SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP
JACOPO BISAGNI
Lecturer, Scoil na gCláirseach
Jacopo Bisagni studied Classics, Celtic linguistics and Indo-European linguistics at the University of Pisa, Italy, and was awarded a PhD at NUI Galway in 2008 for a thesis entitled Amrae Coluimb Chille: a Critical Edition. He has taught widely in early Irish, Latin language, and historical linguistics, and his research area ranges from Celtic and Indo-European linguistics to Medieval Irish monastic literature. More specific research interests include Latin/Old Irish bilingualism and code-switching, the reception of Classical literature and themes in Early Medieval Ireland, and Medieval Irish organology.
Jacopo is currently a lecturer in Classics at the National University of Ireland, Galway.