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Announcing the Thirtieth Annual University of California Celtic Studies
Conference, March 6-9, 2008, in Royce Hall 314, on the UCLA Campus!<br>
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Hosted by the UCLA Celtic Colloquium, and co-sponsored by the UCLA Center
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS), the Department of English,
the Friends of English, and the Indo-European Studies Program.<br><br>
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<b>PROGRAM<br>
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<b>Thursday, March 6<br>
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1:30: Coffee, registration<br><br>
2:00: Welcome: Brian Copenhaver, Director, CMRS<br><br>
2:15: Geraint Jenkins (University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and
Celtic Studies), “Truffle-Hunter or Parachutist? Iolo Morganwg the
Historian”<br><br>
3:15: Rosemarie Deist (University of San Francisco), “Tristan and the
Love Potion: Medieval Adaptations of a Celtic Theme” <br><br>
3:45: Antone Minard (University of San Diego), “Peredur’s Zoo: Natural
and Unnatural Animals in the Welsh Triads”<br><br>
4:15: Break<br><br>
4:30: Amy Eichhorn-Mulligan (University of Memphis), “Playing for Power:
Macha Mong-rúad’s Sovereign Performance” (sponsored by the USC Institute
for British and Irish Studies, and the USC Center for Feminist
Research)<br><br>
5:30: Reception<br><br>
7:00: Patrick Geary (UCLA), “The St. Gall Monastery Plan Project”
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7:30: Gregory Toner (University of Ulster), “eDIL (electronic Dictionary
of the Irish Language)” <br><br>
8:00: John Bollard, “Landscapes of the Mabinogi”<br><br>
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<b>Friday, March 7, 2008<br>
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8:30: Coffee, pastries<br><br>
9:00: Maria Teresa Agozzino (American Folklore Society/Ohio State
University), “Midsummer Madness: Welsh Worldview and the
Ritualesque”<br><br>
9:30: Patrick Ford (Harvard University), “Four and Twenty Meters, Packed
in a Song¬True?”<br><br>
10:00: Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (NUI Galway and University of Notre Dame),
“Towards the Contextualization of Initial h- in Old-Irish”<br><br>
10:30: Break<br><br>
10:45: C. Jürgen Uhlich (Trinity College Dublin), “Serc do Día ‘God’s
Love’?” <br><br>
11:45: Lunch Break<br><br>
1:00: Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail (University College Dublin), “Scribal
Transmission in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A
Re-Appraisal”<br><br>
2:00: Break<br><br>
2:15: Arthur Bahr (MIT), “The Welsh Sheen of a Middle English
Pearl”<br><br>
2:45: Edyta Lehmann-Shriver (Harvard University), “The Plight of the
Hero: In Defense of Bres”<br><br>
3:15: Aled Llion Jones (Harvard University), “Two by Two: Men and
Chariots”<br><br>
3:45: Daniel Melia (UC Berkeley), “The Electronic Cultural Atlas
Initiative (ECAI) and Irish Studies”<br><br>
4:15: Break<br><br>
4:30: Róisín McLaughlin (DIAS), “Fénius Farrsaid and the Alphabets”
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5:30: Dinner Break<br><br>
7:00: Margaret Lloyd (Springfield College) reads from her recently
published poetry collection A Moment in the Field: Voices from Arthurian
Legend (Plinth Books, 2006).<br><br>
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<b>Saturday, March 8, 2008<br>
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8:30: Coffee, pastries<br><br>
9:00: Charles MacQuarrie (CSUB Antelope Valley), “What’s So Celtic About
Cormac McCarthy?” <br><br>
9:30: Calvert Watkins (UCLA), “The Milk of the Dawn Cows
Revisited”<br><br>
10:00: Sarah Zeiser (Harvard University), “Threads of Battle: Weaving and
Gender Association in Old Irish Narratives”<br><br>
10:30: Break <br><br>
10:45: Gregory Toner (University of Ulster), “Memory, Writing, and the
Preservation of Knowledge in Medieval Ireland” <br><br>
11:45: Paper sessions conclude for the day.<br><br>
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<b>Sunday, March 9, 2008<br>
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8:30: Coffee, pastries<br><br>
9:00: Eve Sweetser (UC Berkeley), “Celtic Romanticism, Celtic Modernity,
and Jakez Riou”<br><br>
10:00: Maggie Harrison (Harvard University), “There and Back Again:
Music, Step-Dancing, and Cultural Identity in Nova Scotia and
Scotland” <br><br>
10:30: Break<br><br>
10:45: Caoimhín Breatnach (University College Dublin), “Conflicting
Portrayals of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fiana: The Story of an Early
Modern Irish Narrative”<br><br>
11:45: Lunch Break<br><br>
1:00: Matthieu Boyd (Harvard University), “Affinities of the Two Hags
Trading Crooked Quatrains in Aislinge Meic Con Glinne” <br><br>
1:30: Geraint Evans (Swansea University), “The Welsh Printer’s Device on
Shakespeare Quarto Title-Pages”<br><br>
2:00: Helen Fulton (Swansea University), “Welsh Translations of the
Prophecy of the Six Kings”<br><br>
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<b>General Information:<br>
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To attend the paper sessions, advance registration is not required and
there is no fee. Seating is limited and available on a first-come,
first-served basis.<br><br>
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<b>UCLA Campus Parking:<br>
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Parking permits may be purchased ($8) from a UCLA Parking Services kiosk
on the day of the event. Be sure to mention that you are here to attend
the Celtic Studies Conference in Royce Hall. Please note: On Sunday
morning, the only Parking Services kiosk open before 10 am is located on
Westwood Blvd., just north of Le Conte Avenue on the south side of
campus. For more information about campus locations, parking, and driving
directions, please see
<a href="http://www.ucla.edu/" eudora="autourl">www.ucla.edu</a><br><br>
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<b>Need More Information?<br>
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Visit the UCLA Celtic Studies website at
<a href="http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/celtic/">
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/celtic/</a>. Download a PDF copy of the
schedule at
<a href="http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/celtic_conf_program_2008.pdf">
http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/celtic_conf_program_2008.pdf</a>
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For any other questions, please contact Professor Joseph Nagy of UCLA at
<a href="mailto:jfnagy@humnet.ucla.edu">jfnagy@humnet.ucla.edu</a> or
call the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
310.825.1880.<br><br>
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