21 Facts About Celtic studies

Academic interest in Celtic studies languages grew out of comparative and historical linguistics, which was itself established at the end of the 18th century.

The first major breakthrough in Celtic studies linguistics came with the publication of Archaeologia Britannica by the Welsh scholar Edward Lhuyd, who was the first to recognise that Gaulish, British and Irish belong to the same language family.

Celtic studies published an English version of a study by Paul-Yves Pezron of Gaulish.

Celtic studies compared a 1000-word lexicon of Irish and Welsh and concluded that they were originally the same, then comparing the numerals in many other languages.

The Celtic studies languages were definitively linked to the Indo-European family over the course of the 19th century.

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German Celtic studies is seen by many as having been established by Johann Kaspar Zeuss .

Celtic studies is credited with having finally proven Celtic to be a branch of the Indo-European language family.

Celtic studies held a chair in Sanskrit at the University of Leipzig; but he is best remembered for his numerous publications in the field of Celtic studies.

Celtic studies was followed in 1911 by Kuno Meyer, who, in addition to numerous publications in the field, was active in the Irish independence movement.

Celtic studies's work is considered as the basis for all succeeding studies of Old Irish.

Celtic studies subsequently emigrated to Switzerland but returned to Germany in 1955 to teach at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich.

Today, Celtic studies is only taught at a handful of German universities, including those of Bonn, Trier, and Mannheim.

Celtic studies are taught in universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies, is a research institution but does not award degrees.

Celtic studies are taught in universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The CDT in Celtic studies Languages is administered through Celtic studies and Gaelic at the University of Glasgow and its director is Prof.

Some aspects of Celtic studies is can be accessed through Irish Studies programmes, such as at the University of Notre Dame.

Celtic studies are taught at other universities elsewhere in Europe, including the Charles University in Prague, University of Poznan, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Moscow State University, Uppsala University .

Irish Celtic studies are taught at the University of Burgos and the University of A Coruna .

International Congress of Celtic Studies is the foremost academic conference in the field of Celtic Studies and is held every four years.

The XV International Congress of Celtic Studies was held at the University of Glasgow in 2015.