Vacancy: O’Donovan Scholarships
The School of Celtic Studies is able to offer two scholarships to be taken up in September and October 2018. Applicants will normally hold a doctoral degree prior to taking up the scholarship. A full CV together with an outline of the research which the applicant proposes to undertake (maximum of 1000 words), should be sent to:
Ms Eibhlín Nic Dhonncha,
School Administrator,
School of Celtic Studies,
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,
10 Burlington Road,
Dublin 4,
IRELAND.
email: eibhlin@celt.dias.ie
To be returned not later than 30 March 2018.
The applicant should also ensure that references from at least two referees who are qualified to testify as to her/his ability to carry out original research are also sent to the School Administrator by the above date.
Scholarship stipends currently are €25,000 per annum for scholars who hold a doctorate.
Conditions of Scholarship
Scholars are expected to reside in Dublin, to attend regularly at the Institute and to participate fully in all activities in the School of Celtic Studies – seminars, lectures and conferences. The maximum tenure is three years, reviewed on an annual basis.
Leave a Comment
Posted: 29th January 2018 by Andrew McCarthy
Vacancies: O’Donovan Scholarships
Vacancy: O’Donovan Scholarships
The School of Celtic Studies is able to offer two scholarships to be taken up in September and October 2018. Applicants will normally hold a doctoral degree prior to taking up the scholarship. A full CV together with an outline of the research which the applicant proposes to undertake (maximum of 1000 words), should be sent to:
Ms Eibhlín Nic Dhonncha,
School Administrator,
School of Celtic Studies,
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,
10 Burlington Road,
Dublin 4,
IRELAND.
email: eibhlin@celt.dias.ie
To be returned not later than 30 March 2018.
The applicant should also ensure that references from at least two referees who are qualified to testify as to her/his ability to carry out original research are also sent to the School Administrator by the above date.
Scholarship stipends currently are €25,000 per annum for scholars who hold a doctorate.
Conditions of Scholarship
Scholars are expected to reside in Dublin, to attend regularly at the Institute and to participate fully in all activities in the School of Celtic Studies – seminars, lectures and conferences. The maximum tenure is three years, reviewed on an annual basis.
Category: School of Celtic Studies News & Events, Vacancies
...obituaries of prominent individuals The manuscript has been preserved in the @Library_RIA since 1883. (3/3) @HistFest #DIASdiscovers #connacht #books
The Annals of Connacht is a vellum manuscript that was written in the mid-16th century. The contents were derived from older annals compiled for the O’Conors of the Connacht and contain an annual record of significant events over 320 years, and... (2/3)
Date: 19 October 1944 Paper: The Irish Press Synopsis: DIAS has been publishing books since it's founding. One such early publication is the edited manuscript of the Annals of Connacht (Annála Connacht) which was edited for the first time by Martin Freeman of DIAS. (1/3)
This work was to help towards the preservation of the Irish Language, to maintain it's continuity with the past, and was to become a resource for teachers to check pronunciation #DIASdiscovers #Irish #Irishlanguage #CelticStudies #Gaelic
The researchers used the International Phonetic Alphabet, slightly modified to represent vowels and consonants of living speech. At that time there were concerns over the deterioration of the Irish language due to the "overpowering influence of English"
Date: 02 June 1943 Paper: The Irish Press Synopsis: In 1943, a phonetic investigation led by Brian Ó Cuív, Risteárd B. Breathnach and Tomás de Bhaldraithe of DIAS would begin the first systematic scientific recording of the varied sounds of modern Gaelic speech.
Happy Birthday! twitter.com/thecelticist/s…
The papers were 1) Affine Field Theory: conservation identitites and relation to Weyl and Eddington 2)The Union of the three fundamental fields (Gravitation, Menson, Electromagnetism) Which went on to secure worldwide acclaim. #DIASdiscovers
Date: 01 December 1943 Paper: The Irish Press Headline: Two Papers by Dr. Schroedinger Synopsis: 1943 was a busy year for Schroedinger. Not only did he deliver the "What is Life?" Lectures in @tcddublin in February in November he delivered two papers in the @RIAdawson (1/2)
Available to buy on the DIAS bookshop: books.dias.ie/index.php?main… (5/5) #DIASdiscovers #celtic #studies #twopatricks
"In the lives of St. Patrick, the two saints are invariably fused into one", said Prof. O'Rahilly in his lecture. The lecture was a condensation from O’Rahilly’s book “The two Patricks: a lecture on the history of Christianity in fifth-century Ireland”. (4/5)
He was known by his first name Patricius, which in later times would lead to confusion as he was succeeded by another apostle of the same name (Saint Patrick or Patricius in Latin). (3/5)
He spoke on "Palladius and Patrick". Palladius was the first bishop of the Christians of Ireland. (2/5)
Date: 21st March 1942 Paper: The Irish Press Headline: Palladius and Patrick | School Of Celtic Studies Lecture Synopsis: The first public lecture under the auspices of the School of Celtic Studies was delivered in Trinity College by Professor T. F. O'Rahilly in 1942. (1/5)
As part of our ongoing participation in the @HistFest we decided to take a look into the Irish Newspaper Archives and see where DIAS made it into print over the last 80 years. There were so many articles, the hardest part was selecting what we would post. We hope you enjoy!
@AReillyFailte @CultureNight @VisitDublin Thanks Antoinette! Glad you enjoyed 😊