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| Celtic Studies Association of North America | |
|---|---|
| Name | Celtic Studies Association of North America |
| Type | Learned society |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Location | North America |
| Area served | United States, Canada |
| Focus | Celtic studies, medieval studies, linguistics |
Celtic Studies Association of North America is a scholarly organization devoted to the study of Celtic languages, literatures, histories, and cultures across North America. It brings together scholars from institutions such as Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, and University of California, Berkeley to foster research on topics ranging from Old Irish philology to modern Gaelic revival movements. The association sponsors conferences, publications, and collaborative projects linking researchers at universities, libraries, and museums including the Vatican Library, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Library of Congress.
The association emerged during a period of institutional consolidation influenced by developments at Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Toronto, and McGill University in the 1960s and 1970s. Its formative meetings included participants affiliated with École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, School of Oriental and African Studies, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast, and the National University of Ireland, Galway. Key early figures had ties to projects such as the Dictionary of Old Irish, the Dictionary of the Irish Language, and manuscript cataloguing at the Royal Irish Academy, the Bodleian Library, and the Cambridge University Library. Over subsequent decades the association engaged with broader scholarly initiatives connected to the Modern Language Association, the American Historical Association, the Medieval Academy of America, and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Governance follows common practice among learned societies with elected officers drawn from faculties at Stanford University, University of Chicago, Yale University, New York University, and University of British Columbia. A board or council liaises with institutional partners such as the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Royal Irish Academy, and university presses like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and University of Pennsylvania Press. Committees coordinate relations with funding bodies including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and foundations such as the Guggenheim Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Statutes and by-laws reflect standards similar to those of the American Council on Education and the Association of American Universities.
The association supports pedagogy and research through summer schools, seminars, and workshops held at venues such as Harvard University, University of Notre Dame, University of California, Los Angeles, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College. Collaborative projects have partnered with archives and museums including the National Library of Ireland, the Irish Folklore Commission, the National Museum of Ireland, and the Ulster Museum. It promotes study of materials like the Book of Kells, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Lebor na hUidre, and ogham stones studied in fieldwork alongside institutions such as Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin. Outreach initiatives connect with cultural organizations like Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Scottish Tartans Authority, and the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
Annual and biennial conferences rotate among host institutions including University of California, Berkeley, Boston College, Rutgers University, University of Notre Dame, Emory University, and Canadian hosts such as University of British Columbia and McGill University. Plenary speakers have included scholars associated with Oxford University, Cambridge University, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, École Normale Supérieure, and research projects like the CELT project and the Isidore of Seville digital initiatives. Proceedings, monographs, and edited volumes are published in venues such as Speculum, Journal of Celtic Studies, Ériu, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, and by presses including Brepols Publishers, Four Courts Press, and D.S. Brewer. Collaborative digital humanities projects involve partnerships with Perseus Digital Library, Project Gutenberg, and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute.
Membership comprises faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, librarians, and museum curators affiliated with universities and institutions such as University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, Trinity College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Indiana University Bloomington, and Syracuse University. Regional chapters facilitate local programming in metropolitan areas including Boston, New York City, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, and Montreal. Student chapters and affiliated graduate networks coordinate with organizations like the Medieval Academy of America student caucus and departmental programs at Harvard University, Yale University, and University of California, Berkeley.
The association administers prizes, fellowships, and travel grants to support research on manuscripts, linguistics, and folklore, modeled on awards such as the MacArthur Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship, and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. It partners with funding sources including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Trustees of Columbia University, and private benefactors to fund postdoctoral fellowships, dissertation awards, and manuscript conservation projects carried out in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy, the British Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Category:Learned societies Category:Celtic studies