St Francis Xavier University (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Faculty Member, Celtic Studies

Associate Professor & Department Chair

About

Michael Linkletter is the current chair of the Department of Celtic Studies. He holds a Masters and PhD in Celtic Languages & Literatures from Harvard University with a doctoral dissertation entitled Bu Dual Dha Sin (That Was His Birthright): Gaelic Scholar Alexander Maclean Sinclair (1840-1924). As an undergraduate Michael attended St. Francis Xavier University where he received degrees in Celtic Studies and History.

His research interests vary from medieval Irish and Welsh narrative tradition, to the historical development of Celtic Studies as an academic field, to the history, culture, and literature of the Scottish Gaels in Canada. He teaches courses in medieval Irish and Welsh literature, Celtic civilization, Celtic paganism and Christianity, Scottish Gaelic language and literature, and the history of the old and new world Scottish Gaels.

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