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

   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

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

   Gabriel Rei-Doval
   Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Milwaukee
   E-mail: reidoval@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
   (Retired from Committee as of Spring 2007)

   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 twice during the AY 06-07: 11/10/2006 (joint meeting of both Committees), 3/9/07 (joint meeting of both Committees). 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 once in 2006-2007.

   Highlights:

   • "Acting Irish" International Theater Festival, Peck School of the Arts Mainstage May 2007
   • New scholarship for students sponsored by the St. Andrews Society of Milwaukee

   CCS Activities:

   The following activities open to UWM students, the UWM campus and the community were organized at UWM by CCS in 2006-2007:

   Fall 2006

   September 28, 2006
   Professor Graeme Morton, Scottish Studies Foundation Chair for Department of History, University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada
   William Wallace: A Victorian Romance
   6:30pm Reception, 7:00 lecture
   UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee

   October 9, 2006
   Massive Movie Mondays - Divorcing Jack
   O'Connell Room, 8:30pm
   County Clare Inn (1234 N. Astor Street)

   October 18, 2006
   The Continental Celts in the 20th Century
   Nolwenn Montjarret of Brittany and Gabriel Rei-Doval and Isabel Mendez-Santalla from the UWM
   5:00pm - 7:30pm, Curtin Hall 175

   October 21, 2006
   San Patricios Celebration
   7:30pm - $15 Admission Fee
   Irish Cultural and Heritage Center

   October 23, 2006
   Tok Thompson, Lecturer, Anthropology, University of Southern California
   Banshees and More, the Irish Sí Tradition
   6:30pm, UWM Architecture and Urban Planning Building, Room 179, 2131 E. Hartford Ave.

   October 23, 2006
   Massive Movie Mondays - Luke
   County Clare Inn (1234 N. Astor Street)
   O'Connell Room, 8:30pm

   October 31, 2006
   Samhain Celebration
   UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee
   6:00pm - 9:00pm

   November 3, 2006
   Áthas and the Celtic rock band The Sandcarvers in concert
   UWM Ballroom - in the Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Boulevard
   7:30pm-10:00pm

   November 13, 2006
   Judge Tom Cooper and State Senator Dave Berger, St. Andrew's Society of Milwaukee Board Members
   6:30pm Reception, 7:00 lecture
   UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee

   November 20, 2006
   Massive Movie Mondays - Come West Along the Road
   County Clare Inn (1234 N. Astor Street)
   O'Connell Room, 8:30pm

   December 1, 2006
   Maurice O'Keeffe
   Recollections of 1916 and Its Aftermath-Echoes from History
   Holton Hall, Room 190, 4:00pm

   December 4, 2006
   Massive Movie Mondays - Intermission
   County Clare Inn (1234 N. Astor Street)
   O'Connell Room, 8:30pm

   December 7, 2006 - January 30, 2007
   Samuel Beckett Exhibit
   This exhibition came to the UWM Libraries from the Irish Government. It marks the centenary of Irish Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett's birth.

   Spring 2007

   February 9, 2007
   Charles E. Orser Jr., Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Illinois State University
   The Irish Rural Life Project: Archaeology Past, Present, and Future
   4:00pm, Sabin Hall G90
   

   February 16-17, 2007
   Sean-Nós Milwaukee
   Celebrating the 5th anniversary of Sean-Nós Milwaukee
   

   Thursday, March 1, 2007
   St. David's Day
   Short reading of the poet Ellis Evans and the film presentation of Hedd Wyn
   6:30pm Reception, 7:00pm Program
   Curtin Hall, Room 175, 3241 N. Downer Avenue

   Monday, March 5, 2007
   Massive Movie Mondays: I Went Down
   8:30pm Screening
   County Clare Inn & Pub, 1234 N. Astor Street

   Monday, March 12, 2007
   Michael Collins
   6:30pm Presentation, 7:00 Screening
   UWM Union Theatre, 2200 E. Kenwood Boulevard

   Tuesday, March 13, 2007
   Scotland's Strategy for Stronger Engagement with the USA
   A presentation from First Secretary of Scottish Affairs, Michael Kellet
   6:30pm Reception, 7:00pm Presentation
   UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive

   March 15, 2007
   St. Patrick's Day Events
   Morning:
   Visit to UWM by David Hanson, MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland.
   Noon-2:00pm
   UWM Union Concourse, 2200 E. Kenwood Boulevard
   Traditional Irish music and dance in the UWM Union Concourse.

   Wednesday, April 25, 2007
   Flogging Molly - In Concert
   Milwaukee Union Ballroom
   

   April 27-29, 2007
   Deireadh Seachtaine na Gaelige (Irish Language Weekend)
   The DeKoven Center, Racine
   

   May 11, 2007
   Certificate Awards Ceremony
   4:30pm-6:30pm
   UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee
   Tim McMahon, Marquette University History Department. Talk title: The Centrality of Language in Modern Ireland

   Tuesday May 15 - Sunday May 20, 2007
   "Acting Irish" International Theatre Festival
   UWM Mainstage Theatre
   2400 E. Kenwood Boulevard
   

3. 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
   Welsh Women's Club
   

4. Status of the Program:
   1. Number of students enrolled in CCS courses:

      Fall 2006

      CELTIC 103, First Semester Gaelic, 35
      CELTIC 133, Celtic Crossings, 36
      CELTIC 192, Freshman Seminar, 20
      CELTIC 203, 3rd Semester Gaelic, 6
      CELTIC 699, Independent Study, 1
      Total 98

      Spring 2007

      CELTIC 104, 2nd Semester Gaelic, 10
      CELTIC 250, 27
      CELTIC 250, 21
      CELTIC 204, 4th Semester Gaelic, 2
      CELTIC 497, Study Abroad, 9
      CELTIC 699, Independent Study, 5
      Total 75

      Overseas Programs

      Colmcille Semester, 9
      Summer Oideas Gael, 12
      Spanish 377 Galician Culture, 9

   2. Number of students enrolled in the certificate program 2006/2007: 65
   3. Number of students receiving certificates in 2006/2007: 13
   4. Gateway course Fall Semester 2006 enrollment: 36
5. List of courses offered.
   1. Fall 2006

      Celtic Studies
      CELTIC 103: First Semester Gaelic
      CELTIC 203: Third Semester Gaelic
      CELTIC 133: Celtic Crossings: Overview of the History and Cultures of the Celtic World
      CELTIC 192-001: Freshman Seminar: Celtic Film: Fact or Fiction?
      CELTIC 250-001: Selected Topics in Celtic Studies: Ireland Today
      CELTIC 250-002: Selected Topics in Celtic Studies: Celtic Religion

      Dance
      DANCE 370: LAB 904 (A) World Movement Traditions: Irish Step Dance

      English
      ENGLISH 243-001: Introduction to Literature by Women: Irish Women Writers
      ENGLISH 275-001: The Forms of Folk Literature: Celtic Folklore
      ENGLISH 306: Survey of Irish Literature

      History
      HIS 200-001: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: The Civil Strife in Northern Ireland
      HIS 235-001: English History to 1688
      HIS 353-001: Ireland Since 1600: Colony to Independent State

      Portuguese
      PORT 499-001: Galician Culture: An Overview

   2. Spring 2007

      Celtic Studies
      CELTIC 104: Second Semester Gaelic
      CELTIC 204: Fourth Semester Gaelic
      CELTIC 250-001: Selected Topics in Celtic Studies: Green Screen
      CELTIC 250-002: Selected Topics in Celtic Studies: Irish Folk Belief and Religious Practice

      Dance
      DANCE 370 LAB 904: (A) World Movement Traditions: Irish Step Dance

      English
      ENGLISH 306-001: Survey of Irish Literature
      ENGLISH 622-001: Seminar in Irish Literature: Irish Literature After Yeats and Joyce, Global Studies

      Global Studies
      GLOBAL 201-LS-001: Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment: The Case of Ireland

      History
      HIST 236-001: Britain Since 1688: Rise and Decline of a Great Power

   3. Overseas programs
      • Summer 2006 Study Abroad program in Donegal (Irish Language and Culture) July 9-July 29, 2007
      • Colmcille Semester Abroad program January 15-May 6 2007
      • Spanish 377 Galician Culture July 2-July 28, 2007
   4. E-Keltoi (http://www.ekeltoi.uwm.edu/)
      • 5 articles and reviews were published between September 2006 and May 2007
      • The number of visitors to the site and the number of downloads continued to increase.
        Web stats: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/webstats.html
        Total Visitors: 526,012
        International Visitors: 121,792
        Average Session Length: 6:34

B.

1. 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.
2. Future plans:
   • Continue to create and provide opportunities for CCS students to participate and attend events and activities related to Celtic studies.
   • Plans are being made in collaboration with the Golda Meier Library and the Art History Gallery 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 an overseas summer program in Brittany to be offered by Nancy Walczyk in the summer of 2008.
   • Explore fundraising options with the UWM Foundation.
   • Work with the St. Andrews Society of Milwaukee to bring in more speakers on themes related to Scotland and Scottish heritage.