Dr David Callander
Senior Lecturer
- callanderd@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Room 1.73, John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Welsh speaking
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a medievalist and literary scholar, specializing in early Welsh poetry and medieval Welsh literature. I am also a comparatist and study and compare Old English, Middle English, and medieval Latin texts. I seek to look at what can be learnt by bringing divergent contemporary literary traditions into dialogue with one another. I also undertake comparative research between vernacular and Latin texts from medieval Wales and across different Celtic languages and literatures. Other areas of special interest include examining how modern literary theory and works of medieval literature can be mutually informative, and studying the post-medieval evolution of medieval texts.
Currently I am working on a new book (under contract with UWP) on the trilingual hagiographic anthology Yale, Osborn fb229 and studying the Welsh poetic Merlin tradition.
Biography
Academic Positions
- August 2022 - present: Senior Lecturer in Welsh, Cardiff University
- October 2019 - July 2022: Lecturer in Welsh, Cardiff University
- October 2018 - September 2019: Junior Research Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- October 2017 - September 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project, Cambridge
Education and Qualifications
- 2019 Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Cambridge
- 2017 PhD ASNC, University of Cambridge
- 2015 - 2016 Leverhulme Study Abroad Scholarship, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- 2013 MPhil ASNC, University of Cambridge
- 2012 BA English, University of Oxford
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Associate Lecturer, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (cross-university Welsh-medium organisation)
Committees and reviewing
Co-editor of Llên Cymru
Reviews editor, Studia CelticaMember of Editorial Board, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium
Publications
2023
- Callander, D. 2023. Vita Sancte Wenefrede (Composite; Lansdowne). [Online]. Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae.
- Callander, D. 2023. Vita Sancte Wenefrede (Robert of Shrewsbury; Trinity). [Online]. Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae. Available at: https://saints.wales/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Wenefreda-Trin.pdf
- Callander, D. 2023. Vita Sancte Wenefrede (Anonymous; Claudius). [Online]. saints.wales. Available at: https://saints.wales/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wenefreda-Claud.pdf
- Callander, D. 2023. Adapting Winefride in Welsh, Latin and English. In: Sylvester, L. ed. Medieval English in a Multilingual Context: Current Methodologies and Approaches. Springer Nature
2022
- Callander, D. 2022. Agweddau ar Naratif a Strwythur y Cerddi Cymraeg i'r Seintiau. In: Parsons, D. N. and Russell, P. eds. Seintiau Cymru, Sancti Cambrenses: Astudiaethau ar Seintiau Cymru. Aberystwyth: Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru, pp. 287-298.
2021
- Callander, D. and Thomas, R. 2021. Amser yn Armes Prydein Vawr. Studia Celtica 55(1), pp. 1-28. (10.16922/SC.55.1)
- Callander, D. 2021. Vita Sancti Asaph [Edition and Translation]. www.welshsaints.ac.uk: Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae Project. Available at: https://www.welshsaints.ac.uk/edition/texts/prose/VAsaph_RBA/edited-text.eng.html
2020
- Callander, D. 2020. Y Seintiau a Thraddodiad Llenyddol: Achos y Canu i Wenfrewy. Studia Celtica 54(1), pp. 99-114. (10.16922/SC.54.7)
- Callander, D. 2020. Cywydd Epitaff Adam Wsg a 'Cusky' Saesneg Canol. Llên Cymru 43(1), pp. 96-100. (10.16922/lc.43.4)
2019
- Callander, D. 2019. Dissonant neighbours: narrative progress in early Welsh and English poetry. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Callander, D. 2019. Troelus a Chressyd: A Translation of the Welsh adaptation of Troilus and Criseyde. National Library of Wales Journal XXXVII(2), pp. -.
- Callander, D. 2019. Yale, Llyfrgell Beinecke, Osborn fb229. Dwned 25, pp. 73-80.
2018
- Callander, D. 2018. Die diachrone Entwicklung der Erzählung in der kymrischen Heiligendichtung. In: Von Contzen, E. and Kragl, F. eds. Narratologie und mittelalterliches Erzählen: Autor, Erzähler, Perspektive, Zeit und Raum. Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 101-124.
2017
- Thomas, R. and Callander, D. 2017. Reading Asser in early medieval Wales: the evidence of Armes Prydein Vawr. Anglo-Saxon England 46, pp. 115-145. (10.1017/S0263675118000066)
2016
- Callander, D. 2016. Laȝamon’s dialogue and English poetic tradition. English Studies 97(7), pp. 709-724. (10.1080/0013838X.2016.1198117)
- Kooper, E. and Callander, D. 2016. The Middle English life of St Teilo. The Mediaeval Journal 6(1), pp. 29-72. (10.1484/J.TMJ.5.110979)
2015
- Callander, D. 2015. Datblygiad Armes Dydd Brawd. Studia Celtica 49(1), pp. 57-102.
- Callander, D. 2015. Trefn Canu Llywarch Hen yn Llyfr Coch hergest. Llên Cymru 38(1), pp. 1-11.
2014
- Callander, D. 2014. Dau englyn maswedd o Ganu Heledd. Dwned 20, pp. 31-36.
- Callander, D. 2014. The corruption of evidence in a critical tradition: Welsh and Old English elegies. Quaestio Insularis 15, pp. 108-125.
2013
- Callander, D. 2013. Middle English ‘cusky'. Notes and Queries 60(3), pp. 365-367. (10.1093/notesj/gjt157)
Teaching
I am currently leading the following modules:
BA Cymraeg
- Herio’r Traddodiad Llenyddol
- Trafod ein Llên
- Blas ar Ymchwil
- Ymchwilio Estynedig
- Ymchwilio Proffesiynol
- Ymchwilio Proffesiynol Estynedig
I also contribute to or have contributed to the following modules:
BA Cymraeg
- Sgiliau Llafar
- Defnyddio’r Gymraeg
- Y Gymraeg Heddiw
- Dafydd ap Gwilym
- Modern Welsh Literature
- Awdur, Testun a Darllenydd
MA Welsh and Celtic Studies
- Academic and Professional Research
- Exploring Welsh and Celtic Studies
- Special Subject
- Extended Research Project
My research interests include:
- Medieval Welsh literature
- Old and Middle English literature (especially poetry)
- Medieval Arthurian literature
- Comparative medieval literature
- Narrative and poetics
- Medieval Latin texts from Wales (especially saints’ lives)
- Editing medieval texts
- Post-medieval reception of medieval literature
I welcome applications from potential postgraduate students interested in any of these areas.
I am also Co-Investigator on the major AHRC project "An Edition of the Welsh Merlin Poetry" (funded value: £716,013 https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW000717%2F1).
