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The Center for Celtic Studies explores Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures within their historical and contemporary contexts.

Through its certificate program and academic partnerships, the Center provides students with an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the Celtic world. Faculty and students engage in critical inquiry across fields such as linguistics, history, political science, folklore, and the arts, contributing to a deeper awareness of cultural continuity and transformation.

In addition to its academic mission, the Center fosters an environment that encourages dialogue and collaboration among scholars, students, and the broader community. By supporting lectures, symposia, cultural programming, and outreach initiatives, it promotes the study of Celtic traditions while situating them within wider global perspectives. In doing so, the Center for Celtic Studies enriches the intellectual life of the university and affirms the enduring relevance of Celtic heritage in contemporary society.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.