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Biography

Born 20 October 1958, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Primary school in Hannover and Berlin, 1965-1969. Secondary school in Berlin, 1969-1973, and Leverkusen, 1973-1977.

Research Tags

Celtic morphology Continental Celtic Early Irish texts and literature Indo-European linguistics Middle Irish Ogam inscriptions Old Irish historical phonology Old Irish language

Research Projects

Project Title

A handbook of Early Old Irish

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Summary

This project will give an overview of the textual remains of the Early Old Irish period (c. 550-70 AD). It will offer, for the first time, critical editions of the principal documents dating from this period but mostly attested in later manuscript copies only. These consist of one continuous prose fragment (the Cambrai homily), various collections of glosses on Latin texts and proper names embedded in Latin documents. Each edition will be introduced by a synchronic and diachronic assessment of the manuscript source(s). In addition, a complete grammatical description and historical evaluation of all known linguistic facts will be provided.

Project Title

An edition of the text Fingal Rónáin 'The "kin-slaying" of Rónán'

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Summary

This early Middle Irish text (c. early 10th century AD) is preserved in two manuscripts (both kept in the library of Trinity College Dublin). The critical edition will discuss the manuscripts' relationship and establish that they are independent copies, discuss the evidence for restoring the lost archetype and on that basis present a linguistic profile of the original composition. Furthermore, its literary connections and independent merits will be assessed, including a literary use of different linguistic registers that at the present stage of knowledge is unique in Early Irish literature.

Representations

Details	Date
Co-editor of Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie	2007-
Member of the Advisory Panel to the Electronic dictionary of the Irish language (eDIL) supplement (Royal Irish Academy / University of Ulster Coleraine / Queens University Belfast / University of Cambridge).	2008-2019
Co-proposer and member of steering committee of Trinity College research theme "Manuscript, book and print studies"	2013-

Languages

Language	Skill Reading	Skill Writing	Skill Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Fluent	Basic	Basic
German	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
Irish	Fluent	Medium	Fluent
Italian	Fluent	Medium	Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
Indogermanische Gesellschaft	1984	ongoing
Philological Society	1999	ongoing

Publications and other Research Outputs

Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 69, 1, (2022), 1 - 300p, Jürgen Uhlich, [Co-editor], since 2007, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1515/zcph-2022], Journal, PUBLISHED URL

Jürgen Uhlich, When did nd become nn in which Early Irish environments?, Ériu, 72, 2022, p1 - 32, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1353/eri.0.0011], Journal Article, PUBLISHED DOI

Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 68, (2021), 1 - 347p, Jürgen Uhlich, [eds.], since 2007, Notes: [Languages of publicationGerman, English, French], Journal, PUBLISHED URL

On the obligatory use of a nasalising relative clause after an adjectival antecedent in the Old Irish glosses in, editor(s)Elliott Lash, Fangzhe Qiu, David Stifter , Morphosyntactic Variation in Medieval Celtic Languages - Corpus-based approaches, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter Mouton, 2020, pp195 - 237, [Jürgen Uhlich], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 67, (2020), 1 - 291p, Jürgen Uhlich, [eds.], since 2007, Notes: [Languages of publication German, English, French], Journal, PUBLISHED URL

Loch nEchach n-án: Nasalierungsübertragung in den altirischen Glossen und späteren Quellen in, editor(s)Caoimhín Breatnach Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail Gordon Ó Riain , Lorg na Leabhar. A Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach, Dublin, The National University of Ireland, 2019, pp13 - 38, [Jürgen Uhlich], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 66, (2019), v, 262p, Jürgen Uhlich, Torsten Meißner, Alderik Blom, [eds.], since 2007, Journal, PUBLISHED

The registers of Echaid's daughter in Fingal Rónáin in, editor(s)Anders Ahlqvist, Pamela O'Neill , Fír Fesso. A Festschrift for Neil McLeod, Sydney, The University of Sydney, 2018, pp233 - 261, [Jürgen Uhlich], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 65, (2018), vi, 158p, Jürgen Uhlich, Torsten Meißner, Bernhard Maier, [eds.], since 2007, Journal, PUBLISHED

Jürgen Uhlich, The poems of Blathmac, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 75, 2018, p53 - 77, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

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Jürgen Uhlich, 'Faithful but unintelligent': Early Old Irish documents copied and miscopied, Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture, University College Dublin, 21 September, 2017, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Evidence for copying in documents from the Early Irish period, Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge / The linguistics of the Gaelic languages / Cananachas na Gàidhlig XVII, NUI Maynooth, 11 April, 2015, School of Celtic Studies, NUI Maynooth, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Review of Il medioirlandese/Middle Irish. A Translation into Italian of the Gaelic Text An Mheán-Ghaeilge by Liam Breatnach. Translated from the Gaelic with Notes by Elisa Roma. With a Foreword by Ruairí Ó hUiginn., by Elisa Roma , Journal of Celtic Linguistics, 16, 2015, p157-164 , Review, PUBLISHED

Jürgen Uhlich, Weiteres zur Überlieferung der Homilie von Cambrai und ihren Implikationen für die irische Sprachgeschichte, Sprachwissenschaftliche Vorträge, Universität Marburg, Germany, 27 January, 2012, Fachgebiet Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft und Keltologie, Universität Marburg, Germany, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Introduction to Early Old Irish, Fifth Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics, University of Leiden, Netherlands, 23 July, 2010, Department of Indo-European, University of Leiden, Netherlands, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Die Überlieferung der Homilie von Cambrai und ihre Implikationen für die irische Sprachgeschichte, Vortrag in memoriam Rudolf Thurneysen, Universität Bonn, Germany, 13 November, 2009, Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Bonn, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Review of Baile in Scáil: 'The Phantom's Frenzy', by Kevin Murray , Éigse, 36, 2008, p228-234 , Review, PUBLISHED

Jürgen Uhlich, Linguistic connections between India and Ireland, Myles Dillon Memorial Lecture, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 6 April, 2006, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Zum stilistischen Einsatz sprachlicher Register im frühmittelirischen Text Fingal Rónáin, Sprachwissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Universität Bonn, Germany, 14 December, 2006, Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Bonn, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jürgen Uhlich, Études Celtiques. Vol. 31 (1995), Review of Études Celtiques. Vol. 31 (1995), by P.-Y. Lambert , Éigse, 34, 2004, p237-244 , Review, PUBLISHED

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Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Undergraduate scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes	1981-1983
PhD scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes	1984-1986
Research scholarship, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies	1986-1989
Research scholarship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	1992-1994

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Early Irish linguistics; Early Irish texts and literature; Comparative Celtic linguistics; Continental Celtic linguistics; Indo-European comparative philology.

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

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