Cuairt-litrichean na Roinne / Department Newsletters

• Foghar / Autumn 2009 (11 MB PDF file)

Announcements and Forthcoming Events

12 Feb - Gaelic Revitalization Forum

An Comunn Ceilteach will be hosting a discussion forum about Gaelic development in Nova Scotia on Friday 12 February at 3PM in Immaculata 202.

This discussion will be open to the public: members of the wider Gaelic community are encouraged to come. This forum aims to build further bridges between academia and community, and encourage brainstorming and buy-in on the part of our students and faculty for the goals of Gaelic language revitalization, drawing upon their interests and skills. We particularly encourage school teachers and their students to attend as well.

19 Feb - Workshop: The Other Celtic Languages in Song

Professor Ken Nilsen will be presenting and teaching songs in the smaller Celtic languages: Breton, Cornish, and Manx.

12 March - Celtic Department Lecture: "Sure it's the same as back home"

Séamus MacFloinn, 2009-10 visiting Irish lecturer in the Department of Celtic Studies, will present the talk "'Sure it's the same as back home' An irish speaker's observations on the current state of the Irish Gaelic language in Ireland and the view from Nova Scotia," focusing on contemporary Irish language politics and reflections on his experience in Nova Scotia.

20 March - Latha Gàidhlig

The Celtic Studies department will be holding its winter Gaelic learning workshop at StFX. More details to come.

26 March - Student Research Forum

Fourth-year Celtic Studies students will be presenting their research.

29 June - 02 July, 2011 — Celts in the Americas Conference

The Celts in the Americas conference will offer a unique opportunity to share scholarship about the history, culture, and literature of Celtic-speaking peoples in North and South America. Read conference abstract as PDF file >>

News

10 Nov 2009 - Folklore Society shortlists Newton's book

Dr Newton's book Warriors of the Word was nominated by the Folklore Society (of London) for its 2009 Katharine Briggs Award. The judges' official report notes: "Michael Newton's Warriors of the Word: The World of the Scottish Highlanders (Birlinn), approaches the notion of 'word and text' in a very up-to-date way without losing itself in jargon and theory and builds on work on Highland verbal sources collected by a number of significant modern scholars and collectors."

1 Oct 2009 - Celtic Studies welcome lecture and reception

A beginning of year Celtic Studies welcome lecture was held on Th 1 Oct at 7PM in PS 1072. The lecture was given by Lewis MacKinnon, CEO of the Nova Scotia Office for Gaelic Affairs.

15-17 May 2009 — Co-labhairt nan Leathanach / MacLean Symposium

The Alexander MacLean Sinclair Symposium and Clan Maclean Atlantic 30th Anniversary Celebration was co-hosted by the St FX Celtic Department, the Clan Maclean Heritage Trust (Scotland), and Clan Maclean Atlantic Canada. Speakers included Sir Lachlan Maclean (28th chief of Clan Maclean), Ian MacLean, Dr John Campbell Sinclair, Dr Rob Dunbar, Dr Alasdair MacLean Sinclair, Dr Michael Linkletter, Dr Ken Nilsen, and Susan Cameron.

February 2009 — Gaelic students complete education practicum in Scotland

Meaghan O'Handley and Emily MacKinnon, two second year St FX education students with degrees in Celtic Studies from St FX, will be travelling to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in March to complete their final teaching practicum at a Gaelic primary school in Portree. Read full story >>

January 2009 – Support from Éire (the Republic of Ireland)

The St FX Celtic Studies department has added another full-time professor to its department this year thanks to the Irish government. And that’s good news for both the department and its students. Read full story >>

November 2008 — Scottish Parliament Visit

Four members of the Scottish Parliament visited the St FX Celtic department. Read full story >>

November 2008 — New Celtic Studies Courses

Three new courses have been approved for the Celtic Studies calendar: Celtic Paganism; Celtic Christianity; Gaelic song, music, and dance.

July 2008 — Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig / Scottish Gaelic Studies Conference

In July 2008, the Celtic Studies department at St FX hosted this bi-annual conference. This is the first time since the conference was begun in 2000 that it has been held outside of Scotland.