Wed
14
Jul
2021
School of Arts & Humanities
Room MA019,
Londonderry,
BT48 7JL,
Londonderry,
BT48 7JL,
Professor of Celtic Studies, Digital Humanities & Irish Folklore
Professor Maxim Fomin
Overview
Dr Maxim Fomin gained his Masters degree in Philosophy from Moscow State University in 1998. He also worked for a PhD in Early and Medieval irish from University College Cork on 2003.
Research Fields
Early Irish wisdom and legal literature, history of Irish language literary tradition, Irish folklore and calendar festivals, Celto-Slavic parallels in language, medieval narrative literature and folklore, Irish-Indian connections and cultural parallels, comparative mythology and historical poetics, comparative linguistics, digitisation and linguistic computing in Celtic Studies, bibliography of Celtic scholars in the XIXth century.
Professional Affiliations
The Learned Association Societas Celto-Slavica, Secretary, Founding Member and General Editor of Studia Celto-Slavica series, AHRC Peer-Review College Member, Irish Humanities Alliance Executive Board Member, Centre for Research in Breton and Celtic (Brest, France), Visiting Professor
Research Opportunities
| Title | Closing Date |
|---|---|
| Linguistics Research Programmes | N/A |
| Celtic Studies Research Programmes | N/A |