Celtic Languages and Culture Utrecht University
@celticuu.bsky.social
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🎓 Symposium Alert!
31st of October, the workshop 'Sacred Landscapes in the Premodern World' will take place. Satoko Tokunaga of Keio University Japan will give the keynote lecture entitled 'Shaping sacred landscapes and early printing in late medieval England' 📚
More 👉 www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...
31st of October, the workshop 'Sacred Landscapes in the Premodern World' will take place. Satoko Tokunaga of Keio University Japan will give the keynote lecture entitled 'Shaping sacred landscapes and early printing in late medieval England' 📚
More 👉 www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...
Workshop: Sacred Landscapes in the Premodern World
Explore during this workshop the concepts of spatiality, landscape, and the sacred in the premodern world, from antiquity to the Renaissance.
www.uu.nl
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🎓 Symposium Alert!
31st of October, the workshop 'Sacred Landscapes in the Premodern World' will take place. Satoko Tokunaga of Keio University Japan will give the keynote lecture entitled 'Shaping sacred landscapes and early printing in late medieval England' 📚
More 👉 www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...
31st of October, the workshop 'Sacred Landscapes in the Premodern World' will take place. Satoko Tokunaga of Keio University Japan will give the keynote lecture entitled 'Shaping sacred landscapes and early printing in late medieval England' 📚
More 👉 www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...
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IERSE VERHALEN | In de derde van in totaal vier afleveringen kijken we in de @ubleiden.bsky.social met dr. Nike Stam (@naoicea.bsky.social) naar verhalen uit middeleeuws Ierland!
🎧 De derde aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
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#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
🎧 De derde aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
Verhalen uit middeleeuws Ierland: meertalige geleerden in de glossen (1/2)
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September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
IERSE VERHALEN | In de derde van in totaal vier afleveringen kijken we in de @ubleiden.bsky.social met dr. Nike Stam (@naoicea.bsky.social) naar verhalen uit middeleeuws Ierland!
🎧 De derde aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
🎧 De derde aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
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About this. I've just received an email from a friend and associate of Maartje Draak saying Maartje would have been 'highly satisfied' with this article, and I'm, just, I can't even, what. This is probably the best peer review I'll ever get in my life.
The first article in our 2025 volume is @naoicea.bsky.social et al's edition and translation of the previously illegible pages of the Leiden University Library Fled Bricrenn and the process by which they made them visible, available open access here: journal.fi/scf/article/...
Reading the end of Fled Bricrenn: : Multispectral Imaging applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7
This contribution discusses the multi-spectral investigation of the previously illegible final page of Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS VLQ 7. The technical specifications of the images and the pos...
journal.fi
September 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
About this. I've just received an email from a friend and associate of Maartje Draak saying Maartje would have been 'highly satisfied' with this article, and I'm, just, I can't even, what. This is probably the best peer review I'll ever get in my life.
Je bent zelf een uil!!
Luister nu naar de nieuwe september aflevering over Middeleeuws Ierland bij #MiddeleeuwenPodcast!
Luister nu naar de nieuwe september aflevering over Middeleeuws Ierland bij #MiddeleeuwenPodcast!
IERLAND | Ook deze week neemt dr. Nike Stam (@naoicea.bsky.social) van @celticuu.bsky.social ons mee naar Ierland in de Middeleeuwen. Van heiligenlevens tot poëzie… en meer!
🎧 De tweede aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
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#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
🎧 De tweede aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
Ierland in de Middeleeuwen: Saint Patricks 'rap battle' en je bent zelf een uil (2/2)
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September 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Je bent zelf een uil!!
Luister nu naar de nieuwe september aflevering over Middeleeuws Ierland bij #MiddeleeuwenPodcast!
Luister nu naar de nieuwe september aflevering over Middeleeuws Ierland bij #MiddeleeuwenPodcast!
Welcome to our 14 😍 first year *felmaic* (students), who will be embarking on the magical journey that is Old Irish on Thursday (insert epic music here).
Also, of course, a big fáilte/croeso to our current students, who will return to learn more, do more, and write brilliant theses this year! 🔥1/2
Also, of course, a big fáilte/croeso to our current students, who will return to learn more, do more, and write brilliant theses this year! 🔥1/2
elmo is standing in front of a fire with the words `` welcome to the darkside '' .
ALT: elmo is standing in front of a fire with the words `` welcome to the darkside '' .
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September 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Welcome to our 14 😍 first year *felmaic* (students), who will be embarking on the magical journey that is Old Irish on Thursday (insert epic music here).
Also, of course, a big fáilte/croeso to our current students, who will return to learn more, do more, and write brilliant theses this year! 🔥1/2
Also, of course, a big fáilte/croeso to our current students, who will return to learn more, do more, and write brilliant theses this year! 🔥1/2
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Ken je die grap van een podcastmaker en een wetenschapper die een bieb binnen liepen om een tweeluik te maken?
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Tsja, dat werd een vierluik dus.
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Tsja, dat werd een vierluik dus.
IERLAND | De komende vier weken neemt dr. Nike Stam (@naoicea.bsky.social) van @celticuu.bsky.social ons mee op een episch podcastavontuur naar Ierland in de Middeleeuwen!
🎧 De eerste aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
🎧 De eerste aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
Ierland in de Middeleeuwen: het beste van elke taal en je buurman z’n bijen (1/2)
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September 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ken je die grap van een podcastmaker en een wetenschapper die een bieb binnen liepen om een tweeluik te maken?
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....
Tsja, dat werd een vierluik dus.
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Tsja, dat werd een vierluik dus.
Happy New Academic Year! Begin goed met deel één van een vierluik dat een tweeluik had moeten zijn over middeleeuws Ierland bij de onvolprezen Podcast Middeleeuwen! Van bronnentombola tot hanschriftenshuffle, ga mee op dit doldwaze avontuur 🔥
IERLAND | De komende vier weken neemt dr. Nike Stam (@naoicea.bsky.social) van @celticuu.bsky.social ons mee op een episch podcastavontuur naar Ierland in de Middeleeuwen!
🎧 De eerste aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
🎧 De eerste aflevering van dit vierluik is nu overal te beluisteren
🧵 1/2
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #Ierland
Ierland in de Middeleeuwen: het beste van elke taal en je buurman z’n bijen (1/2)
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September 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy New Academic Year! Begin goed met deel één van een vierluik dat een tweeluik had moeten zijn over middeleeuws Ierland bij de onvolprezen Podcast Middeleeuwen! Van bronnentombola tot hanschriftenshuffle, ga mee op dit doldwaze avontuur 🔥
Miss Celtic while you're enjoying the lovely summer? Then listen to our assistant-professor Nike on Dutch National Radio's history show OVT @omroepvpro and sing along to Óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile! 🎤 🎼 1/2
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
Historische protestsongs: Oró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile
Het historische protestlied 'Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile' met keltoloog Nike Stam.
www.vpro.nl
August 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Miss Celtic while you're enjoying the lovely summer? Then listen to our assistant-professor Nike on Dutch National Radio's history show OVT @omroepvpro and sing along to Óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile! 🎤 🎼 1/2
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
Are you still basking in the after glow of the #MaartjeDraakSeminars2025? ☀️
Then bask some more in this wonderful #Aftermovie, produced by @veraortlep! 🙏
We wish you all a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you again in september! 🐉💚☘️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFp...
Then bask some more in this wonderful #Aftermovie, produced by @veraortlep! 🙏
We wish you all a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you again in september! 🐉💚☘️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFp...
Maartje Draak Seminars 2025: The Aftermovie
YouTube video by Keltisch UU
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June 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Are you still basking in the after glow of the #MaartjeDraakSeminars2025? ☀️
Then bask some more in this wonderful #Aftermovie, produced by @veraortlep! 🙏
We wish you all a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you again in september! 🐉💚☘️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFp...
Then bask some more in this wonderful #Aftermovie, produced by @veraortlep! 🙏
We wish you all a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you again in september! 🐉💚☘️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFp...
Registration for the Maartje Draak Seminars 2025 is now open! 🥳
🖌 Registration via: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/FyXYEyg5TJ... (closes on the 11th of June!)
🐉 Programma via: keltisch.sites.uu.nl/maar.../maar...
🔥 Let us know whether we'll see you there this year! 🔥
🖌 Registration via: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/FyXYEyg5TJ... (closes on the 11th of June!)
🐉 Programma via: keltisch.sites.uu.nl/maar.../maar...
🔥 Let us know whether we'll see you there this year! 🔥
May 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Registration for the Maartje Draak Seminars 2025 is now open! 🥳
🖌 Registration via: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/FyXYEyg5TJ... (closes on the 11th of June!)
🐉 Programma via: keltisch.sites.uu.nl/maar.../maar...
🔥 Let us know whether we'll see you there this year! 🔥
🖌 Registration via: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/FyXYEyg5TJ... (closes on the 11th of June!)
🐉 Programma via: keltisch.sites.uu.nl/maar.../maar...
🔥 Let us know whether we'll see you there this year! 🔥
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Excellent work by all involved!
The first article in our 2025 volume is @naoicea.bsky.social et al's edition and translation of the previously illegible pages of the Leiden University Library Fled Bricrenn and the process by which they made them visible, available open access here: journal.fi/scf/article/...
Reading the end of Fled Bricrenn: : Multispectral Imaging applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7
This contribution discusses the multi-spectral investigation of the previously illegible final page of Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS VLQ 7. The technical specifications of the images and the pos...
journal.fi
May 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Excellent work by all involved!
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I am so excited that this is live! @naoicea.bsky.social ’s article for which Dr. Katie Albers-Morris and I did the image processing and tech write up for is now live! Nike did an incredible pain-staking job with the translation and transcription. I am in awe of the effort she put into this edition.
The first article in our 2025 volume is @naoicea.bsky.social et al's edition and translation of the previously illegible pages of the Leiden University Library Fled Bricrenn and the process by which they made them visible, available open access here: journal.fi/scf/article/...
Reading the end of Fled Bricrenn: : Multispectral Imaging applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7
This contribution discusses the multi-spectral investigation of the previously illegible final page of Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS VLQ 7. The technical specifications of the images and the pos...
journal.fi
May 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am so excited that this is live! @naoicea.bsky.social ’s article for which Dr. Katie Albers-Morris and I did the image processing and tech write up for is now live! Nike did an incredible pain-staking job with the translation and transcription. I am in awe of the effort she put into this edition.
A publication out of Utrecht fresh in @sfennica.bsky.social !
The first article in our 2025 volume is @naoicea.bsky.social et al's edition and translation of the previously illegible pages of the Leiden University Library Fled Bricrenn and the process by which they made them visible, available open access here: journal.fi/scf/article/...
Reading the end of Fled Bricrenn: : Multispectral Imaging applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7
This contribution discusses the multi-spectral investigation of the previously illegible final page of Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS VLQ 7. The technical specifications of the images and the pos...
journal.fi
May 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A publication out of Utrecht fresh in @sfennica.bsky.social !
We are very delighted that dr. Jasper de Bruin of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden will speak at the #MaartjeDraakSeminars on the recently discovered Bunnik coin hoard, which contains both Celtic and Roman coins. Of course, we will be able to see the coins themselves on location @rmoudheden.bsky.social !
May 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We are very delighted that dr. Jasper de Bruin of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden will speak at the #MaartjeDraakSeminars on the recently discovered Bunnik coin hoard, which contains both Celtic and Roman coins. Of course, we will be able to see the coins themselves on location @rmoudheden.bsky.social !
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You know you're studying a good language when there is a word specifically for *the neck of a decapitated body*
Sometimes I forget how wonderfully graphic Fled Bricrenn is - why is there no film yet?
eDIL s.v. méide or dil.ie/31755
Sometimes I forget how wonderfully graphic Fled Bricrenn is - why is there no film yet?
eDIL s.v. méide or dil.ie/31755
eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary
The electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (eDIL) is a digital dictionary of medieval Irish. It is based on the ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY’S Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Midd...
dil.ie
May 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You know you're studying a good language when there is a word specifically for *the neck of a decapitated body*
Sometimes I forget how wonderfully graphic Fled Bricrenn is - why is there no film yet?
eDIL s.v. méide or dil.ie/31755
Sometimes I forget how wonderfully graphic Fled Bricrenn is - why is there no film yet?
eDIL s.v. méide or dil.ie/31755
Many thanks to #HistorischCafeAmsterdam for their invitation to speak about Kneecap, #Gaeilge and #CelticStudies. And well done to the audience for their amazing questions 🔥 Keep up the good work!
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Many thanks to #HistorischCafeAmsterdam for their invitation to speak about Kneecap, #Gaeilge and #CelticStudies. And well done to the audience for their amazing questions 🔥 Keep up the good work!
We are delighted that dr. Fraser Hunter has agreed to be one of our speakers at the #MaartjeDraakSeminars 2025! He is the principal curator of prehistoric and Roman archaeology at the National Museums Scotland with a strong focus on ‘Celtic Art’ and the impact of the Romans on local populations.
May 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We are delighted that dr. Fraser Hunter has agreed to be one of our speakers at the #MaartjeDraakSeminars 2025! He is the principal curator of prehistoric and Roman archaeology at the National Museums Scotland with a strong focus on ‘Celtic Art’ and the impact of the Romans on local populations.
Peter Schrijver will give the Zenobia Lecture at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social on May 22! He will discuss cultural fusion among the Lepontic and Celtiberian peoples
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
Zenobia-lezing | De Kelten - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Peter Schrijver, hoogleraar Keltisch aan de Universiteit Utrecht vertelt over Kelten, hun talen en de vroege culturen van het Middellandse Zeegebied.
www.rmo.nl
May 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Peter Schrijver will give the Zenobia Lecture at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social on May 22! He will discuss cultural fusion among the Lepontic and Celtiberian peoples
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
REJOYCE, the #MaartjeDraakSeminars will be back! 😍 #SaveTheDate: Wednesday 25 June and Thursday 26 June will see our second edition of the Maartje Draak Seminars, with the theme 'The Legacy of Celtic Culture in the Roman World'. More information to be released soon, so keep an eye on our socials 🔥
May 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
REJOYCE, the #MaartjeDraakSeminars will be back! 😍 #SaveTheDate: Wednesday 25 June and Thursday 26 June will see our second edition of the Maartje Draak Seminars, with the theme 'The Legacy of Celtic Culture in the Roman World'. More information to be released soon, so keep an eye on our socials 🔥
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MIDDELEEUWEN | Vanaf maandag 28 april gaan we naar de Middeleeuwen!
Wetenschappers uit Nederland en België nemen je mee naar die zo boeiende periode uit de geschiedenis.
Benieuwd? Luister naar de trailer en zorg dat je Middeleeuwen volgt in je eigen podcastapp 🎧
➡️ linktr.ee/middeleeuwen
Wetenschappers uit Nederland en België nemen je mee naar die zo boeiende periode uit de geschiedenis.
Benieuwd? Luister naar de trailer en zorg dat je Middeleeuwen volgt in je eigen podcastapp 🎧
➡️ linktr.ee/middeleeuwen
Middeleeuwen
Podcast · Epping Productions · Een podcast over de Middeleeuwen. Van Hadewijch tot Clovis, vikingen tot kloosterleven… en heel veel meer!Iedere week praten wetenschappers ons een uurtje bij over hun o...
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April 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
MIDDELEEUWEN | Vanaf maandag 28 april gaan we naar de Middeleeuwen!
Wetenschappers uit Nederland en België nemen je mee naar die zo boeiende periode uit de geschiedenis.
Benieuwd? Luister naar de trailer en zorg dat je Middeleeuwen volgt in je eigen podcastapp 🎧
➡️ linktr.ee/middeleeuwen
Wetenschappers uit Nederland en België nemen je mee naar die zo boeiende periode uit de geschiedenis.
Benieuwd? Luister naar de trailer en zorg dat je Middeleeuwen volgt in je eigen podcastapp 🎧
➡️ linktr.ee/middeleeuwen
So proud 😍
The Celtic Department at Bonn just had a wonderful visit from Utrecht. We had a great time discussing with twelve members of @svasterix.bsky.social the past, present, and future of Celtic Studies programs and what draws people to them. @celticuu.bsky.social – you have amazingly engaged students!
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
So proud 😍
Today, our faculty council brought out an advice on the closure of the BA-programme Celtic Studies @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social . Together with the positive advice brought forward by UNL and DLG, (...) 1/4
April 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today, our faculty council brought out an advice on the closure of the BA-programme Celtic Studies @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social . Together with the positive advice brought forward by UNL and DLG, (...) 1/4
#CeltsOnTour! Our Medieval Celtic Palaeography class was on excursion to Leiden University Library, and we saw some very cool manuscripts. Many thanks to Leiden, and to Vera for the wonderful video!
Manuscripts in video are:
BPL 67
BPL 67D
VLF 96A
VLQ 7
VL) 35
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNl...
Manuscripts in video are:
BPL 67
BPL 67D
VLF 96A
VLQ 7
VL) 35
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNl...
Excursion for Medieval Celtic Palaegraphy at Utrecht University
YouTube video by Keltisch UU
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#CeltsOnTour! Our Medieval Celtic Palaeography class was on excursion to Leiden University Library, and we saw some very cool manuscripts. Many thanks to Leiden, and to Vera for the wonderful video!
Manuscripts in video are:
BPL 67
BPL 67D
VLF 96A
VLQ 7
VL) 35
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNl...
Manuscripts in video are:
BPL 67
BPL 67D
VLF 96A
VLQ 7
VL) 35
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNl...
Today, a Dutch book was launched on the Battle at the Grebbenberg, which took place during the invasion of the NLs in WOII.
It includes the experiences of Dutch Celticist Th. Chotzen, who became part of the resistance movement 1/2 @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/s...
It includes the experiences of Dutch Celticist Th. Chotzen, who became part of the resistance movement 1/2 @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/s...
De slag om Grebbeberg
85 jaar geleden vielen de Duitsers Nederland binnen. Het Nederlandse leger verzette zich vijf dagen maar moest zich toen overgeven. Eén van de zwaarste slagen vond plaats op de Grebbeberg, bij Wagenin...
www.nporadio1.nl
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today, a Dutch book was launched on the Battle at the Grebbenberg, which took place during the invasion of the NLs in WOII.
It includes the experiences of Dutch Celticist Th. Chotzen, who became part of the resistance movement 1/2 @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/s...
It includes the experiences of Dutch Celticist Th. Chotzen, who became part of the resistance movement 1/2 @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/s...
Did you know.......
that a book is soon to come out on the connections between Scifi and Old Irish Travel Narratives?
Leave it to dr. Natalia Petrovskaia to write 'Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives: From Gulliver to Star Trek' - soon to be out with Brill!
🛸🚀🌠
that a book is soon to come out on the connections between Scifi and Old Irish Travel Narratives?
Leave it to dr. Natalia Petrovskaia to write 'Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives: From Gulliver to Star Trek' - soon to be out with Brill!
🛸🚀🌠
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did you know.......
that a book is soon to come out on the connections between Scifi and Old Irish Travel Narratives?
Leave it to dr. Natalia Petrovskaia to write 'Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives: From Gulliver to Star Trek' - soon to be out with Brill!
🛸🚀🌠
that a book is soon to come out on the connections between Scifi and Old Irish Travel Narratives?
Leave it to dr. Natalia Petrovskaia to write 'Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives: From Gulliver to Star Trek' - soon to be out with Brill!
🛸🚀🌠