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🚨UPDATE! See below our new, even fuller schedule for CAMPS lectures this semester! All lectures will begin at 12pm on their respective Fridays. Specific details will be circulated before each lecture. Lunch will be provided afterwards, and everyone is very welcome!
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🚨 Announcing our second CAMPS event of the semester! Dr Chris Doyle will deliver a lecture entitled "Following the Swarm: Beekeeping and the Medieval Irish Community in the Bechbretha" Come along for a fascinating Friday afternoon! 🗓️21st Nov 🕒12pm Lunch to follow.
Poster announcing CAMPS lecture. Text reads: "Following the Swarm: Beekeeping and the medieval Irish community in the Bechbretha" by Chris Doyle. 21st November 2025, 12pm. Bridge Room, Hardiman Building. Lunch to follow and all welcome. Image displays three hand-drawn beehives surrounded by a swarm of bees. Right side of poster is patterned with an orange honeycomb of hexagons, with three images of bees.

ALT Poster announcing CAMPS lecture. Text reads: "Following the Swarm: Beekeeping and the medieval Irish community in the Bechbretha" by Chris Doyle. 21st November 2025, 12pm. Bridge Room, Hardiman Building. Lunch to follow and all welcome. Image displays three hand-drawn beehives surrounded by a swarm of bees. Right side of poster is patterned with an orange honeycomb of hexagons, with three images of bees.

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🔔Our first CAMPS event of the semester! Dr Diarmuid Johnson will deliver a talk entitled "Why the Cambro-Normans Invaded Ireland: The Novel as a Vehicule of Comprehension." Dr Johnson's latest novel, An Cláirseoir, has recently been awarded the prestigious Oireachtas Prize.
Poster for Lecture by Dr Diarmuid Johnson. Lecture Entitled "Why the Cambro-Normans Invaded Ireland: The Novel as a Vehicule of Comprehension." 12th November. 1pm Bridge Room, Hardiman Research Building Lunch to follow and all welcome!

ALT Poster for Lecture by Dr Diarmuid Johnson. Lecture Entitled "Why the Cambro-Normans Invaded Ireland: The Novel as a Vehicule of Comprehension." 12th November. 1pm Bridge Room, Hardiman Research Building Lunch to follow and all welcome!

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2. Many thanks to Chiara Corongiu and Luke McDermott for taking over from @CGSchweizer (yours truly) as Communications Officers. It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve in this role for the last two years. Great to know the role is in good hands. All the best!👋🙋🏼‍♂️
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We are very proud of a strong presence of Galway employees and alumni at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies, which was a fantastic event and marvellously organised by Elena Parina and her great team in Bonn on behalf of the Societas Celtologica Europaea: (1/7)
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@CGSchweizer, @Researchirel fellow in Classics, currently on placement at the Research Office, gave a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil (2/7)
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Dr Patrick McDonagh@pmcdonagh725 Jul 2025
Very excited to be giving the following public lecture during National Heritage Week on Thursday 21 August at the @NLIreland on the library's extraordinary collection of medieval deeds and charters nli.ie/exhibitions-events/st…
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Darcy Ireland@darcyireland7 May 2025
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPS_Galway), I am thrilled to announce our next event: ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome! (@UniofGalway)
The official promotional poster for ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. The poster features elements from the Cloisters Apocalypse (MS 68.174 (ca. 1330), fols. 3r (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471869) and 20v (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471869)).

ALT The official promotional poster for ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. The poster features elements from the Cloisters Apocalypse (MS 68.174 (ca. 1330), fols. 3r (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471869) and 20v (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471869)).

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Dr Ronan Mulhaire@RMulhaire2 May 2025
My new book ‘Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries’ is now available to pre-order online, by clicking the link below. Save 20% by using the code: 25SMA2 routledge.com/Irish-Kingship…

Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Approaches to the Study of Power

Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries examines the power of medieval Irish kings but treats ‘power’ as a complex concept worthy of study in its own right. It starts from the premise...

routledge.com
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Darcy Ireland@darcyireland23 Apr 2025
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPS_Galway), I am thrilled to announce our next event: Ian Wong, ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’, on Friday 25/04 12p in THB 1001. Lunch will be provided. All are welcome!
Official promotional poster for CAMPS Lab: Ian Wong, ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’. It features an image from a preserved copy of John Bourk’s ‘Almanack’ (1683).

ALT Official promotional poster for CAMPS Lab: Ian Wong, ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’. It features an image from a preserved copy of John Bourk’s ‘Almanack’ (1683).

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It’s a dream come true for me to have been interviewed about Irish scholars at the Carolingian court for @EarlyIrishPod 😊. I also had a fantastic time in Maynooth last week for the recording @Researchirel @CASSCSResearch
The Medieval Irish History Podcast@EarlyIrishPod11 Apr 2025
Have you ever wondered how a medieval scholar applied for grants (of horses)? This week Dr @CGSchweizer gives all the deets about the political and academic life of Dicuil and other Irish scholars at the Carolingian courts in our podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/3bL…
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Have you ever wondered how a medieval scholar applied for grants (of horses)? This week Dr @CGSchweizer gives all the deets about the political and academic life of Dicuil and other Irish scholars at the Carolingian courts in our podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/3bL…
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Here is a video of one of the highlights of yesterday’s CAMPS Lab: Jacopo Bisagni @IrCaBriTT is playing medieval bagpipes in a demonstration accompanying Simone Marcenaro’s paper ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’
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You are most welcome to our next lab: Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise) ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’, with live performances by Jacopo Bisagni @IrCaBriTT on medieval recorders and bagpipes! Friday, 7 March 12pm THB G010
A poster for the Research seminar, with a large image of a manuscript with musical annotation, text, and an illumination of a blue knight with a giolden helmet on his horse. (Paris, BnF, FR 844, f. 5R, source Gallica) ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’ Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise) with live performances by Dr Jacopo Bisagni - medieval recorders and bagpipes. Friday, 7 March 12pm Hardiman Research Building G010 Followed by the logos of the University of Galway and CAMPS (Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies)

ALT A poster for the Research seminar, with a large image of a manuscript with musical annotation, text, and an illumination of a blue knight with a giolden helmet on his horse. (Paris, BnF, FR 844, f. 5R, source Gallica) ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’ Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise) with live performances by Dr Jacopo Bisagni - medieval recorders and bagpipes. Friday, 7 March 12pm Hardiman Research Building G010 Followed by the logos of the University of Galway and CAMPS (Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies)

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We are pleased to announce our upcoming CAMPS Lab: Anthony Candon Women in the Irish Annals in the Early Middle Ages Friday 28 February 12 noon THB G011 @CASSCSResearch University of Galway
A poster for the talk, with a picture of Macuse, Strongbow and Aoife, National Gallery of Ireland. Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies Anthony Candon Women in the Irish Annals in the Early Middle Ages Friday 28 February 12 noon Hardiman Research Building G011 Lunch to follow, All welcome University of Galway

ALT A poster for the talk, with a picture of Macuse, Strongbow and Aoife, National Gallery of Ireland. Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies Anthony Candon Women in the Irish Annals in the Early Middle Ages Friday 28 February 12 noon Hardiman Research Building G011 Lunch to follow, All welcome University of Galway

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Christian Schweizer retweeted
Klaus Oschema@KOschema3 Jan 2025
Auch im neuen Jahr eine kleine Erinnerung an ein #Jobangebot: Am @dhiparis bieten wir aktuell eine Promotionsstelle an (max. 3 Jahre) - und man kann sich noch bis zum 6. Januar 2025 bewerben! 👇
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Dr Caitlin Ellis@meDIVAlist19 Dec 2024
Three **salaried** PhD positions available in History at the University of Oslo, projects should relate to one of these themes: Democracy / Knowledge / Rights / Migration. Anyone interested in working on something medieval with me is welcome to email me jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
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elena.parina@elena_parina20 Dec 2024
The Department of Celtic Studies (IAAK, Uni Bonn) will host the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies from 27th to 30th August 2025. The deadline is 28th February 2025. Our email is [email protected] We look forward to receiving your contributions!
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It is an incredible honour to receive the Johann Kaspar Zeuß Prize for my thesis on Dicuil’s De cursu solis lunaeque. Many thanks to @SocCeltEuropaea and to everyone who supported my work, incl. @Researchirel @TCDHistHum (esp. my supervisor Immo Warntjes) @TCDtheBook @mgh_tweets
elena.parina@elena_parina11 Dec 2024
Zeuss-Prizes of the @SocCeltEuropaea 2024 go to: Dr Christian Schweizer @CGSchweizer for his thesis ‘Dicuil’s De Cursu Solis Lunaeque [...] and Dr Erin McNulty for her article ‘[...] Language Revitalization and the Manx Verbal System’ (JCL 24, 2023). Congratulations! 🏆🥂🎉
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We are inviting you to a CAMPS Lab: This Friday, 29/11, at 12 noon THB G0.10 (in person only). Brian Walsh (County Museum, Dundalk) "Emphasising the story in history - the work of the curator". Free lunch. This is in addition to tomorrow's collaboration with the History Seminar
A poster with pictures from a museum exhibition, logos and information similar to the one in the message: Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies Brian Walsh (County Museum, Dundalk) Emphasising the story in history - the work of the curator 29 November 2024 | 12:00 p.m.Hardiman Research Building G010 Lunch To Follow, All Welcome

ALT A poster with pictures from a museum exhibition, logos and information similar to the one in the message: Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies Brian Walsh (County Museum, Dundalk) Emphasising the story in history - the work of the curator 29 November 2024 | 12:00 p.m.Hardiman Research Building G010 Lunch To Follow, All Welcome

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