Christian Schweizer

Delighted to share the latest edition of Western Classics, which includes research updates and articles from the Galway Classics community:

doi.org/10.13025/30223

@uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #AncientClassics #medieval

As my own research on Dicuil approaches its end, I am glad to see the beginning of new research on these Hiberno-Carolingian scholars, about whom much remains to be discovered, although I regret to note that I do not think Dicuil was the Hibernicus Exul. (3/3)

Besides the Hibernicus Exul, this group included Clemens Scottus, Iosephus Scottus, Cadac-Andreas, Dungal, Dicuil, and some more. The "Irish exile" might have been identical with one of these (with Dicuil according to Mario Esposito, with Dungal according to others). (2/3)

I am very excited to see this outstanding opportunity for someone to do a funded PhD in Melbourne, Toronto, and France, supervised by the fantastic @corrigans.bsky.social on the Hibernicus Exul, one of the huge but often overlooked group of Irish scholars and poets at the court of Charlemagne. (1/3)

Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

Our special bonus episode just dropped and I'm very happy to have been part of this recording with @davidstifter.bsky.social and @niamhwycherley.bsky.social.

If you ever wanted to listen to some early Irish poetry and prose being read out loud in their original, here's your chance!

🔔 Announcing our next CAMPS Lecture!

Come along this Friday as Alexander Cupples (TCD) will treat us to a lecture entitled 'The Eucharistic Liturgy in the Antiphonary of Bangor.'

🗓️ Friday, 30th January
🕒 12:00
📍 TBHG-010, Hardiman Building

Lunch provided afterwards. Everyone is very welcome!

🔔 Come along to our next CAMPS Lab!

Dr Eleanor Giraud (@eleanorgiraud.bsky.social) from University of Limerick will be treating us to a lecture entitled:

'Making Dominican Chant: Choices and Changes.'

🗓️ Friday 23rd January
⏰ 12pm
📍THB-G010, Hardiman Building

Lunch will be provided afterwards!

PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.

#MedievalSky

www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

The volume Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity is now out! Available, open access, from the following link, the volume covers such topics as the early medieval Irish migrant scholars to Joyce’s Ulysses. With a foreword by Mary McAleese. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Plakat mit dem Programm des Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter 2026

Das Programm für unser diesjähriges Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter (19.–20.3.2026, Innsbruck) ist da: fobim.hypotheses.org/forum-2026. Eine Online-Teilnahme ist möglich, alle Infos auf der verlinkten Seite. #medievalsky #skystorians

#JobOpening #PhDPosition #CfA
The Academy project "Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus" is looking for a doctoral researcher with a prior degree in Latin or Arabic:

🔔What a great semester we have in store for you all!

Over the course of six exciting events, we will be treated to a diverse and fascinating array of lectures.

Check out our Spring 2026 schedule!

🗓️Fridays at 12pm
🍴Lunch will be provided afterwards

Everyone welcome!

Poster announcing CAMPS lecture. Text reads: "Following the Swarm: Beekeeping and the medieval Irish community in the Bechbretha" by Chris Doyle. 21st November 2025, 12pm. Bridge Room, Hardiman Building. Lunch to follow and all welcome. Image displays three hand-drawn beehives surrounded by a swarm of bees. Right side of poster is patterned with an orange honeycomb of hexagons, with three images of bees.

🚨 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.

Poster for Lecture by Dr Diarmuid Johnson. Lecture Entitled "Why the Cambro-Normans Invaded Ireland: The Novel as a Vehicule of Comprehension." 12th November. 1pm Bridge Room, Hardiman Research Building Lunch to follow and all welcome!

🔔🔔 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

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!

Many congratulations, Seán!

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!👋🙋🏼‍♂️

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

Thank you, Elena - so did I, and it was a pleasure for me, too🙂

Thank you, Vinicius!

Likewise, I am very grateful to the Societas Celtologica Europaea, to all the other wonderful participants of the symposium, as well as to @researchireland.ie, @galwayclassics.bsky.social and the Research Office Galway for their support.

It also felt historical to give the perhaps first keynote ever on Dicuil, exactly 1200 years after his last sign of life, the publication of his books on ‘The First Syllable’ and ‘The Measurement of the Earth’, and seven years since I started work on Dicuil, funded by @researchireland.ie

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!

@cgschweizer.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie fellow at @galwayclassics.bsky.social gave a keynote on The Legacy of the Irish Scholar Dicuil
(2/7)

So much looking forward to seeing you and the conference, too! In the train to Bonn right now 😊

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!

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

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...

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.

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...

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
open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx...