If you missed this year's Oxford O'Donnell lecture in May, there's another chance to hear it online. Thanks once again to @aaron-griffith.bsky.social for enlightening us on variation in Old Irish! #oldirish #gaeilge www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xx...

Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind? (O'Donnell Lecture 2026)

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Guess what? The call for papers for the XVIII Celtic Congress in Salamanca is open! internationalcelticcongresssalamanca.com/index.php/re...

Congratulations to Jasmine Ashworth, who has won this year's Sir John Rhŷs Prize for an essay on the treatment of dead bodies in medieval Welsh literature. Llongyfarchiadau, Jasmine! www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/sir-...

Sir John Rhŷs Prize2026 awarded to Jasmine Ashworth

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Delighted to welcome @aaron-griffith.bsky.social to Oxford this week as this year's O'Donnell Lecturer, talking about variation in Old Irish. Join us this Friday at 5.30pm in the Schwarzman Centre. Book a free ticket here: www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/old-ir...

We are incredibly grateful to College alumnus Professor Eddie Williams (1962, Modern Languages) for his donation of an early edition of the Mabinogion to the Fellows’ Library. 🔎Read more: https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/college-gifted-early-edition-of-mabinogion/ 📸Oxford Conservation Consortium

A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0. Subtitles available.

S4C - Stori'r Iaith, Cyfres 2, Stori'r Iaith - Cerys Matthews

Cyfres Newydd. Cerys Matthews sy'n mynd ar daith bersonol i olrhain stori'r iaith Gymra...

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i bawb! Happy St David's Day!

Cacenni toes a Chymraeg Canol i ddathlu'r ŵyl! Welsh cakes in Middle Welsh class in the run up to St David's Day! #stdavidsday #gwyldewi

Poster for this term's Oxford Celtic Seminar, held jointly with @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social now out! Croeso cynnes i bawb!

A reminder that there are Celtic, Welsh and Irish pathways in Oxford Linguistics masters programmes. Find out more at the online open day: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

Graduate Linguistics Online Open Day

The Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams for all prospective graduate applicants on Thursday 25th September 2025 from 1-2pm (...

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There's another chance to hear this year's Oxford O'Donnell lecture, a fabulous talk by Ronald Hutton on the medieval Irish goddess figure, the Morrigan, now uploaded here www.youtube.com/watch?v=HazN...

O'Donnell Lecture 2025: 'The Morrigan Revisited' by Ronald Hutton

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Come and join us in Oxford! We're advertising for a two-year full-time departmental lecturer in Medieval Irish Language and Literature. Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Congratulations to Maia Williams of @jesusoxford.bsky.social, who has won the 2025 Sir John Rhŷs Essay Prize for her piece on mythological elements in an alternative ending to the Middle Welsh tale Math uab Mathonwy. Da iawn, Maia! www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/sir-...

Llongyfarchiadau i'n myfyrwraig @francesdowle.bsky.social, sy wedi ennill Gwobr Robins y Philological Society am ei thraethawd ar gytundeb gramadegol yn y Gymraeg. Da iawn, Frances!

Great to see so many turn out for Friday's O'Donnell lecture. Thanks to Ronald Hutton for a fantastic discussion of the Morrigan across the medieval and modern worlds. See you for @aaron-griffith.bsky.social next year!

Pleased to announce that this year's Oxford O'Donnell Lecture will be given by Prof Ronald Hutton on medieval and modern representations of the Irish Morrigan, 2 May, 5pm, in the English Faculty, St Cross Road

Great to hear @pomuirch.bsky.social speaking about his work on the Gaelic writings of Dugald MacNicol at the Oxford Celtic seminar this week. Tapadh leat, a Pheadair!

A reminder that @pomuirch.bsky.social will be joining us in Oxford this Thursday at 5.15pm in the Memorial Room in Jesus to talk about his work 'In search of the nineteenth-century Gaelic Caribbean'. Fàilte romhaibh uile!

Syr John Rhŷs yn dathlu Gŵyl Ddewi yn yr heulwen.

A reminder that our next speaker is David Callander talking about 'Merlin, Gwenddydd, and the End of our Age', hybrid from the Memorial Room, Jesus at 5.15pm Thursday 20 February.

It was a pleasure to welcome Laura Arman at the most recent seminar in Oxford to entertain us with her thoughts on 'Dwi YN' in contemporary Welsh.

Roedd yn bleser croesawu Laura Arman o Gaerdydd i'r seminar diwethaf yn Rhydychen i'n diddanu gyda'i meddyliau am 'Dwi YN!'.

The programme for this term's Celtic Seminar with @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social is now out. Join us for our first session next Thursday with an online talk by @brendankanect.bsky.social on Irish bardic poetry.