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Name: Prof. David Willis
University of Oxford
Events this person is organising:
Thursday 23 January 2025
Message and audience in Irish bardic poetry: the case of the Mac Sweenys
Date: 23 January 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Prof. Brendan Kane (University of Connecticut)
Venue Details: Oxford (online only)
Organisers:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford),
Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 January 2025
The story of Islam in Wales: Findings from the Islam in Wales History Project
Date: 30 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed (Cardiff University)
Venue Details: Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) - via Zoom, and, for hybrid seminars, in person at the National Library of Wales
Organisers:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford),
Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 February 2025
"Dw i YN!" Constructing a case for contact-induced change in contemporary Welsh yn
Date: 6 February 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Laura Arman (Cardiff University)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Oxford (hybrid)
Organisers:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford),
Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 March 2025
In search of the nineteenth-century Gaelic Caribbean
Date: 6 March 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Oxford (hybrid)
Organisers:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford),
Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 March 2025
Celtic Research Seminar
Date: 13 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Kathryn Jones (Cardiff University)
Venue Details: Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) - via Zoom, and, for hybrid seminars, in person at the National Library of Wales
Organisers:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford),
Jenyth Evans (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 March 2025
Language dynamics in society: A new analytical framework for ethnolinguistic vitality
Date: 27 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (University of the Highlands and Islands)
Venue Details: Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) - via Zoom, and, for hybrid seminars, in person at the National Library of Wales
Organiser:
Prof. David Willis (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
