Dr Kate Mathis
- Lecturer (LTS) in Celtic & Gaelic (Celtic & Gaelic)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant(AWSP) (Learning Enhancement & Academic Development Service)
telephone: 0141 330 3231
email: Kate.Mathis@glasgow.ac.uk
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-5065Research interests
- The Ulster Cycle in its medieval context and later reception (e.g. politicized reshaping during the Celtic Revival; exchange of component tales between Ireland and Scotland);
- Elegy and lament; representations of grief, mourning, and violent emotion in Gaelic and Welsh literature (ca. AD 700-1500);
- Women’s poetry in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd (ca. AD 1200-1800).
Current projects
- Monograph: The Tri-partite life of Deirdre: Text and context from the Ulster Cycle to 1916;
- The translation of grief from Classical to Celtic-language contexts.
Publications
2019
Forsyth, K. , Thickpenny, C., Geddes, J. and Mathis, K. (Eds.) (2019) Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception: Proceedings of the 8th International Insular Art Conference, Glasgow 2017. Oxbow: Oxford, UK. (Accepted for Publication)
Innes, S. and Mathis, K. (2019) Gaelic tradition and the Celtic Revival in children’s literature in Scottish Gaelic and English. In: Dunnigan, S. and Lai, S.-F. (eds.) The Land of Story Books: Scottish Children's Literature in the Nineteenth Century. Scottish Literature International: Glasgow, pp. 107-157. ISBN 9781908980298
Mathis, K. (2019) “Tha Mulad Air M’Inntinn” and early modern Gaelic dialogue poetry. Aiste, (In Press)
2018
Martin, J. and Mathis, K. L. (2018) Elegy and commemorative writing. In: Royan, N. (ed.) The International Companion to Scottish Literature 1400-1650. Series: International companions to Scottish literature (6). Scottish Literature International: Glasgow, pp. 173-199. ISBN 9781908980236
Mathis, K. (2018) Campbell, Marioun (Mòr nighean Dhonnchaidh), fl. 1560s. In: Ewan, E., Pipes, R., Rendall, J. and Reynolds, S. (eds.) The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474436274
Mathis, K. (2018) Ross, Elizabeth Jane, 1789‒1875. In: Ewan, E., Pipes, R., Rendall, J. and Reynolds, S. (eds.) The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474436274
Mathis, K. L. (2018) Presence, absence, and audience: the elegies of Sìleas na Ceapaich “At Home” and “Abroad”. In: Dye, S., Ewan, E. and Glaze, A. (eds.) Gender and Mobility in Scotland and Abroad. Series: Guelph series in Scottish studies (4). Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph: Guelph, Ontario, pp. 183-200. ISBN 9780889556355
2013
Mathis, K. L. (2013) Parallel Wives: Deirdriu and Lúaine in Longes mac n-Uislenn & Tochmarc Lúaine ogus Aided Athairne. In: Toner, G. and Mac Mathúna, S. (eds.) Ulidia 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, University of Ulster, Coleraine, 22-25 June, 2009: in Memoriam Patrick Leo Henry. Curach Bhán Publications: Berlin, pp. 17-24. ISBN 9783942002080
Mathis, K. L. (2013) An Irish poster girl? Writing Deirdre during the Revival. In: Lyons, P., Maley, W. and Miller, J. (eds.) Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne: Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle, pp. 263-280. ISBN 9781443844208
Mathis, K. L. (2013) Mourning the Maic Uislenn: blood, death, & grief in Longes mac n-Uislenn & 'Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach'. Scottish Gaelic Studies, 29, pp. 1-20.
2011
Mathis, K. L. (2011) Gaelic gemina opera? The verse and prose texts of Saltair na Rann & Scél Saltrach na Rann. Scottish Gaelic Studies, 28, pp. 1-20.
2008
Mathis, K. L. (2008) An Ulster tale in Breadalbane? Personæ and literary allusion in the poetry of Mòr Chaimbeul. Aiste, 2, pp. 43-69.
Articles
Mathis, K. (2019) “Tha Mulad Air M’Inntinn” and early modern Gaelic dialogue poetry. Aiste, (In Press)
Mathis, K. L. (2013) Mourning the Maic Uislenn: blood, death, & grief in Longes mac n-Uislenn & 'Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach'. Scottish Gaelic Studies, 29, pp. 1-20.
Mathis, K. L. (2011) Gaelic gemina opera? The verse and prose texts of Saltair na Rann & Scél Saltrach na Rann. Scottish Gaelic Studies, 28, pp. 1-20.
Mathis, K. L. (2008) An Ulster tale in Breadalbane? Personæ and literary allusion in the poetry of Mòr Chaimbeul. Aiste, 2, pp. 43-69.
Book Sections
Innes, S. and Mathis, K. (2019) Gaelic tradition and the Celtic Revival in children’s literature in Scottish Gaelic and English. In: Dunnigan, S. and Lai, S.-F. (eds.) The Land of Story Books: Scottish Children's Literature in the Nineteenth Century. Scottish Literature International: Glasgow, pp. 107-157. ISBN 9781908980298
Martin, J. and Mathis, K. L. (2018) Elegy and commemorative writing. In: Royan, N. (ed.) The International Companion to Scottish Literature 1400-1650. Series: International companions to Scottish literature (6). Scottish Literature International: Glasgow, pp. 173-199. ISBN 9781908980236
Mathis, K. (2018) Campbell, Marioun (Mòr nighean Dhonnchaidh), fl. 1560s. In: Ewan, E., Pipes, R., Rendall, J. and Reynolds, S. (eds.) The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474436274
Mathis, K. (2018) Ross, Elizabeth Jane, 1789‒1875. In: Ewan, E., Pipes, R., Rendall, J. and Reynolds, S. (eds.) The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474436274
Mathis, K. L. (2018) Presence, absence, and audience: the elegies of Sìleas na Ceapaich “At Home” and “Abroad”. In: Dye, S., Ewan, E. and Glaze, A. (eds.) Gender and Mobility in Scotland and Abroad. Series: Guelph series in Scottish studies (4). Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph: Guelph, Ontario, pp. 183-200. ISBN 9780889556355
Mathis, K. L. (2013) Parallel Wives: Deirdriu and Lúaine in Longes mac n-Uislenn & Tochmarc Lúaine ogus Aided Athairne. In: Toner, G. and Mac Mathúna, S. (eds.) Ulidia 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, University of Ulster, Coleraine, 22-25 June, 2009: in Memoriam Patrick Leo Henry. Curach Bhán Publications: Berlin, pp. 17-24. ISBN 9783942002080
Mathis, K. L. (2013) An Irish poster girl? Writing Deirdre during the Revival. In: Lyons, P., Maley, W. and Miller, J. (eds.) Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne: Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle, pp. 263-280. ISBN 9781443844208
Edited Books
Forsyth, K. , Thickpenny, C., Geddes, J. and Mathis, K. (Eds.) (2019) Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception: Proceedings of the 8th International Insular Art Conference, Glasgow 2017. Oxbow: Oxford, UK. (Accepted for Publication)
Teaching
Undergraduate courses
- Celtic Civilisation 1A / 1B
- Celtic Civilisation 2A / 2B
Honours courses
- Introduction to Middle Welsh
Postgraduate courses
- Skills and Scholarship in Celtic Studies
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