3rd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies (PCCS3)

Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies is organised biannually by members of the Centre for Celtic Studies at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

As encouraged by prof. Jacek Fisiak, Celtic studies at School of English (now Faculty of English) were established in 2004. Initially, a selection of courses in matters Celtic was offered. Additionally, that was also the time when intensive Irish courses were introduced, enthusiastically embraced by students from both inside and outside of the then School of English. The first B.A. scheme was launched in 2007, only to be followed 3 years later by a full M.A. programme. Thus, Poznań has become and continues to be the only academic centre in Poland offering both BA and MA programmes in the field of Celtic studies.

As the very name of the department suggests, the collective term ‘Celtic’ covers neither a single language nor a single literature, but as many as six modern Celtic languages (classified as minority languages) and six literatures respectively. Our department is particularly interested in the two members of the Celtic family group, i.e. Welsh and Irish. The rationale behind this is strictly connected with the sociolinguistic situation of the languages in question, namely out of the six contemporary Celtic languages it is Welsh and Irish that enjoy the biggest numbers of speakers. To a lesser extent, we also deal with Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Manx.