Daniel James Watson
@totalmediation.bsky.social
Bergin Fellow, School of Celtic Studies @diasdublin.bsky.social. History of thought as the basis for contemporary thought: especially pre-modern Platonisms, and especially Ireland.
https://dias.academia.edu/DanielWatson
https://dias.academia.edu/DanielWatson
Everything you wanted to know about medieval dreams of Ireland's apocalyptic imperial destiny but were afraid to ask! My article on the reception of Orosius' historiography by the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra, is now freely available on open access academic.oup.com/bics/article...
Ireland as the earthly culmination of translatio imperii in Suidiugud Tellaig Temra
Abstract. This paper discusses Orosius’ concept of translatio imperii, as repurposed in the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra ‘The Establishm
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November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Everything you wanted to know about medieval dreams of Ireland's apocalyptic imperial destiny but were afraid to ask! My article on the reception of Orosius' historiography by the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra, is now freely available on open access academic.oup.com/bics/article...
An unexpected delight to have been be invited to join this meeting on Maximus the Confessor!
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An unexpected delight to have been be invited to join this meeting on Maximus the Confessor!
In this open access chapter, now published, I argue that Augustinian historiography provided early medieval Irish authors with the conceptual basis for making nostalgia for the pagan past theologically intelligible. www.academia.edu/143788477/Th...
September 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In this open access chapter, now published, I argue that Augustinian historiography provided early medieval Irish authors with the conceptual basis for making nostalgia for the pagan past theologically intelligible. www.academia.edu/143788477/Th...
An outreach-style interview on my research on early medieval Irish philosophy. If you think you might be interested in this area of research, and what it is that I'm trying to find out about it, I think this qualifies as an accessible introduction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4aT...
Season 2: Ep. 5 - Early Medieval Irish Philosophy with Dr Daniel Watson
YouTube video by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS
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August 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An outreach-style interview on my research on early medieval Irish philosophy. If you think you might be interested in this area of research, and what it is that I'm trying to find out about it, I think this qualifies as an accessible introduction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4aT...
South Dublin Pastoral
March 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
South Dublin Pastoral
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research with the departments of Celtic Studies and Philosophy and Religious Studies at Saint Francis Xavier's University later this week.
January 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research with the departments of Celtic Studies and Philosophy and Religious Studies at Saint Francis Xavier's University later this week.
It's an honour and privilege to have been invited to give the Robert Crouse Memorial Lecture this year. Though I will have to pull quite a rabbit out of my hat if I hope to do him justice!
January 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's an honour and privilege to have been invited to give the Robert Crouse Memorial Lecture this year. Though I will have to pull quite a rabbit out of my hat if I hope to do him justice!