On Saturday, September 27, Jacopo Bisagni will give a live demonstration and public talk on weapons and combat in the Late Middle Ages. Tickets available through eventbrite: tinyurl.com/mtex6mk9 @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

It was a tremendous honour to give a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies in Bonn last Wednesday. I can’t thank @elenaparina.bsky.social and her team enough for the invitation, welcome, and the perfect organisation of the conference!

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 @elenaparina.bsky.social and her great team in Bonn on behalf of the Societas Celtologica Europaea: (1/7)

The Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies starts tomorrow! So much looking forward to welcome all the wonderful scholars @cgschweizer.bsky.social @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @ninacnock.bsky.social @metamedievalist.bsky.social @medievalireland.bsky.social and a lot of others!

My review of Patrick Gleeson's tremendous book 'Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150' (IrishTimes 23/08/25). Very hard to do it proper justice in 800 words, but already it has led me to redesign my medieval Irish lecture modules @historyatgalway.bsky.social #medievalireland.

Michael Clarke & Peter Kelly have a new article in the American Journal of Philology on the meaning of the adjective λειριόεις ('lilied'), which is first attested in the Iliad and Hesiod's Theogony. @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

Research Assistant - School of English, Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway full-time, two-year position as a Research Assistant with Professor Marie-Louse Coolahan universityvacancies.com/university-g...

We're Hiring! The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto invite applications for a full-time, tenure-stream position in Late Antiquity. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/were-hi...

✒️🗡 Thank you, @imc-leeds.bsky.social! See you again next year! ✨️🎉 #REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory #Printing

‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️ We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚 #REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory [See images for details & how to apply.]

Edward Herring has a new article on Greek-indigenous relations in southeast Italy, spanning from the foundation of Tarentum to the Roman conquest in 272 BC. The article appears in the newly released collection 'The World of the Western Greeks' (ed. Kathryn Lomas, @routledgehistory.bsky.social)

Secondly, in Session 1020, we have myself elucidating one manuscript of the ‘Irish Reference Bible’ in “‘Today, you will be with me in paradise’: Notes on Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 447 (376) and the Textual Transmission of ‘Pauca problesmata’”. (@IMC-Leeds.bsky.social) #IMC2025

First, in Session 1020 (Programme page 252), we have my own colleague Christian Schweizer (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social) discussing ‘Dicuil’s Grammatical Texts’. (@IMC-Leeds.bsky.social) #IMC2025

Congratulations to Dr Ciaran Arthur, who has been awarded funding from @researchireland.ie's Pathway Programme to re-examine interpretations of obscure texts in British and Irish communities during the medieval period. For more on his project, Connect 4, see www.universityofgalway.ie/classics/res...

Jacopo Bisagni's new article on the Sun’s night journey and its cosmic battle with a tide-making sea monster (sometimes called Leviathan) has just been published in JML. This narrative is found in De cursu solis in nocte, a text which Jacopo discovered in the ninth-century manuscript Laon MS 422.

A fantastic opportunity to do a fully funded PhD at CAMPS and with @galwayclassics.bsky.social on linguistic obscurity in medieval texts!

New, fully funded PhD studentship in the Department of Classics at the University of Galway is now available

The much anticipated, incredible, 'Words on the Wave' exhibition opens in @nmireland.bsky.social today! FREE TO ALL. Can't make it? Listen to Matt Seaver & Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain on what makes it so special & about Irish connections w/Switzerland going back 1,400 years. open.spotify.com/episode/3o3x...

Accompanying the monograph is a beautiful new teaching aid, a facsimile of Laon, B.M., MS 422 by Incipit Facsimiles, which will be used by Classics Galway to teach medieval science, palaeography, and manuscript studies #MedievalStudies #Manuscripts #MedievalSky @campsgalway.bsky.social

Congratulations to Jacopo Bisagni and Paula Harrison on the release of their new monograph on Laon, B.M., MS 422 written in collaboration with Isabelle Draelants @cnrs.fr. This comprehensive study focusses on the scientific, cosmological, and computational content of this manuscript from ca 815.

Any #medievalsky members heading to the Leeds International Medieval Congress take care about emails from Global Travel Experts ([email protected]) asking you to 'confirm your booking.' Seems to be an elaborate scam & has targeted other international conferences: www.faops2024.org/gnuboard/bbs...

Extended deadline: 6 June 2025 PhD studentship The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth). www.dias.ie/applications... @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW428/r...

JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social

FOLÚNTAS | VACANCY Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin O'Donovan Scholarship #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...

📢 Clear your calendars! 🗓 On June 16th I'm hosting a day of talks on the Irish manuscripts in St Gall! The stellar line-up includes special guests from the Stiftsbibliothek. Tickets are free! Reserve here 👉 stgallmanuscripts.eventbrite.ie @historytcd.bsky.social @researchireland.ie #medievalsky

The full ad can be found here. PhD fellowships in Norway are 3-year fully paid positions with a decent salary and also funds for travel, etc.

We are very proud of our MA in Medieval and Antiquity students, who presented their fascinating research projects at our symposium

We are looking forward our MA research symposium and book launch (and lunch😉), on tomorrow at noon!

On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), 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.bsky.social)

Double whammy — get to study in both @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social and @scs-dias.bsky.social as part of a presitigious @researchireland.bsky.social pathway project! Email [email protected] for further details.

PhD studentship available ‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’. To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University). Deadline: 23 May 2025 Deis mhaith do laidneoirí! #DIASdiscovers @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social

Jacopo Bisagni recently presented his research on the earliest known Western fencing manual at the 'En Garde: La scherma nella storia' event in the Museo Civico Etnografico, La Spezia 🇮🇹.🗡️📜 #HistoricalFencing #ManuscriptStudies #MedievalSky

Learning about the development of the calendar and the role of the almanac in early modern Ireland through the latest CAMPS Lab (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social): Ian Wong (@ianleewong.bsky.social), ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’!

www.rte.ie/news/ireland... @galwayclassics.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #romanbritain

On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: Ian Wong (@ianleewong.bsky.social), ‘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!

Since I had trouble finding any "brief introduction to XML and TEI" that was either brief or genuinely introductory, I decided to write one myself: www.pmoran.ie/posts/guide-...

Foilseachán nua | New publication Gordon Ó Riain On the Faults of Poetry: An Edition of Irish Grammatical Tracts V

Tomorrow in La Spezia 🇮🇹: Jacopo Bisagni will speak at a Fencing in History event in the Museo Civico Etnografico. His talk explores violence and its rules in the Middle Ages with a focus on the earliest Western fencing manual! ⚔️ #MedievalStudies #MedievalSky #FencingHistory @campsgalway.bsky.social

Listen to our very own Communications Officer trying to communicate his thoughts on Irish scholars at the court of Charlemagne in this podcast episode:

@campsgalway.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social #medieval

This week on the pod we are joined by @cgschweizer.bsky.social who is conducting some brilliant @researchireland.bsky.social funded research in @galwayclassics.bsky.social on Irish scholar Dicuil & the craic had at the Carolingian Court in Aachen, early 9th century. open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL...

Folúntas - Vacancy Comhaltacht Uí Aimhirgín - Bergin Fellowship Comhaltacht 5 bliana í seo do thaighdeoir i dtús a réime This is a 5-year fellowship for an early-career researcher. Tuilleadh eolais - Details: www.dias.ie/bergin-fello... #DIASdiscovers

It’s a dream come true for me to talk about Irish scholars at the Carolingian court in @niamhwycherley.bsky.social's Medieval Irish History Podcast😊. open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL... Also had a fantastic time in Maynooth for the recording @researchireland.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a... #medieval @campsgalway.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social

On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), we are thrilled to host Jasmim Drigo (@JasmimDrigo.bsky.social) in her event today, ‘Lost in Transcription? The [IPA] for Language Learning and Research: A CAMPS Workshop’!

Never found anything like this on the Roman excavations I worked on back in the day...amazing find @campsgalway.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social #romanempire @historyatgalway.bsky.social

CFP! Deadline April 25th. The PhD researchers in the Dept of Early Irish are organising a conference (Nov. 7th, Maynooth) for postgraduates in any area related to 'Celtic Studies' to provide them with an opportunity to present their research in a lively, welcoming and academically robust setting!

Delighted to share that Ancient Classics at the University of Galway is now ranked among the top 51-150 universities worldwide for Classics and Ancient History in the QS World University Rankings 2025! 🎉📜 #Classics #AncientHistory @campsgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Had lovely experience talking to the Westport Beekeepers Association about medieval Irish bee laws 🐝. Surf in morning at Louisburgh...hopefully🤞 🏄‍♂️ @historyatgalway.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #medievalireland @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social

Post fógraithe do Léachtóir le Gaeilge (An Léann Ceilteach), lánaimseartha, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Tuilleadh eolais: féach www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ agus "Academic Vacancies". [Job for Lecturer in Irish (Celtic Studies) at the University of Galway.]