) * Emmet Taylor’s blog post: ‘Pride Month: Medieval Ireland’ (Celtic Students blog: https://celticstudents.blogspot.com/2021/06/pride-month-medieval-ireland.html [https://celticstudents.blogspot.com/2021/06/pride-month-medieval-ireland.html]) * Stiofán Ó Briain and Eoin McEvoy, ‘LADTA+ na Gaeilge’ (Celtic Students Podcast, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/celticstudents/episodes/LADTA-na-Gaeilge-eht2jd [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/celticstudents/episodes/LADTA-na-Gaeilge-eht2jd]) * Roan’s PhD thesis (currently under embargo; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.106567 [https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.106567]) * ‘species capacities’ is from Hayward, Eva, ‘Spider city sex’, Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 20.3 (2010), 225–51, at p. 234. * Tom Peete Cross, Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature (Bloomington, IN, 1952; repr. 1969); see also the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) * Poem on ‘Fintan and the Hawk of Achill’, ed. and trans. Roan Runge (https://www.ambf.co.uk/fintan [https://www.ambf.co.uk/fintan]) * Aided Echach mac Maireda (open access translation: Standish Hayes OʼGrady, Silva Gadelica vol. 2 (1892), pp. 265–9 https://archive.org/details/silvagadelicaix00gragoog/page/264/mode/2up [https://archive.org/details/silvagadelicaix00gragoog/page/264/mode/2up]) (recent translation: Ranke de Vries, Two texts on Loch nEchach: De causis torchi Corc' Óche and Aided Echach maic Maireda, Irish Texts Society 65 (2012)) * ICCS Utrecht (https://celticstudiescongress.sites.uu.nl [https://celticstudiescongress.sites.uu.nl]) * One from the Vaults (podcast, https://soundcloud.com/onefromthevaultspodcast [https://soundcloud.com/onefromthevaultspodcast]) * Story of the Abbot of Drimnagh (translation: Tadhg Ó Siocháin, The case of the abbot of Drimnagh: a medieval Irish story of sex-change, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures 2 (2017); reviewed by Roan in Celtica 32 (2020), pp. 274–9) * Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt (eds.), Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography (2021) * Medieval Feminist Forum (2019), issue 55 vol. 1, ‘Visions of Medieval Trans Feminism’ * Susan Stryker, ‘My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage’, GLQ (1994), vol. 1, nb. 3, pp. 237–254. * Sandy Stone, ‘The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto’ (1987). First published: Kristina Straub and Julia Epstein (eds.), Body Guards: The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity (1991). * Sarah Sheehan and Ann Dooley (eds.), Constructing gender in medieval Ireland (2013) * Phillip Bernhardt-House, ‘The motif of sex metamorphosis in insular Celtic literatures and folklore’, Béascna 3 (2006), pp. 54–64. * Phillip Bernhardt-House, ‘The werewolf as queer, the queer as werewolf, and queer werewolves’, in: Noreen Giffney and Myra Herd (eds), Queering the non-human (2008), pp. 159–183.