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We are happy to announce that seven papers on Women in Celtic Studies, which were part of the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online in the academic year 2023­­–2024, are now available on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLmr_XhQwwKMIcbzDteYF5k7YHQ07RNco&si=_QXTKrzuB6pKzmPv. While the topic of female figures in Celtic literatures never ceases the attract the attention of scholars, the female scholars themselves often remain understudied figures in the history of our field, although much has been done on some of them recently. A focus on modern women in our field was made recently in the podcast by Katherine Forsyth and Geraldine Parsons on Women in Celtic Studies, organized by the Association of Celtic Students – this was one of our sources for inspiration in planing our seminar.  Explore this series of the seven insightful tributes to seven formidable scholars, namely Angharad Llwyd, Ella Carmichael, Ekaterina Balobanova, Eleanor Knott, Maartje Draak, Rachel Bromwich, and Hildegard Tristram. While we’re not experts in video production and a few of the videos may not start perfectly smoothly, we hope you’ll enjoy them and spread the word. Elena Parina

Im Sommersemester 2025 findet das Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar erneut mit vier online Vorträgen statt. Alle Vorträge beginnen um 18:00 (CET), Anmeldung bitte über celtic@uni-bonn.de. Der Link wird kurz vor Beginn an alle Teilnehmer verschickt. 12.05.2025 - Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University): Looking at science fiction in the light of Old Irish travel narratives  02.06.2025 - Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Jonathan Morris (Cardiff University): Queering language revitalisation: Case studies from Breton and Welsh 30.06 .2025 - Joe Eska (Virginia Tech): On realism and ultra-realism in Celtic historical phonology: some case studies  14.07.2025 Elisabeth Chatel (University of Western Brittany): City of Light or Shadow of the Self? Brittany, Paris and Celtic studies under the Third Republic 

The Department of Celtic Studies (Institute for English, American and Celtic Studies, University of Bonn) and the Department of Celtic Studies (Institute for Classical Languages and Literatures, University Marburg) are hosting an ONLINE COURSE for MIDDLE BRETON  taught by Dr. Myrzinn Jaouen (CRBC, UBO). The course, comprising 11 sessions will be held on Thursdays, 17:00, starting on 24th April, and will include topics such as conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, personal pronouns, plural forms, as well as dialectal and diachronic variation. The course is primarily addressed to the students of the departments in Bonn and Marburg, however, external participation is also possible. Please send your requests at celtic@uni-bonn.de 

Elena Parina and Erich Poppe, with Sergey Ivanov Pwyll y Pader: A Medieval Welsh Tract on the Meaning of the Lord’s Prayer according to Hugh of Saint-Victor Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures 9, 2025 978-0995546981