cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) (01/17/85)
Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language courses in the United States? -- Cheryl Nemeth All opinions expressed in this article are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Calma Company or my cats. "Life is a series of rude awakenings" R. V. Winkle [Robert Asprin]
lydgate@reed.UUCP (Chris Lydgate) (01/20/85)
In article <257@calmasd.UUCP> cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) writes: >Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language >courses in the United States? To that list, may I add Cornish, Manx and Welsh? Chris Lydgate
urban@spp2.UUCP (01/21/85)
In article <825@reed.UUCP> lydgate@reed.UUCP (Chris Lydgate) writes: >In article <257@calmasd.UUCP> cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) writes: > >>Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language >>courses in the United States? > >To that list, may I add Cornish, Manx and Welsh? I took a course in Medieval Welsh a few years ago at UCLA. It was offered about once a year by the Indo-European Studies program. No course in modern Welsh was offered. I believe Medieval Irish was also in the curriculum somewhere. I got weird interests. Mike
macrakis@harvard.ARPA (Stavros Macrakis) (01/22/85)
> >Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language... > To that list, may I add Cornish, Manx and Welsh? Harvard's Celtic Languages and Literatures Dept. offers: For Undergraduates and Graduates: The Heroic Traditions of Ireland and Wales (in translation), Irish Learning (in translation) Breton, Middle Welsh, Advanced Middle Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Modern Irish (2), Scottish Folklore (in translation and original), Joyce, History of Irish (Linguistics course). Primarily for Graduates: Old Irish, Middle Irish, Advanced Old and Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish, Backgrounds of Early and Medieval Irish Literature, Introduction to the Celtic Languages (philology), and Comparative Celtic. I would also check out the University of Chicago, Yale, Columbia, Princeton.
ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/22/85)
<<no quotes in this article>> Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY 13210) offers courses in a variety of languages, including Celtic, Vietnamese, Swahili, etc. If you want to take coursework in these languages, they slap an extra fee (last time I looked it was $125 plus $158/credit-hour). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "...Always reach for a Hamilton Beach.. It slices, it dices, and it disciplines the children."
allen@osu-eddie.UUCP (John Allen) (01/23/85)
> Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language > courses in the United States? > -- > Cheryl Nemeth According to the Linguistics Society of America's publication, _Directory_of_Programs_in_Linguistics_in_the_United_States_&_Canada_ the following Celtic languages are offered by the following universities. ***Warning--You may have to take it independent study or it may be offered very infrequently.*** BRETON Harvard CELTIC Ohio State U, UCLA , U of Chicago, U of Cincinnati, U of Iowa, U of North Carolina, U of Toronto, Yale GAELIC-IRISH Boston College, Brown, Harvard, Stanford, SUNY-Stony Brook, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, U of Chicago, U of Cincinnati, U of Minnesota-Minneapolis, U of North Carolina, U of Pittsburgh, U of Toronto, U of Vermont, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee GAELIC-SCOTS Harvard, U of Cincinnati, U of Toronto MIDDLE IRISH Harvard OLD IRISH Boston College, Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, U of Georgia, U of Minnesota-Minneapolis, U of Texas-Austin, U of Virginia, Yale WELSH Brigham Young U, Central U (Iowa), Cornell, Harvard, New York U, Temple, UCLA, U of Chicago, U Pacific, U of Texas-Austin, U of Toronto EARLY WELSH U of Cincinnati, U of Connecticut, U of North Carolina, Yale MIDDLE WELSH Harvard, UC-Berkeley To find out more, I suggest getting in touch with the linguistics department (or possibly the English department) of the appropriate school. Hope this helps. John M. Allen allen@ohio-state allen@osu-eddie
lmm@panda.UUCP (Linda M. McInnis) (01/23/85)
Try Harvard U., Cambridge. -- Linda M. McInnis USENET: genrad!teddy!lmm Soon to leave me beloved USENET.
pector@ihuxw.UUCP (Scott W. Pector) (01/23/85)
There is a Gaelic College on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is on the southern section of the Cabot Trail. My wife and I drove by it this summer while on vacation. You can probably get more info on it by writing the Tourist Bureau in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Scott Pector
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (01/25/85)
>>Are there any universities that offer Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) language >>courses in the United States? >To that list, may I add Cornish, Manx and Welsh? And what about Breton? (:-)) -- rod williams ------------------------------------------- [decvax!decwrl!amdcad!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw]
fawcett@dalcs.UUCP (Barry Fawcett) (01/28/85)
Here are some gleanings from the 1984-85 calendar of The University College of Cape Breton , an undergraduate degree-granting institution in Sydney Nova Scotia : 100 Introductory Gaelic Designed for students who have little or no knowledge of Scottish Gaelic . Elementary instruction in Gaelic conversation , grammar , phonetics and simple sentence construction . Emphasis will be on the spoken language . 210 Celtic Language and Literature Designed to give students who have elementary communication skills in Scottish Gaelic an opportunity to study the historical development of the Celtic languages and their literature . 299 Celtic Music This course is designed to examine the principles of Celtic Music . It will establish the historical origins of the musical forms of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland , and will look in detail at church music , vocal music ( including labour songs ) and at the role of instruments such as bagpipe , fiddle and harp . 330 Celtic History This course is designed to trace the origins of the Celtic people in Europe and study their movement to Ireland , Wales , Scotland and the New World ; to examine culture language and institutions.Special emphasis will be placed on the Gaelic people in Scotland from the development of the Kingdom of Dairiada ,through the Lordship of the Isles and the Clan System to the dispersal of the Highlanders following the economic and social changes of the 18th century .The course will finish with a study of the modern Gaelic community in Scotland ,and the forces that created it. 331 The Modern Scottish Highlands This course deals with the Celtic Society of the Highlands of Scotland from the battle of Culloden to the Present Day . Special emphasis will be put on the changes which the society underwent in the 19th century , with particular reference to the Highland Clearances . The course will finish with an examination of the parallel development of Scottish Gaelic life and culture in Scotland and in Cape Breton . UCCB houses the Beaton Institute of Cape Breton Studies , a repository of Cape Breton history . Its collection of many thousands of items is open for research to students and the public .The oral history collection includes over one thousand tapes which have been collected over the last 25 years . They include material relating to Cape Breton social life , its ceilidhs ,songs and ballads ,accounts of weddings,funerals,frolics,ghost stories and sgeulachdan .....Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the Archives is its special collection of Gaelic and Scottish material ,consisting of original manuscripts , tapes and a library .The library consists of many rare books and periodicals in the Gaelic language .Of course the largest number are better known Gaelic books in poetry and prose . However a greater source of pride is the quality of Gaelic material of Cape Breton or Nova Scotia origin,and the complete file and index of the Gaelic newspaper MacTalla published for many years in Cape Breton . Cape Breton Island was settled in the 19th century by Scottish Highlanders , mainly crofters who were evicted from their homes by the Enclosure Acts . The CBC outlet in the city of Sydney (population ~50000) still broadcasts at least one weekly programme in Gaelic . Unfortunately UCCB is not on the net (yet) . For more information you may write: The Registrar University College of Cape Breton P.O.Box 5300 Sydney,Cape Breton,Nova Scotia Canada B1P 6L2 regards , barry