Oireachtas Gaeilge Cheanada 2013

Oireachtas Gaeilge Cheanada, which is described as 'the only festival outside of Ireland featuring the performing arts of the Gaeltacht ... conducted through the medium of the Irish language', will be held 28-30 June 2013 at the North American Gaeltacht in Tamworth/Erinsville Ontario.  Special events include a guest lecture by Ray Mánais and a performance of Séans, a play by Brian Ó Baoill. For more information, visit the Oireachtas Gaeilge Cheanada website.

ICM 2013 Provisional Schedule

The provisional schedule for the 27th Irish Conference of Medievalists, which will be held 10-12 July 2013 at University College Dublin, has been posted on the conference website.  A link to the schedule in PDF format can be found off of this page.

Irish Immersion Weekend in Kansas City

The Third Annual Irish Language & Culture Immersion Weekend, hosted by the Kansas City Irish Center at Union Station, will be held in Kansas City 28-30 June 2013.  Brian Ó hAirt, the first American to win the Sgiath Uí Dhálaigh award, will be a guest teacher.  Registration, which includes breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, is $150, though students with a valid ID can get a $50 discount.  For more information on this event, visit the Kansas City Irish Center website.

Johann-Kaspar-Zeuss Prizes, 2013

The winners of the 2013 Johann-Kaspar-Zeuss Prizes have just been announced by the Societas Celtologica Europaea.  The prize for the best Ph.D. dissertation in Celtic Studies went to Niamh Ní Shiadhail at UCD, for her work on 'Conspóidí creidimh 1818-c.1848: roinnt fianaise ó fhilíocht na Gaeilge', while the prize for the best M.A. thesis went to Sigrun Maurer at Universität Wien for her work on 'Die Legende von den Sieben Schläfern aus Ephesos in der Version des Leabhar Breac'.  Congratulations to both winners.

Call for Papers -- SEMA 2013

The call for papers has been announced for "The Edge of Celtic Consciousness" session at SEMA 2013, which will be held at Appalachian State University, October 3-5.  The session is being organized by Larissa Tracy and Charlene Eska and will focus on what it means to be Celtic, "particularly in a medieval context."  The organizers "welcome papers on language, literature, art, law, history, archeology, theology, folklore or any other medieval discipline -- especially those which focus on the idea of boundaries or margins."  Abstracts of 250 are due to Larissa Tracy by 1 June 2013.

Online Irish Language Classes -- Summer 2013

Gaelchultur is offering live online Irish language classes this summer.  Classes for Ireland and Europe and for America and Canada begin in mid May and run through mid July.  For more information on these classes, visit the course website.

Call for Papers -- Litriocht na Gaeilge

The call for papers has been announced for a conference entitled Litríocht na Gaeilge ar fud an Domhain: cruthú, caomhnú agus seachadadh téacsanna Gaeilge i gcomhthéacsanna idirnáisiúnta, which will be held 20-22 February 2014 at Teach Newman, Faiche Stiabhna and Coláiste Phádraig, Droim Conrach. Abstracts in Irish of 250-350 words together with the presenter's contact information and a 100-word bio should be emailed to conference organizers by 1 September 2013. For more information, visit the conference website.