‘Lament for the Dead in Early Irish Tradition: A Gendered Genre?’
On February 24, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Alexandra Bergholm (Helsinki) to discuss ‘Lament for the Dead in Early Irish Tradition: A Gendered Genre?’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Alexandra began by describing the lament as a funerary ritual expression or articulation of a significant experience of loss. The… Continue reading