Study Celtic at the University of Edinburgh and you will learn about extraordinarily rich cultures, languages and literatures, from the Middle Ages to the present day.We work with the medieval literary tradition in Early Irish and Medieval Welsh (the most extensive in the whole of Europe), as well as Scottish Gaelic from the late Middle Ages to the present. We also explore the rich oral tradition recorded from the 18th century to the present day, and with poetry from the 18th century golden age of Gaelic literature.You will study 19th and 20th century responses to the rapid social, cultural, and linguistic changes in countries where the Celtic languages are spoken. You will also study the writing, song, and media production emerging from the lively and varied contemporary cultural scene in Gaelic Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.Our expertise spans theoretical and practical issues of current sociolinguistics, language policy and language revitalisation.