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The Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures offers advanced instruction
and training in the languages and literatures of the Celtic-speaking peoples
and administers programs leading to the PhD in Celtic languages and literatures.
In this respect, it is unique in the United States. PhD programs in the
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures can sometimes be specially
arranged so as to combine Celtic with other subjects. (link here for Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences Ad
Hoc Degree information.) The Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures
cooperates with other departments and committees in providing supplementary
instruction for students who wish to work in Celtic as a special field.
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Courses in Celtic have been given at Harvard for over 100 years. In 1940 a professor of Celtic languages and literatures was appointed, and beginning with the academic year 1940-41 a separate Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures has functioned.
The Harvard College Library is particularly strong in the Celtic field, thanks to the unremitting labors of the late Fred Norris Robinson, Gurney Professor of English Literature. It possesses over 10,000 books on the subject, as well as a considerable number of original manuscripts and a great many photostats of facsimiles of unedited material. What is perhaps even more important, however, is the scope of the Harvard collection, since it embraces the whole of the Celtic field and affords the most diversified resources for study and research in Celtic linguistics and literature.(Next Page)