The Classics and Irish Identity: The Hiberno-Latin Construction of Early Modern Irish Identity.

My lecture will give an outline of my doctoral research project, which concerns how earlier Irish history was portrayed in the Hiberno-Latin historiography of the seventeenth century. The project aims at producing an overview of the many relevant texts, which are often untranslated and at times only found in manuscript format, and examine them in a historical context with an eye to how they compare to similar texts in Irish and (to a lesser extent) English from the same period.

Additionally, my lecture will look closer at how the Irish origin myth(s) are treated by the Irish authors, and how this fits into a larger intellectual and political discourse on Ireland specifically and historiographical scholarship more generally.

Erlend Østrem Myklebust is a Doctoral Research Fellow at IFIKK.

The event is open to the public, and all interested parties are cordially invited to attend. A Zoom link will be provided via the Classics Seminar mailing list. If you would like to subscribe to the list (or present at the seminar), please get in touch with Tor Ivar Østmoe. Following the presentation, we will gather at Café Eckers for drinks and further informal discussions. Everyone is welcome to join (please note that expenses are not covered by the seminar).