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Celtic Research Seminar
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Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser:
Professor David Willis (University of Oxford)
Talks:
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
Editors:
Katy Terry,
Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu
