Christian Schweizer
@cgschweizer.bsky.social
@ResearchIreland.ie GOI Postdoctoral Fellow @galwayclassics.bsky.social: 'Dicuil – an Irish and Carolingian Universalist and his Intellectual Legacy (DICUIL)';
Communications Officer @campsgalway.bsky.social
Communications Officer @campsgalway.bsky.social
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🚨 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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨 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.
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.
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🔔🔔 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
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
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔔🔔 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
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
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The Societas Celtologica Europaea is now on Bluesky!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Societas Celtologica Europaea is now on Bluesky!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
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2. Many thanks to Chiara Corongiu and Luke McDermott @galwayclassics.bsky.social for taking over from @cgschweizer.bsky.social (yours truly) as Communications Officers. It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve in this role for the last two years and to bring CAMPS to Bluesky early on. Bye!👋🙋🏼♂️
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
2. Many thanks to Chiara Corongiu and Luke McDermott @galwayclassics.bsky.social for taking over from @cgschweizer.bsky.social (yours truly) as Communications Officers. It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve in this role for the last two years and to bring CAMPS to Bluesky early on. Bye!👋🙋🏼♂️
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Der aktualisierte Call for Papers für unser Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter ist jetzt da! Die Frist für Bewerbungen endet am 30.11.2025. Bitte weitersagen oder selbst bewerben! #medievalsky #mediävistik #skystorians
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Der aktualisierte Call for Papers für unser Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter ist jetzt da! Die Frist für Bewerbungen endet am 30.11.2025. Bitte weitersagen oder selbst bewerben! #medievalsky #mediävistik #skystorians
It was a tremendous honour to give a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies in Bonn last Wednesday. I can’t thank @elenaparina.bsky.social and her team enough for the invitation, welcome, and the perfect organisation of the conference!
September 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It was a tremendous honour to give a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies in Bonn last Wednesday. I can’t thank @elenaparina.bsky.social and her team enough for the invitation, welcome, and the perfect organisation of the conference!
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@cgschweizer.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie fellow at @galwayclassics.bsky.social gave a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil
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August 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@cgschweizer.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie fellow at @galwayclassics.bsky.social gave a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil
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The Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies starts tomorrow! So much looking forward to welcome all the wonderful scholars @cgschweizer.bsky.social @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @ninacnock.bsky.social @metamedievalist.bsky.social @medievalireland.bsky.social and a lot of others!
August 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies starts tomorrow! So much looking forward to welcome all the wonderful scholars @cgschweizer.bsky.social @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @ninacnock.bsky.social @metamedievalist.bsky.social @medievalireland.bsky.social and a lot of others!
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First, in Session 1020 (Programme page 252), we have my own colleague Christian Schweizer (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social) discussing ‘Dicuil’s Grammatical Texts’. (@IMC-Leeds.bsky.social) #IMC2025
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First, in Session 1020 (Programme page 252), we have my own colleague Christian Schweizer (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social) discussing ‘Dicuil’s Grammatical Texts’. (@IMC-Leeds.bsky.social) #IMC2025
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Jacopo Bisagni's new article on the Sun’s night journey and its cosmic battle with a tide-making sea monster (sometimes called Leviathan) has just been published in JML. This narrative is found in De cursu solis in nocte, a text which Jacopo discovered in the ninth-century manuscript Laon MS 422.
Where is the Sun at Night? New Evidence from Laon, Médiathèque Suzanne Martinet, MS 422: The Journal of Medieval Latin: Vol 35
The article explores early medieval cosmological narratives concerning the Sun’s night journey and its cosmic battle with a tide-making sea monster (sometimes called Leviathan), focussing on a text di...
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June 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Jacopo Bisagni's new article on the Sun’s night journey and its cosmic battle with a tide-making sea monster (sometimes called Leviathan) has just been published in JML. This narrative is found in De cursu solis in nocte, a text which Jacopo discovered in the ninth-century manuscript Laon MS 422.
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Nearing the end of season 2 & we've hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes, more anon! @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie
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The Medieval Irish History Podcast
Podcast · The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Hosted by Dr Niamh Wycherley, this podcast shows that medieval Irish history is complex and dynamic — not at all stuffy or static. Via lively and engagin...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Nearing the end of season 2 & we've hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes, more anon! @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie
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JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
Job: 0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) „Globalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800)“ (Univ. Tübingen)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042
Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042
Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025
www.hsozkult.de
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
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A fantastic opportunity to do a fully funded PhD at CAMPS and with @galwayclassics.bsky.social on linguistic obscurity in medieval texts!
New, fully funded PhD studentship in the Department of Classics at the University of Galway is now available
May 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A fantastic opportunity to do a fully funded PhD at CAMPS and with @galwayclassics.bsky.social on linguistic obscurity in medieval texts!
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Congratulations to Jacopo Bisagni and Paula Harrison on the release of their new monograph on Laon, B.M., MS 422 written in collaboration with Isabelle Draelants @cnrs.fr. This comprehensive study focusses on the scientific, cosmological, and computational content of this manuscript from ca 815.
May 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Congratulations to Jacopo Bisagni and Paula Harrison on the release of their new monograph on Laon, B.M., MS 422 written in collaboration with Isabelle Draelants @cnrs.fr. This comprehensive study focusses on the scientific, cosmological, and computational content of this manuscript from ca 815.
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We are looking forward our MA research symposium and book launch (and lunch😉), on tomorrow at noon!
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome! (@uniofgalway.bsky.social)
May 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We are looking forward our MA research symposium and book launch (and lunch😉), on tomorrow at noon!
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On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome! (@uniofgalway.bsky.social)
May 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: ‘’De Quolibet’: Research from the MA Medieval and Antiquity: A CAMPS Symposium’, on Friday 16/05 12p in THB G010. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome! (@uniofgalway.bsky.social)
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PhD studentship available
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
Applications open for Research Ireland Pathway PhD Studentship. – DIAS
www.dias.ie
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
PhD studentship available
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
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On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: Ian Wong (@ianleewong.bsky.social), ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’, on Friday 25/04 12p in THB 1001. Lunch will be provided. All are welcome!
April 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am thrilled to announce our next event: Ian Wong (@ianleewong.bsky.social), ‘Revisiting the Almanac in Early Modern Ireland: Astrology, Power, and the Meaning of the Mundane’, on Friday 25/04 12p in THB 1001. Lunch will be provided. All are welcome!
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Since I had trouble finding any "brief introduction to XML and TEI" that was either brief or genuinely introductory, I decided to write one myself: www.pmoran.ie/posts/guide-...
January 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Since I had trouble finding any "brief introduction to XML and TEI" that was either brief or genuinely introductory, I decided to write one myself: www.pmoran.ie/posts/guide-...
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This week on the pod we are joined by @cgschweizer.bsky.social who is conducting some brilliant @researchireland.bsky.social funded research in @galwayclassics.bsky.social on Irish scholar Dicuil & the craic had at the Carolingian Court in Aachen, early 9th century.
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Dicuil and Irish scholars at the Carolingian Court with Dr Christian Schweizer
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
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April 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This week on the pod we are joined by @cgschweizer.bsky.social who is conducting some brilliant @researchireland.bsky.social funded research in @galwayclassics.bsky.social on Irish scholar Dicuil & the craic had at the Carolingian Court in Aachen, early 9th century.
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It’s a dream come true for me to talk about Irish scholars at the Carolingian court in @niamhwycherley.bsky.social's Medieval Irish History Podcast😊.
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Also had a fantastic time in Maynooth for the recording
@researchireland.bsky.social
@galwayclassics.bsky.social
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Also had a fantastic time in Maynooth for the recording
@researchireland.bsky.social
@galwayclassics.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s a dream come true for me to talk about Irish scholars at the Carolingian court in @niamhwycherley.bsky.social's Medieval Irish History Podcast😊.
open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL...
Also had a fantastic time in Maynooth for the recording
@researchireland.bsky.social
@galwayclassics.bsky.social
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Also had a fantastic time in Maynooth for the recording
@researchireland.bsky.social
@galwayclassics.bsky.social
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Here is a video of one of the highlights of yesterday’s CAMPS Lab: Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social is playing medieval bagpipes in a demonstration accompanying Simone Marcenaro’s paper ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Here is a video of one of the highlights of yesterday’s CAMPS Lab: Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social is playing medieval bagpipes in a demonstration accompanying Simone Marcenaro’s paper ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’
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You are most welcome to our next lab:
Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise)
‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’,
with live performances by Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social on medieval recorders and bagpipes!
Friday, 7 March
12pm
THB G010
Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise)
‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’,
with live performances by Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social on medieval recorders and bagpipes!
Friday, 7 March
12pm
THB G010
March 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
You are most welcome to our next lab:
Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise)
‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’,
with live performances by Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social on medieval recorders and bagpipes!
Friday, 7 March
12pm
THB G010
Prof Simone Marcenaro (University of Molise)
‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’,
with live performances by Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social on medieval recorders and bagpipes!
Friday, 7 March
12pm
THB G010
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Ever wonder how Latin shaped the Irish language? Pádraic Moran dives into the connection between these languages in a recent RTÉ Brainstorm piece.👇 #IrishLanguage #Linguistics #IrishHistory @campsgalway.bsky.social
From póg to obair, Irish freely adopted Latin vocabulary during the Christianisation of the country, especially to describe religion, education and daily life. By Pádraic Moran @uniofgalway.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
From póg to obair, how Gaeilge borrowed everyday words from Latin
Irish freely adopted Latin vocabulary during the Christianisation of the country, especially to describe religion, education and daily life
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February 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ever wonder how Latin shaped the Irish language? Pádraic Moran dives into the connection between these languages in a recent RTÉ Brainstorm piece.👇 #IrishLanguage #Linguistics #IrishHistory @campsgalway.bsky.social