Centre for Antique, Medieval & Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS)

The Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies at the University of Galway was created by colleagues in Archaeology, Classics, English, French, German, History, Irish, and Old and Middle Irish as an initiative operating under the aegis of the Moore Institute.

Primary goals

• First, to help promote, support, and disseminate the research of its members in both individual and collaborative projects to the wider national and international academic community.
• Second, to create an academic community committed to the highest standards of collegiality and research.
• Third, to encourage and serve as a forum for outreach to the non-academic community.

In meeting each of these goals the Centre is responsible to the academic community at the University of Galway, to students at the University of Galway, and to the international academic community.

Research areas

The Centre’s research is focused on the following areas:

CAMPS Research Labs

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CAMPS Research Labs provide a forum for staff and graduate students from all disciplines involved to come together in order to present work-in-progress and debate research issues. CAMPS Labs to date have taken a two-hour format, typically initiated with a presentation of specific research themes, questions and challenges, leading into informal and often very wide-ranging discussions.

See our current schedule and Research Labs Archive.

CAMPS Committee

• Co-ordinating Director: Frances McCormack
• Treasurer and Secretary: Catherine Emerson
• Research Events Co-ordinators: Brenda Luies and Darcy Ireland
• Communications Officer: Christian Schweizer
• Postgraduate Representative: Andrew Levie
• External Liaison Officer: Jessica Cooke

Newsletter and Facebook

Our CAMPS newsletter provides details of upcoming events and other items of interest to members. You can join by sending a blank e-mail to the e-mail address below. When you receive a response, just reply to confirm. (Clicking the link does not always work.)
camps-galway+subscribe@googlegroups.com

If you have any problems subscribing, please send your details instead to padraic.moran@universityofgalway.ie.

You can also follow CAMPS on Facebook, Bluesky, and X/Twitter.