Name: Ulidia 7
Start: 2024-06-25T09:00:00+01:00
Location: Belfast Campus - Ulster University

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Prof. Maxim Fomin and Dr Caoimhín Ó Dónaill have organised Ulidia 7 — The Seventh International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, featuring plenaries on The Archaeology of the North Coast by Dr Colin Breen, Ulster University, and on Machine Learning and Medieval Literature of Ireland and Scotland by Prof. Will Lamb, University of Edinburgh. The third plenary, on Rudolf Thurneysen and Die irische Heldensage by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Maier, Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, is convened at the Linenhall Library as part of our public engagement.

Conference Programme

25/06/2024
When / Cathain	Title / Teideal	Speaker / Cainteoir	Chair / Cathaoirleach
09:00–09:15	Registration / Clárúchán
09:15–09:30	Opening / Oscailt na Comhdhála
09:30–10:15	Plenary / Mórléacht 1: Archaeology of the North Coast of Ulster	Colin Breen	Jim Mallory
10:15–10:30	Tea & Coffee / Tae & Caife
10:30–11:00	Scáthach of Scythia: Gender and the Exotic	Michael Clarke	Joanne Findon
11:00–11:30	Binding Spells, Love Magic, and the Identity of “Demons” in The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn	Jacqueline Borsje	Joanne Findon
11:30–12:00	Prophetess Fedelm and the “Seer on the Way of an Army” Topos	Tatyana Mikhailova	Joanne Findon
12:00–12:30	Women in Fled Bricrenn	Lydia Hursch	Joanne Findon
12:30–13:30	Lunch / Lón
14:00–17:30	Trip to Ulster Museum of Folk and Transport, Cultra / Turas go Daoniarsmalann Chúl Trá
18:00–20:00	Conference Dinner / Dinnéar na Comhdhála

26/06/2024
When / Cathain	Title / Teideal	Speaker / Cainteoir	Chair / Cathaoirleach
09:00–09:45	Plenary / Mórléacht 2: Decoding the Hidden Heritages of Scottish and Irish Folklore: Scottish Gaelic Versions of Ulster Cycle Narratives	Will Lamb	Caoimhín Ó Dónaill
09:45–10:00	Tea & Coffee / Tae & Caife
10:00–10:30	Fosterage, Fealty, and Friendship: “Popa” and Affectionate Language in Táin Bó Cúailnge	Finn Longman	Ruairí Ó hUiginn
10:30–11:00	Quantitatively Assessing the Influence of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the Ulster Cycle	Pádraig McCarron & Ralph Kenna	Ruairí Ó hUiginn
11:00–11:30	Tea & Coffee / Tae & Caife
11:30–12:00	The Vision of Blathmac and the Ulster Cycle	Brian Lambkin	Ailbhe Ó Corráin
12:00–12:30	Fráoch mac Fidach Foltruad — Myth, Kingship and Legacy	Mike McCarthy & Daniel Patrick Curley	Ailbhe Ó Corráin
12:30–13:00	Ulster Traditions and the Kingdom of Breg	Kay Muhr	Ailbhe Ó Corráin
13:00–14:00	Lunch / Lón
14:00–14:30	“Bíid i n-deilb éuin cach la bliadnai”: Móitíf na hEala-Mhná sa Rúraíocht	Greg Darwin	Peadar Mac Gabhann
14:30–15:00	“Cionnas do fríoth an Ga Bolg?”: Dán Rúraíochta is a Sheachadadh	Eoin Mac Cárthaigh	Peadar Mac Gabhann
16:00–16:45	Plenary / Mórléacht 3: Rudolf Thurneysen and Die irische Heldensage (Linenhall Library / Leabharlann Halla an Línéadaigh)	Bernhard Maier	Maxim Fomin
17:00–17:15	Book Launch / Seoladh Leabhair
17:15–18:00	Reception / Fáiltiú dí

27/06/2024
When / Cathain	Title / Teideal	Speaker / Cainteoir	Chair / Cathaoirleach
09:30–10:00	Oidheadh Chloinne Uisnigh in 20th Century Irish Folklore	Maxim Fomin	Art Hughes
10:00–10:30	Deirdre’s Depiction in Scotland in the Celtic Revival	Kate Mathis	Art Hughes
10:30–11:00	Oighrig Ruadh (1867–1942) and Another Folk-Variant of the Táin Bó Cuailnge from Uist	Tiber Falzett	Art Hughes
11:00–11:30	Tea & Coffee / Tae & Caife
11:30–12:00	The Transmission of Caithréim Conghail	Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil	Séamus Mac Mathúna
12:00–12:30	“Mor-gnim do muai brath a fir”: The Figure of Bláthnat in Medieval Irish Literature	Rachel Martin	Séamus Mac Mathúna
12:30–13:00	Scáthach, Aífe and Úathach	Ruairí Ó hUiginn	Séamus Mac Mathúna
13:00–13:15	Conference Closure / Críoch na Comhdhála
13:15–14:15	Lunch / Lón
14:15–18:00	Trip to the Navan Centre / Turas go hIonad Eamhain Mhacha