• PAST

The International Congress of Celtic Studies was founded in Dublin in 1959 by the late Brian Ó Cuív. Since its establishment, the Congress has become the largest international gathering of scholars in the field of Celtic Studies, providing a major forum for the presentation and discussion of research across a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, archaeology, art history, history, and literature.

Recent editions of the International Congress of Celtic Studies have been held in:

Earlier congresses were held in Bonn (2007), Aberystwyth (2003), Cork (1999), Edinburgh (1995), Paris (1991), Swansea (1987), Oxford (1983), Galway (1979), Penzance (1975), Rennes (1971), Edinburgh (1967), and Cardiff (1963).

  • PRESENT: Salamanca ICCS Congress

The XVIIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies will be held in Salamanca from 26 to 30 April 2027.

We are delighted to welcome the Celtic Studies community to Salamanca, home to the oldest university in the Spanish-speaking world, founded in 1218.

The logo for this edition of the ICCS honours the Celtic heritage of the Duero plateau in northern and central Spain. It features a Celtiberian coin dated to approximately 82–72 BCE, discovered in Salamanca. In 1973, during maintenance work next to the cathedral, a lump—possibly a clod of earth or an earthenware container, according to differing accounts—was accidentally broken open, revealing 32 Celtiberian coins inside.

    Half of these coins had been minted in a Celtiberian town very likely located somewhere in the Duero valley and bearing a toponym of clear Celtic etymology: Segobrix (Segobriga). The coin reproduced in the logo is one of these specimens (see M. P. García Bellido, “Tesorillo salmantino de denarios ibéricos”, Zephyrus 25, pp. 379–395).

     

    • FUTURE: ICCS 2031

    International Committee of the Congress (2027)

    The International Committee of the Congress will meet on Thursday to discuss the location of the next Congress and other related matters.

    Patrick Sims-Williams (Aberystwyth), President
    Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Dublin), Secretary

    Expressions of Interest

    Informal expressions of interest in organising the ICCS in 2031 are invited. These should be sent to either or both of the following as soon as convenient, and preferably by 1 February 2027:

    Patrick Sims-Williams
    President of the International Committee, ICCS
    pps@aber.ac.uk

    Ruairí Ó hUiginn
    Secretary of the International Committee, ICCS
    ruairi@celt.dias.ie