The Empire Writes Back: The Form and Function of Gaelic in Eighteenth-Century Letters
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Thursday, June 8, 2023, 17:00 - 19:00Where
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Dr Peadar O Muircheartaigh, University of Edinburgh will deliver the keynote lecture for the Linguistics of the Gaelic Languages conference.
This lecture, which is the keynote lecture for the Linguistics of the Gaelic Languages conference will examine the form and function of the Gaelic language as used in a fascinating range of letters written by agents of the British Empire on its western and eastern frontiers during the 18th century: Scottish soldiers fighting during the American War of Independence and Scottish colonial administrators in the East India Company. The dynamics of language and Empire will be exposed and examined in an invited lecture from Dr Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh, an expert in manuscripts, letters and the Gaelic tradition.
About the conference
Comhdháil idirnáisiúnta ina gcuirfear teangeolaíocht Ghaeilge na hÉireann, na hAlban agus Mhanann faoi chaibidil.
Tiocfaidh scoláirí idirnáisiúnta na teangeolaíochta Gaeilge le chéile in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann, ar an 8ú agus an 9ú Meitheamh 2023 chun an taighde is déanaí a chur faoi chaibidil faoi theangacha Gaelacha na n-oileán seo. Pléifear canúintí na Gaeilge, logainmneacha, téarmaíocht agus na forbairtí teicneolaíochta is déanaí. Gné shuntasach den chomhdháil is ea an léiriú agus an ceiliúradh a dhéanfar ar an dáimh theangeolaíochta agus chultúrtha atá idir Éirinn, Oileán Mhanann agus Albain. Tá an chomhdháil á reáchtáil ag Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge i gcomhar le Coiste Léann na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh.
A gathering of international scholars will take place in the Royal Irish Academy on the 8th and 9th of June 2023, where the latest research on Gaelic linguistics will be presented over two days. Papers covering dialects, placenames, terminology and applied technology will be delivered, in a celebration of the common linguistic heritage of Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. The conference is a collaboration between the Academy's Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge research project, and Coiste Léann na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh.
People who have registered for the conference do not need to register separately for this event.