Celtic Institute of North America
Dr. Benjamin Bruch holds a Ph.D. and A.M. in Celtic Languages in Literatures from Harvard University. His teaching and research interests include Cornish, Breton, and Welsh language and literature, Celtic linguistics, Celtic music, folklore and mythology, and palaeography. His doctoral dissertation on Cornish Verse Forms and the Evolution of Cornish Prosody, c. 1350 – 1611 is the first study of its kind to examine the entire known corpus of medieval Cornish literature.
- Breton 101. Introduction to Breton
- Celtic 105a. A Celtic Midwinter
- Cornish 101/102. Cornish Language Weekend
bruch@celtic-institute.org
Dr. Kate Chadbourne holds a Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where she currently teaches Irish language and folklore. Her other interests include fairylore, storytelling, folk songs, and the medieval literature of Ireland and Wales. As a visiting scholar she has spent a year each at the University of Ulster, University College Swansea, and University College Cork. Kate performs regularly as a singer, musician and storyteller.
- Celtic 104a. The Celtic New Year
- Celtic 104b. The Feast of Brigit
- Celtic 105a. A Celtic Midwinter
chadbourne@celtic-institute.org
Dr. Charlene Eska holds degrees in Celtic from Harvard and Oxford Universities. Her dissertation was an edition of the text Cáin Lánamna, which concerns Old Irish marriage and divorce law. Her research and teaching interests include Old Irish language and literature, medieval law of the British Isles, manuscript studies, palaeography, Continental Celtic, Celtic linguistics, Celtic archaeology, and women in early Ireland.
ceska@celtic-institute.org
Prof. Joseph Eska holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He teaches linguistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. His research and teaching interests include the history of the Celtic languages, especially the ancient Celtic languages of the European continent, the interpretation and analysis of ancient Celtic inscriptions, and the ethnographic study of the early Celtic peoples.
jeska@celtic-institute.org
Thomas Leigh holds an M.A. with Honours in Gaelic Studies from the University of Aberdeen. He is a performing musician (bagpiper, keyboardist and percussionist), a member of the Celtic music duo Rù-Rà, and associate director of the Callanish School of Celtic Arts. His teaching and research interests include the Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Cornish languages, Celtic linguistics, Celtic music, and bagpiping.
- Manx 101. Introduction to Manx Gaelic
- Scottish Gaelic 101. Introduction to Scottish Gaelic
leigh@celtic-institute.org
Sharon Paice MacLeod has studied Celtic Languages and Literatures through Harvard University, and has presented and published work on Celtic mythology at a number of learning institutions, including the University of Edinburgh, University College Cork, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Smith College. Her areas of interest include Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Celtic mythology and folklore, Celtic pagan religion, early Scotland, and the Arthurian tradition.
macleod@celtic-institute.org
Dr. Antone Minard holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA, and is the CEO of Wales Watching, Inc., a cultural consulting company based in California. His teaching and research interests include Celtic folklore, Celtic mythology, King Arthur, children’s literature, and the Welsh and Breton languages.
minard@celtic-institute.org
