In the latest volume of Peritia, Jacopo Bisagni has a new review article on 'Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Medieval Brittany, 450–1200: Connections and Disconnections' (edited by Caroline Brett, Paul Russell, and Fiona Edmonds) @campsgalway.bsky.social #Medieval #MiddleAges

The image is an Apulian volute-krater (BM F284), attributed to the Baltimore Painter and dated to 330-310 BC.

The image is an Apulian volute-krater (BM F284), attributed to the Baltimore Painter and dated to 330-310 BC.

Next Wednesday, April 8th at 3pm, Edward Herring will give a talk titled 'Mourning Glory: honouring the dead on Apulian red-figure vases' at the UCD Classics Research Seminar. #AncientClassics @ucdclassics.bsky.social @muclassics.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

@campsgalway.bsky.social @muclassics.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

Announcing our upcoming Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture.

Mairéad McAuley will deliver a paper on ‘Seneca’s Tragic Hands: Reading through the Body Part’

🗓️ March 31st
⏰ 6pm
📍Hardiman Research Building (G010)

Reception to follow and all welcome!

#AncientRome #Classics #Seneca

🔔 Up next, a collaboration between CAMPS and the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism (CALM):

"Historical and Contemporary Multilingualism in Ireland"

Lectures from Chiara Corongiu, Jasmim Drigo, and Cassie Smith-Christmas.

🗓️13/3/2026
🕑12pm
📍THB-G010

Lunch provided and all welcome!

🚨Another brilliant CAMPS lecture incoming:

Join us this Friday as Marilena Carabellese (UoG) will give a paper entitled:

'Ars Inussitata: the case of the XI epitome of Virgilius Maro Grammaticus'

🗓️ Friday 6th March
⏰ 12pm
📍 THB-G010

As ever, lunch will be provided and all are welcome!

🚨 Announcing our next CAMPS Lecture!

Luke McDermott will present 'Divine Words and Royal Narratives: Viewing Neo-Assyrian King Esarhaddon's Reign Through the Prism of Prophecy'

🗓 Friday, 27th February
🕐 12pm
📍 THB-G010, Hardiman Building

Lunch will be provided and everyone is welcome!

Western Classics: Newsletter from the Ancient Classics Community at University of Galway, Ireland. 5 (2026) doi.org/10.13025/30223 @campsgalway.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social

Delighted to share the latest edition of Western Classics, which includes research updates and articles from the Galway Classics community:

doi.org/10.13025/30223

@uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #AncientClassics #medieval

Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

Poster advertising lecture by Pádraic Moran, click link for same details.

An chéad léacht i sraith léachtaí an earraigh
The first lecture in our spring series

Pádraic Moran (Gaillimh/Galway)
Sun, moon and stars in the Reichenauer Schulheft

5pm, 19 Feabhra/February
DIAS, 10 Burlington Road
www.dias.ie/celt/
@dias.ie

Ancient History Magazine 58 In antiquity, Southern Italy was a prominent destination for Greek colonists. However, numerous people already lived in the region. The Greeks sometimes peacefully coexisted with these tribes — and so...

Edward Herring has a new article on Magna Graecia's red-figure pottery, which appears in the latest issue of Ancient History magazine. @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social
#AncientHistory #Archaeology

🔔 Announcing our next CAMPS Lecture!

Come along this Friday as Alexander Cupples (TCD) will treat us to a lecture entitled 'The Eucharistic Liturgy in the Antiphonary of Bangor.'

🗓️ Friday, 30th January
🕒 12:00
📍 TBHG-010, Hardiman Building

Lunch provided afterwards. Everyone is very welcome!

🔔 Come along to our next CAMPS Lab!

Dr Eleanor Giraud (@eleanorgiraud.bsky.social) from University of Limerick will be treating us to a lecture entitled:

'Making Dominican Chant: Choices and Changes.'

🗓️ Friday 23rd January
⏰ 12pm
📍THB-G010, Hardiman Building

Lunch will be provided afterwards!

🚨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!

🚨 CAMPS 2026 is getting off to a strong start!

Dr Michael Meere, Assoc. Professor of French and Medieval Studies at Wesleyan University presents '"The prologue presentit him selff…" : William Drummond and Theatrical Performances in Bourges, 1607’.

🗓 16 January
🕐 12pm
📍 The Bridge Room

Come along!

On January 16th, Professor Michael Clarke will present on 'The History of the Irish Book: The Handwritten Book in Ireland' at an Éigse Cholm Cille event on Columban Landscapes and Irish Manuscripts #celticstudies #medievalsky @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

Looking forward to a fantastic range of talks at the upcoming Classics Research Symposium! @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

Congratulations to Final Year undergraduate student, Conor Greijmans, who was awarded the Dr HH Stewart Literary Prize in Latin at the NUI Awards as a result of his outstanding performance in Beginning Latin 1 and 2. @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social

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.

🚨 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
📍Bridge Room, Hardiman Building

Lunch to follow.

At Tionól 2025, Michael Clarke will speak on Togail Troí, Jasmim Drigo on Priscian glosses, and Conor McDonough on early medieval Pauline exegesis. #CelticStudies #medievalsky @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social

3-year postdoc position in medieval studies 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...

3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!

Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️

tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3

This afternoon, Dr Jasmim Drigo and Conor McDonough will present papers on Saltair na Rann at the Textual Intersections: Imagining Religion / Religious Imagining symposium held in DCU. For more information, see tinyurl.com/mrxd5fv4 @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

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!

🔔🔔 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.

🗓️ 12th Nov
🕐 1pm

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

So, anyway, here's to BretPal, and here's to (hopefully) BretPal 2.0, in which I hope to explore further scribal connections between Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, and Ireland. If someone would like to fund me, that would be great.
(New York, Public Library, MS De Ricci 115)

I am incredibly grateful to the Marie Curie for funding BretPal and to the Classics Department at Galway (@galwayclassics.bsky.social) for being my home these past two years.
(formerly Oslo, Schøyen 2036)