🚨 Schedule, abstracts & registration for the @celticstudents.bsky.social annual conference in Trinity College Dublin this year. 🔗 linktr.ee/celticstuden...

Attention 2026 conference speakers! You should have an e-mail asking to confirm your personal info, presentation title, etc. Didn't see an e-mail? Check your spam—and if it isn't there, please reach out to [email protected] ASAP. Go raibh míle maith agat!!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Registration for the 2026 Celtic Students Conference is now live. This includes our conference dinner. Attendance at the dinner is limited to the first 40—so register ASAP! www.eventbrite.com/e/celtic-stu...

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Today’s the final day to submit your abstracts!

Reminder: The deadline for our CFP is coming up on the 12th of December! Papers on any aspect of Celtic Studies in English or any Celtic language are welcome from current students and recent graduates. More information and the submission forms can be found here: linktr.ee/celticstuden...

New Blogpost! In this blog post, Marieke Rotman shares how the platform CODECS is the perfect resource for Celtic students. She shows some of its basic (and very cool) features and how it can help you in your research and studies! celticstudents.blogspot.com/2025/10/code...

The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN! We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.

A quick update: Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September. Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...

New blogpost! What Happens to ‘Potential’ New Welsh Speakers? “I want you to imagine something. You're sixteen years old and you've just finished your compulsory education having spent all of your school life learning Welsh. celticstudents.blogspot.com/2025/08/what...

Thank you for a fantastic conference at Aberystwyth University. We’re pleased to invite conference participants to submit written versions of their papers for consideration in the 2025 volume of conference proceedings—in English, or any of the Celtic languages.

Diolch yn fawr | Go raibh maith agaibh | Trugarez vras | Tapadh leibh | Meur ras | Gure mie eu! Thank you to everyone who attended and presented at our 2025 Conference in Prifysgol Aberystwyth. A special thanks and congratulations our conference chair, Gruff Davies, who lead such a wonderful event.

What an incredible time at this year's @celticstudents.bsky.social conference! Looking forward to seeing it come to Trinity next year. In the mean time, enjoy these photos from Aberystwyth, including an amazing sea view and an incredible gig from Welsh and Breton bands Sachasky and Plouz and Foen!

First academic conference done - two more to go 😬😬 Had a blast at #CelticStudentsConference2025 in #Aberystwyth. Really cool talks in #Cymraeg, #Gàidhlig, #Gaeilge and #Brezhoneg (and English, obvs). Better pull my finger out before #Dublin next year... 🍷🇮🇪 Diolch @celticstudents.bsky.social !

Back from another wonderful @celticstudents.bsky.social conference! As ever in awe of the wonderful people who put in so much work to make sure it runs smoothly. Lovely to see friends old and new, pick up ideas and projects, and visit Aber! It’s a hard life being an academic but someone’s got to…

Lá iontach inniu ag #CelticStudentsConference2025 in Aberystwyth. @celticstudents.bsky.social Join us tonight for a joint Breton-Welsh gig in Y Cwps! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Prof. Meredid Hopwood starting the @celticstudents.bsky.social conference with an inspired keynote lecture about: what is language? ✨ @aberuni.bsky.social

Excited for the @celticstudents.bsky.social conference tomorrow. Not excited about getting up at 5 am local time. 😅 #attendingremotely

Looking forward to hearing from all the amazing speakers at @celticstudents.bsky.social conference in Aberystwyth!

Reminder: bring your devices to use simultaneous interpretation during the #celticstudentsconference2025!

It's conference week! 🎉 We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to Aberystwyth, whether that is in-person or virtually.

GET INVOLVED! We will elect a new committee at the AGM at the end of the conference. This election is very important, as without students volunteering their time, the Association and the Celtic Students Conference would not exist. We really appreciate any contribution!

Anyone coming to #CelticStudentsConference2025 this week fancy seeing this at Y Cŵps/The Coopers Arms? Thursday 12th June 19.30 (£5/£4) @celticstudents.bsky.social #CelticStudies #Aberystwyth #Cymraeg #Breizh #Welsh #Breton #Celtic

🗣 Here is a word from our chair Stiofán Ó Briain! The week of the conference is here, and Stiofán will tell you everything you need to know! 👇 ✉️ If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to let us know at [email protected] or visit linktr.ee/celticstudents

The second keynote speaker of the #Celticstudentsconference2025 is Ann Parry Owen (CAWCS Prifysgol Cymru)! She will deliver the keynote lecture ‘Make Britain Great Again! Gruffudd ap Maredudd’s Plea to Owain Lawgoch ‘Yvain de Galles’ (c. 1372)’.

Simultaneous interpretation will be available at our conference for all Celtic-language papers. Make sure to bring headphones and a phone/laptop with you to Aberystwyth to access the interpretation. Learn how interpretation on Zoom works here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 Tar ag obair linn! We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff to provide core teaching to the programme of Irish Cultural Heritage (0.75 FTE) and the Department of Early Irish (0.25 FTE). ☘️ Deadline: 18.06.2025 Gach eolas | All information: buff.ly/TYhcuXi

With support from the Irish Government's Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, we are pleased to announce a PhD Scholarship on the Irish Language to start in October 2025. cardiff.ac.uk/welsh/course... Application form: [email protected] Closing date: 28 June 2025

Gyda chefnogaeth Adran Datblygu Gwledig a Chymunedol a'r Gaeltacht Llywodraeth Iwerddon, rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi Ysgoloriaeth PhD yn yr Iaith Wyddeleg i ddechrau ym mis Hydref 2025. Manylion llawn: cardiff.ac.uk/cy/welsh/cou... Ffurflen gais: [email protected] Dyddiad cau: 28 Mehefin 2025

Don't forget to register for our upcoming #Celticstudentsconference2025 ! Register now from this link: linktr.ee/celticstudents

The first keynote speaker of the #Celticstudentsconference2025 is Mererid Hopwood (Aberystwyth University)! She will deliver the keynote lecture Dychmygu Iaith: ‘merch perygl’ neu ‘cwch bach’ (Language Imagined: ‘the daughter of danger’ or a ‘little boat’). In this lecture,

Más mac léinn thú sa Ghaeilge nó sa Léann Ceilteach, molaim go mór duit páirt a ghlacadh sa Chumann. Tar chugam le haon cheisteanna! If you're a Celtic Studies or Irish-language student, I really recommend you get involved in the Association. Feel free to ask me any questions!

🖊 Don’t forget to complete your registration for the Celtic Students Conference 2025 at the following link: www.eventbrite.com/.../celtic-s.... We encourage you to buy your tickets as soon as possible so that plans can be made in good time for the total number of attendees.

GET INVOLVED! We will elect a new committee at the #celticstudentsconference2025 in Aberystwyth and online. This election is very important, as without students volunteering their time, the Association and the Celtic Students Conference would not exist!

Check out how to get to Aberystwyth for our upcoming conference ✈️🚃🚢 Go to linktr.ee/celticstudents to register and view our Conference Schedule. 🔗

Our Celtic Students Conference 2025 is just around the corner! Go to linktr.ee/celticstudents to register and view our Conference Schedule. 🔗 We look forward to seeing you all online and in Aberystwyth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

‼️Reminder‼️ This is a reminder to all speakers at the upcoming Celtic Students Conference 2025 to check their spam folder of their email. Important information has been sent to you via email, and if it seems that you have not received it, it could be in your spam.

Ag comhdháil (Re)Creating Stories in @scs-dias.bsky.social inniu, ag foghlaim faoi leaganacha Nua-Ghaeilge de théacsanna Luath- agus Meán-Ghaeilge. Connadh machnaimh romhainn inniu.

☀️ The (Re)Creating Stories Conference is happening tomorrow! Táimid ag súil go mór leis! Clár 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...

‼️New blog post‼️ How do you balance language learning with working on research? Rebecca Madlener wrote about her experience of doing her PhD through the medium of Gaelic, while also learning the language!

Our 2025 Celtic Students Conference is fast approaching! 12-14 June in @aberuni.bsky.social. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Go to linktr.ee/celticstudents to register and view our Conference Schedule. 🔗 We look forward to seeing you all online and in Aberystwyth!

Did you know we have a Newsletter? ✉️ Receive regular updates on all we do in the Association of Celtic Students: annual conference, proceedings, blog, podcast, events and more! 🧑‍🎓 Subscribe: https://buff.ly/4h84D5U 🔗

Agallamh iontach a rinne @sorchapollak.bsky.social le Lorcan Sirr agus Adhna Ní Bhraonáin faoin ngéarchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Wonderful interview about the housing crisis in the Gaeltacht and how it is impacting the Irish language. Give it a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/6V7M...

#CfP extended! Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out"). Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to [email protected] by 18 May 2025.

Síneadh ar an #CfP! Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar"). Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig [email protected] roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.

🎧 Listen to the latest Celtic Students Podcast episode to learn more about the (Re)Creating Stories conference, happening next week! ⏰ Registration (free) is still open until tomorrow! Tuilleadh eolais & clárú 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...

It was a pleasure to come back to the Celtic Students Podcast and talk to Manus about Old, Middle and Early Modern Irish tales 😊 If you're interested and in Dublin next weekend 23–24th May, come along to the (Re)Creating Stories conference in @scs-dias.bsky.social! 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...

🚨 New Podcast Episode 🚨 @manusrua.bsky.social speaks to @ninacnock.bsky.social about the upcoming (Re)Creating Stories conference, which will be held in the @scs-dias.bsky.social on the 23rd and 24th of May. Éist | Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5dMA... Register: www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...

Reáchtálfaidh Roinn na Gaeilge agus na dTeangacha Ceilteacha, Coláiste na Tríonóide, comhdháil ar champas ar an 16ú Bealtaine 2025 / arna heagrú ag @manusrua.bsky.social agus Síle Uí Laighin. Bígí linn! 'Féith an Ghrinn sa Ghaeilge' www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...

The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its twelfth annual conference from 12 to 14 June 2025. This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at Aberystwyth University, or to attend online if they prefer.