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DESCRIPTION:A book symposium for Natasha Sumner's new publication\, Heroes 
 of the Gael: A History of Fionn and the Fianna\n\nWe're celebrating Natash
 a Sumner's (Harvard University) new work\, Heroes of the Gael: A History o
 f Fionn and the Fianna (Princeton University Press\, 2026). Joining Sumner
  for a discussion of Irish folklore are Geraldine Parsons (University of G
 lasgow)\, Ciara Ní Riain (Harvard University)\, and Ray Cashman (Indiana 
 University Bloomington).\n\nNatasha Sumner's research focuses on the Gaeli
 c narrative corpus about the hero Fionn Mac Cumhaill\, with particular reg
 ard for Fenian folklore. She is interested in the historical development o
 f the corpus and the conditions for the transmission and narration of folk
 lore. She has also worked on intertextuality in eighteenth-century Scottis
 h Gaelic literature.\n\nGeraldine Prasons works primarily on the literatur
 e and language of the medieval and early modern Gaelic-speaking world\, wi
 th a particular interest in the material centered on the legendary hero Fi
 nn mac Cumaill (later Finn/Fionn Mac Cumhaill/McCool)\, known as fíanaige
 cht literature. Her research often focuses on the major Middle Irish text 
 at the heart of that corpus\, Acallam na Senórach (The Colloquy of the An
 cients).\n\nCiara Ní Riain's research focuses on Irish language and liter
 ature on both sides of the Atlantic\, particularly from the seventeenth ce
 ntury to the present day. These interests are linked by a shared concern w
 ith nationalism\, culture\, and identity. She has also worked on post-medi
 eval manuscript transmission and preservation\, as well as biographical na
 rratives on the history of the American West. \n\nRay Cashman is Provost P
 rofessor of Folklore at Indiana University Bloomington. he is the author o
 f two prize-winning books: Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: Char
 acters and Community (2008) and Packy Jim: Folklore and Worldview on the I
 rish Border (2016)\, as well as numerous articles and essays. Elected a fe
 llow and board member of the American Folklore Society\, Cashman has serve
 d as editor of the Journal of Folklore Research and series editor for two 
 book series published by Indiana University Press.
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SUMMARY:Heroes of the Gael: A History of Fionn and the Fianna
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 ionn-and-the-fianna
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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