Postgraduate Studies
Welcome to the Postgraduate pages of Celtic and Gaelic. Whether you are interested in literature, language, history and culture, we provide a supportive environment for postgraduate research. We offer courses and supervision in a range of subject areas related to the research activities and interests of academic staff.
We are especially qualified to supervise research in the following areas:
- medieval Irish narrative
- early Gaelic and medieval Welsh literature and law
- linguistic, literary and religious aspects of early medieval Scotland
- 19th, 20th and 21st century Scottish Gaelic literature
- Scottish Gaelic oral tradition and oral transmission
- the early church in the Celtic countries
- Celtic inscriptions
- the Gaelic world in the 19th century
- early and modern Gaelic languages
- Gaelic dialects, dialectology, and historical linguistics
- Gaelic onomastics Gaelic sociolinguistics
- Scottish Gaelic education
Entrance Requirement
Successful applicants for postgraduate degrees should normally have obtained at least an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent). For further information, see http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapplyforataughtdegree/
Externally Funded Research Projects
Celtic and Gaelic are involved with a number of externally funded research projects. Ongoing projects include ‘The Expansion and Contraction of Gaelic in Medieval Scotland: The Onomastic Evidence’; ‘Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic’; ‘Whithorn’s Early Medieval Sculptured Stones’; ‘The Paradox of Medieval Scotland’ (with Scottish History).
Interdisciplinary Context
We are well placed to provide an appropriate environment for cross- and interdisciplinary research. Staff and students benefit from collaboration and interaction in research and teaching with members of other subject areas such as History, Scottish Literature, and Archaeology. We are committed to creating and sustaining an open and involved research environment, and are one of the core subject areas of the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies. We also participate in the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Current and Recent Student Research
The number of postgraduate research students supervised within Celtic and Gaelic is currently around seventeen. Recent and on-going postgraduate work includes theses on the relationship between medieval literary theory and early Irish narrative, studies of Bàrdachd Baile, Gaelic poetry of the 19th century, early Modern Gaelic literary texts, Gaelic-medium schools, early church history in Scotland, early Irish kingship, the early Irish church, saints and saints’ lives, Gaelic linguistics, and Gaelic place-names.
Research Resources
The University and ourselves hold good collections of Gaelic manuscript materials and rare books dating from the 17th to 20th centuries. Postgraduate students have access to our research archive, the MacLean Room, which is named after Magnus MacLean, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Glasgow Technical College and the first official lecturer in Celtic (1901-). The Department and the Faculty provide postgraduates with study spaces and access to PCs and the internet.
eSharp
eSharp is an international online journal for postgraduate research in the arts, humanities, social sciences and education. Based at the University of Glasgow and organised by graduate students, it provides postgraduates and recent postdoctoral students with the opportunity of experiencing and developing skills in the field of academic publishing. A number of postgraduates in the Department have contributed to this award-winning electronic journal by serving on the editorial board, by peer reviewing articles and by contributing articles based on their research. For further information, see the eSharp website.
How to Apply
You can either apply on line or by post. For information on funding see our postgraduate funding page.
Further Information
Further information about postgraduate study at the University of Glasgow can be found by clicking on the following links:
College of Arts Graduate School
International and Postgraduate Service
Contact
If you are interested in applying for PG study in Celtic / Gaelic Studies, our Postgraduate convener, Dr Katherine Forsyth , would be delighted to hear from you. Alternatively, you may wish to contact the Head of Subject Area Professor Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh.
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