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