1. Introduction

The Center for Celtic Studies provides interdisciplinary and international educational opportunities for UWM students. Our program includes on-campus instruction by UWM and visiting international faculty, as well as study-abroad options in Ireland, Great Britain, and Europe. We provide a wide range of course and research topics relating to cultures--both historical and modern--that share Celtic influence: the early Continental Celts as well as the Breton, Cornish, Galician, Irish, Manx, Scots, and Welsh peoples. Students can concentrate their studies on the Celtic languages, both spoken and written, or they may choose to investigate the broader themes of the Celtic world, such as art, archaeology, literature, history, folklore, music and myth. The Celtic world offers a dynamic forum for the combined study of language, culture, politics, education, and the arts. The Center for Celtic Studies provides enrichment to both UWM students and the community at large through the Certificate Program and the Center's many activities and resources.

2. Center for Celtic Studies Faculty Committees

Advisory Committee

Bettina Arnold, Chair (ex officio)
Associate Professor of Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee
Co-Director, Center for Celtic Studies
E-mail: barnold@uwm.edu
Web Page: www.uwm.edu/~barnold/thome.html

Kathy Callahan
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: callahan@uwm.edu

Michael Gillespie
Professor of English, Marquette University
E-mail: GILLESPIEM@marquette.edu
Web Page: www.marquette.edu/english/faculty/gillespie-michael.shtml

John Gleeson, (ex officio)
Senior Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UW-Milwaukee
Co-Director, Center for Celtic Studies
E-mail: gleeson@uwm.edu

Andrew Kincaid
Assistant Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: akincaid@uwm.edu

José Lanters
Associate Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: lanters@uwm.edu

James Liddy
Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee

Michael Liston
Associate Professor of Philosophy, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: mnliston@uwm.edu

Nancy Walczyk
Senior Lecturer, English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: nwalczyk@uwm.edu

Certificate Program Committee

Bettina Arnold, (ex officio)
Associate Professor of Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee
Co-Director, Center for Celtic Studies
E-mail: barnold@uwm.edu
Web Page: www.uwm.edu/~barnold/thome.html

George Clark
Associate Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: clarkgeo@uwm.edu

John Gleeson, Chair (ex officio)
Senior Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UW-Milwaukee
Co-Director, Center for Celtic Studies
E-mail: gleeson@uwm.edu

José Lanters
Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: lanters@uwm.edu

Michael Noonan
Professor of English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: noonan@uwm.edu
Web Page: www.uwm.edu/~noonan/

Nancy Walczyk
Senior Lecturer, English, UW-Milwaukee
E-mail: nwalczyk@uwm.edu

The Advisory and Curriculum Committees met three times during the AY 05-06: 10/12/05 (joint meeting of both Committees), 3/9/06 (Curriculum Committee) and 5/4/06 (Advisory Committee). Among other topics, the committees discussed curriculum offerings, events scheduling, overseas programs, the electronic journal of the Center, e-Keltoi, and plans for upcoming exhibits and conferences. Triskele, the CCS newsletter, was published twice in 2005-2006.

Highlights: Visit to campus August 20, 2005 by President of Ireland Dr. Mary McAleese, the continuation of and increase in the Irish Government Grant for CCS, CCS participation in the Wisconsin Delegation to Ireland, the release of the first CCS Sean Nós music CD and the establishing of a curricular area code for Celtic Studies courses.

3. CCS Activities:

The following activities open to UWM students, the UWM campus and the community were organized at UWM by CCS in 2005-2006:

Fall 2005

1. September 19, 2005
   7:00pm, Enderis Hall 107
   The Story of the Guinness Brewery, by John O'Sullivan
2. Friday, October 28, 2005
   Trip to see the Irish play Portia Coghlan by Marina Carr at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago. Bus from Milwaukee to Chicago organized by CCS. José Lanters (English) imparted some of her vast knowledge of Irish Theatre and Marina Carr, the playwright, provided the tour with a discussion after the performance. The group also attended a post-show reception.
3. Monday, October 31, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
   Samhain Celebration
   Benjamin Bruch (PhD Harvard University) presented a lecture on Halloween traditions in Celtic Cornwall.
4. Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 6:00pm
   Michael Newton, Virginia Commonwealth University, presented a lecture entitled Lost Voices of the Afro-Celts.
5. Wednesday, December 7 - Sunday, December 11, 2005
   UWM Theater Performance of Nickel and Dimed
   Wednesday-Saturday 7:30pm performances; Sunday 2:00pm matinee.

Spring 2006

1. Friday, Febuary 24 and Saturday, February 25, 2006
   Fourth Annual Sean Nós Milwaukee Weekend
   Joseph Watson, University College Dublin, presented the inaugural Hyde Memorial Lecture at the Pabst Theater.
2. Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 7:00pm
   Liam Kelly, Professor of Irish Visual Culture at the School of Art and Design, University of Ulster, Belfast presented a lecture entitled Art, Memory and Conflict: Acts of Interrogation
3. Tuesday, March 14, 2006
   Angela Bourke, Senior Lecturer in Irish, University College Dublin, Where to put the fairies in an independent Ireland? Hefter Center 6:30pm.
4. Friday, March 17, 2006
   Philadelphia Here I Come, Tony Award Winning Brian Friel's first, and most popular, play was presented during the month of March by the UWM theater program. There was a special St. Patrick's night performance on March 17th with a pre-show reception and entertainment at the Hefter Center.
5. Thursday, April 6, 2006
   Tartan Day Celebration
   Andrew Welsh, Scottish Parliament Member (Vice president of the Scottish National Party 1988-2004), Scotland Today: Celtic Country, British Region or European Nation?
6. Monday, April 10, 2006
   Máire Ní Chathasaigh, New English Chamber Orchestra and the Choir of New College Oxford: The Irish Harp: Its History, Repertoire and Role in Irish Society. Hefter Center 7:00pm.
7. Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
   James Liddy Celebration
   The launch of two books by and about James Liddy were celebrated: Honeysuckle, Honeyjuice: A Festschrift for James Liddy and On the Raft with Friar Roselip, poems by James Liddy, (published by Arlen House and distributed in the U.S. by Cornell University Press). Lapham Hall 7:00pm.
8. April 28th and 29th, 2006
   Ceol Cois Locha - Music by the Lake
   The Center for Celtic Studies and the UWM Celtic Music Club, with support from the UWM Student Association, and the Irish Fest Foundation, co-sponsored Ceol Cois Locha (Music By the Lake), a weekend of Irish traditional music concerts and workshops and informal sessions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
9. April 29th, 30th and May 4th, 6th, 2006
   From these Green Heights by Dermot Bolger
   Mainstage Theatre (2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.)
10. Thursday, May 4, 2006
    Loreto Guinan, Heritage Officer for Meath County Council, presented a lecture entitled The cultural heritage of Irish peatlands. 6:30pm Reception, 7:00 lecture
    Curtin Hall 368
11. Thursday, May 11, 2006 -- 4:30pm-6:30pm
    Certificate Awards Ceremony
    David Mackenzie, Professor of Spanish and Director of Irish Centre for Galician Studies, National University of Ireland in Cork. Talk title: Galiza, imitate Ireland: Rise up and walk! Hefter Center.
12. An Cumann Ceilteach - Celtic Club at UWM

    St. Patrick's Week Festivities: A week-long celebration sponsored by the UWM Center for Celtic Studies, An Cumann Ceilteach (UWM Celtic Club) and the Celtic Music Club. All events free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.

    Saturday, March 11th
    12:00 Noon: Milwaukee St. Patrick's Day Parade sponsored by the Shamrock Club of Milwaukee, Kickoff on 3rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The CCS float won the Best Float Prize.

    Campus Events:

    Monday, March 13th
    7:00pm: Irish Ceili with music and dance in the UWM Ballroom ($3 admission to benefit the UWM Celtic Club)

    Wednesday, March 15th
    7:00pm: Screening of Man of Aran - Accompanied by live traditional Irish music, Merrill Hall 131

    Thursday, March 16th
    7:00pm: Screening of The Rocky Road to Dublin, followed by discussion, Curtin Hall 175

    Friday, March 17th - The Day Itself
    3:00pm: Screening of Cowboys & Angels - Union Cinema

    6:00pm: Reception at the Hefter Center, proceeding then to the UWM production of Philadelphia Here I Come at 7:30pm the Studio Theater at the Fine Arts Center.

4. Community organizations and events with which CCS is associated:

UWM Student Organization An Cumann Ceilteach
St. Patrick's Day Parade, Milwaukee (Shamrock Club)
Irish Fest Summer School
Milwaukee Irish Fest
Milwaukee Highland Games
Wisconsin Highland Games
First Friday Lecture Series, ICHC
Wisconsin Irish Genealogical Society
Burlington Genealogical Society
Shamrock Club of Wisconsin
St. Andrew's Society of Milwaukee
Bobby Burns Club of Milwaukee
Conference of Celtic Women
Gaelic League -- Milwaukee Branch

5. Status of the Program:

1. Number of students enrolled in CCS courses:
   
   Fall 2005
   The Celtic World 35
   Irish Step Dance 13
   Irish Women Writers 17
   Celtic Folklore 24
   Survey of Irish Literature 34
   Celtic Crossings 32
   Freshman Seminar -- Film 20
   Irish Folk Beliefs & Religious Practices 11
   The Scottish Experience 19
   Civil Strife in Northern Ireland 46
   English History to 1688 46
   Ireland since 1600 45
   1st Semester Irish Gaelic 20
   2nd Semester Irish Gaelic 8
   Total 378
   
   Spring 2006
   European Archaeology 28
   2nd Semester Gaelic 10
   4th Semester Gaelic 5
   Green Screen 25
   Irish Folk & Fairy Tales 24
   Irish Step Dance 21
   Survey of Irish Literature 33
   Seminar in Irish Literature 14
   Globalization & the Environment 16
   Britain since 1688 47
   Total 223
   
   Overseas Programs
   Winterim 2006 Irish Theater 26
   Winterin 2006 Scottish Women 12
   Colmcille Semester 6
   Summer Oideas Gael 6
   
2. Number of students enrolled in the certificate program 2005/2006: 43
3. Number of students receiving certificates in 2005/2006: 11
4. Gateway course Fall Semester 2005 enrollment: 32

6. List of courses offered.

1. Fall 2005
   Anthro 305: The Celtic World
   Dance 370: (A) World Movement Traditions:
   LAB 904 Irish Step Dance
   English 243: Introduction to Literature by Women:
   LEC 001 Irish Women Writers
   English 275: The Forms of Folk Literature:
   LEC 001 Celtic Folklore
   English 306: Survey of Irish Literature
   Ethnic 133: Celtic Crossings: Overview of the History and Cultures of the Celtic World
   Ethnic 192: Freshman Seminar:
   SEM 001 Celtic Film: Fact or Fiction?
   Ethnic 250: Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies:
   LEC 001 Irish Folk Beliefs and Religious Practice
   LEC 304 The Scottish Experience
   Hist 200: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues:
   LEC 001 The Civil Strife in Northern Ireland
   Hist 235: English History to 1688
   Hist 353: Ireland Since 1600: Colony toIndependent State
   Linguis 181: First Semester Gaelic
   Linguis 231: Third Semester of an Uncommonly Taught Language:
   LEC 302 Irish (Gaelic)
   
2. Spring 2006
   Anthro 306-001: European Archaeology, T 5:30pm - 8:10pm, Bettina Arnold
   Celtic 104: Second Semester Gaelic, TH 9:30am - 10:45am, John Gleeson
   Celtic 204: Fourth Semester Gaelic, TR 9:30am - 10:45am, Seosai Nic Rabhartaigh
   Celtic 250: Selected Topics in Celtic Studies
   Lec 001: Green Screen: Images of Ireland in Film, W 6:00pm - 8:40pm, John Gleeson
   Lec 002: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, MW 9:30am - 10:45am, Nancy Walczyk
   Dance 370-904: World Movement Traditions: Irish Step Dance, M 5:00pm -7:40pm, Aine McMenamin-Johnson
   English 306-001: Survey of Irish Literature, Th 12:30pm - 1:45pm, James Liddy
   English 622-001: Seminar in Irish Literature: Irish Literature After Yeats and Joyce, Th 11am - 12:15pm, Josepha Lanters
   Global 201-LS-001: Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment: The Case of Ireland, TR 11:00am - 12:15 pm, Andrew Kincaid
   Hist 236-001: Britain Since 1688: Rise and Decline of a Great Power, TR 2pm-3:15pm, Kathy Callahan
   
3. Overseas programs.
   • WinterIm 2006 in Edinburgh January 8-21
   • WinterIm 2006 in Ireland: Contemporary Irish Theater January 3-20
   • Summer 2005 Study Abroad program in Donegal (Irish Language and Culture) July 10-30
   • Colmcille Semester Abroad program January 10-May 6

7. E-Keltoi -- http://www.ekeltoi.uwm.edu/

• 13 articles and reviews were published between June 2005 and July 2006
• The number of visitors to the site and the number of downloads continues to increase, as the following Web statistics attest:
  Total Visitors: 188,657
  International Visitors: 38,657
  Total HTML Pages Downloaded: 228,595*
  Average Session Length: 6:18
  * PDF downloads are not included in page totals

8. Effectiveness of the Committees' roles:

The Committees continue to play a crucial role in the development of the curriculum, planning of events and programming, and the journal.

9. Future plans:

• Continue to create and provide opportunities for CCS students to participate and attend events and activities of interest to the field.
• Planning for WinterIm in Edinburgh: "Queens, Witches, and Wenches: Lives of Scottish Women in the 6th-19th centuries". January 2006 - Faculty Leaders Kathy Callahan and Nancy Walczyk.
• Plans are being made in collaboration with the Golda Meier Library to bring a major exhibit (An Leabhar Mor and Malcolm Maclean) to UWM in 2008.
• Develop two new courses in Anthropology, one on the Archaeology of Ireland, one on the Archaeology of the British Isles.
• Develop on-line courses, including a course on "The Druids".
• Develop on-campus summer courses under the Celtic Studies area number.
• Develop courses and possible overseas/study abroad opportunities in Galicia with Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with faculty member Gabriel Rei-Doval, a specialist in Galician language and culture. He will replace Kathy Callahan on the Advisory Committee as of September 2006.
• Develop an overseas summer program in Brittany to be offered by Nancy Walczyk in the summer of 2008.
• Explore fundraising options with the UWM Foundation.
• New scholarship sponsored by the St. Andrews Society of Milwaukee
• Work with the St. Andrews Society of Milwaukee to bring in more speakers on themes related to Scotland and Scottish heritage.