Fifth Bangor Colloquium on Medieval Wales 2010

The provisional program for the Fifth Bangor Colloquium on Medieval Wales, which will be held 23-24 October 2010 at Bangor University, has just been posted. The inaugural J. E. Lloyd Lecture with reception to follow will be given by Thomas Charles-Edwards at 6:00 on the 22nd.

XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies -- Call for Papers

The organizers of the XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies, which will be held 1-5 August 2011 at Maynooth, have just released their official call for papers.  Proposals are to be sent electronically in the manner specified on the congress website and are due by 30 November 2010.  Early submissions are encouraged.

Writing Irish History -- A New Website

The Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute at University College Dublin has just unveiled their new website as well as an online version of the 2007 exhibition entitled 'Writing Irish History: The Four Masters and their World'. The institute hopes that both sites will be useful resources for 'second and third-level students as well as for the public at large'.

Job Opening -- NUI, Maynooth

The National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is seeking applications for an associate professor of Old Irish. Applications are due by 26 August 2010. Details can be found here.

Call for Papers -- Celts in the Americas Conference, 2011

The Celtic Studies Department at Saint Francis Xavier University and the Centre for Cape Breton Studies at Cape Breton University will host a conference on the Celts in the Americas to be held 29 June through 2 July, 2011 in Nova Scotia.

Paper proposals, together with the speaker's name, institutional affiliation, and prospective title, should be emailed to Professor Newton by 5 December 2010.

For more information on the conference, visit the Saint Francis Xavier University website.

Call for Papers -- CSANA Sessions, Kalamazoo, 2011

Professor Frederick Suppe is organizing two CSANA sessions at the next International Congress of Medieval Stuides, which will be held on May 12-15, 2011 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The themes for the sessions are "New Work by Young Celtic Studies Scholars" and "Empires, Emperors, and Rulership in Celtic Texts and Cultures."

Paper proposals, including the prospective title and the speaker's contact information, should be emailed to Professor Suppe by September 15, 2010. Priority will be given to earlier submissions, so prospective speakers are urged to get their proposals in sooner rather than later.

Journal of Literary Onomastics -- Submissions Information

The Journal of Literary Onomastics, a new scholarly periodical published under the auspices of the College at Brockport, State University of New York, welcomes article-length submissions on topics that deal with the ‘linguistic and philological aspects of proper names’. Detailed submissions information can be found on the journal’s website.