Name: Professor David Willis
University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Monday 25 November 2024

Inaugural Lecture: What have the Britons ever done for us? The Welsh language and Linguistics
Date: 25 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Venue: Taylor Institution, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Main Lecture Hall
Organisers: Jesus College, Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 10 October 2024

Who’s to blame for Connla’s death? Changing causae occidendi from Aided Óenfir Aífe to Bàs Chonnlaoich
Date: 10 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Abigail Burnyeat (Sabhal Mòr Ostaig)
Venue Details: CAWCS (Y Drwm, National Library of Wales and online)
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 October 2024

Pre- and in-service teachers’ language attitudes towards Basque
Date: 24 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Mikel Gartziarena
Venue Details: CAWCS (Y Drwm, National Library of Wales and online)
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 October 2024

From Acallam na Senórach to Agallamh na Seanórach: Structuring narratives and recycling texts in (early) modern Ireland
Date: 31 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Nina Cnockaert-Guillou (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Memorial Room, Jesus College
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 November 2024

Psychology and the individual in medieval Ireland
Date: 7 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Elizabeth Boyle (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Venue Details: CAWCS (online)
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 14 November 2024

From Dánta Grá to Dante: Irish–Italian genealogies, 1350–1850
Date: 14 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Elisa Cozzi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Online and in person at Memorial Room, Jesus College
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 21 November 2024

“Desert wilds of India Africa”: Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Eisteddfod competitions and Empire, 1834–1853
Date: 21 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Marion Loeffler
Venue Details: CAWCS (online)
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 28 November 2024

Breton dialect variation: An opportunity to reflect on the emergence and formation of a language
Date: 28 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Tanguy Solliec
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Oxford (Memorial Room, Jesus College and online)
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

Bardic liberties: Bardism and slavery in the poetry of Iolo Morganwg
Date: 23 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Rhys Kaminski-Jones (CAWCS)
Venue Details: Oxford (hybrid) - Room 30.022 of the Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road. Please contact david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk if you need a link to join online
Organiser: Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

Language, Beliefs, and Belonging: Immigrant Students in Basque-Medium Education
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Jaione Diaz Mazquiaran (Alan R King Etxepare Chair 2025)
Venue Details: CAWCS (hybrid at the Drwm, National Library of Wales). Please contact a.elias@wales.ac.uk for the link.
Organiser: Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

London Puritan networks and the publication of the 1630 Welsh Bible
Date: 6 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue Details: Oxford (online) - Please contact david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk if you need a link to join online.
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Simon Rodway (Aberystwyth)
Venue Details: CAWCS (hybrid at CAWCS) - Please contact a.elias@wales.ac.uk for the link.
Organiser: Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

‘Turn and face the strange’: Analysing animal species present in medieval Irish narratives of transformation
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Roan Runge (Glasgow)
Venue Details: Oxford (hybrid) - Seminar Room 30.022 of the Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road.. Please contact david.willis@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk if you need a link to join online.
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

‘Dros Gymru’n Gwlad’: hanes sefydlu’r Blaid Genedlaethol
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Gwen Angharad Gruffudd, Arwel Vittle
Venue Details: CAWCS (hybrid at CAWCS) - The National Library of Wales or at CAWCS. Please contact a.elias@wales.ac.uk for the link.
Organiser: Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Lexical prescription in Breton: what does it involve and who is taking notice?
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue Details: Oxford (hybrid) - Seminar Room 30.022 of the Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road.
Organisers: Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford), Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA