BIOGRAPHY
Dr Brent Miles completed his doctorate in Medieval Studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. He taught Celtic literature and Welsh at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, and from 2005 to 2008 was an O'Donovan scholar at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Since 2008 he has been a Post-Doctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish at UCC, where he has taught Old Irish, Welsh and Celtic Civilization.
Research Interests
Brent Miles's principal field of research is the learned and vernacular languages of early medieval Britain and Ireland. His work has included examinations of the shared cultural background of Hiberno- and Anglo-Latin and editions of early poetry from Anglo-Saxon England. Since 2005, Dr Miles's principal research has been on the influence of classical Latin epic on medieval Irish literature, and classical studies in medieval Ireland. Since coming to UCC Dr Miles has additionally begun editorial work on the bilingual Hiberno-Latin/Middle Irish sermons of the Leabhar Breac, and has begun work on a new research project on narratives of British history and vernacular Welsh political prophecy.
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2011) | Heroic Saga and Classical Epic in Medieval Ireland. Brent Miles; (2011) Heroic Saga and Classical Epic in Medieval Ireland. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2007) | '`Wolfgang Capito's Warning of the Ministers of the Word and the Brethren at Strasbourg to the Brethren of the Regions and Cities of the [Swiss]Confederation Against the Blasphemous Disputation of Brother Konrad, Provincial of the Augustinian Order'' Brent Miles; (2007) '`Wolfgang Capito's Warning of the Ministers of the Word and the Brethren at Strasbourg to the Brethren of the Regions and Cities of the [Swiss]Confederation Against the Blasphemous Disputation of Brother Konrad, Provincial of the Augustinian Order'' In: E. Rummel and M. Kooistra (eds). Reformation Sources. The Letters of Wolfgang Capito and his Fellow Reformers in Alsace and Switzerland. Toronto: The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. [Details] | |
| (2006) | '`Irish Evidence for Shared Sources of Classical Mythology in Anglo-Saxon England and Medieval Ireland'' Brent Miles; (2006) '`Irish Evidence for Shared Sources of Classical Mythology in Anglo-Saxon England and Medieval Ireland'' In: G.R. Wieland, C. Ruff and R.G. Arthur (eds). Insignis sophiae arcator. Essays in Honour of Michael W. Herren on his 65th Birthday. Turnhout: Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin. [Details] | |
| (2004) | '`Togail Troí: The Irish Destruction of Troy on the Cusp of the Renaissance'' Brent Miles; (2004) '`Togail Troí: The Irish Destruction of Troy on the Cusp of the Renaissance'' In: Alan Shepard and Stephen D. Powell (eds). Fantasies of Troy: Classical Tales and the Social Imaginary in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Toronto: The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2010) | 'Review of Translations from Classical Literature: Imtheachta Æniasa and Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás, ed. Kevin Murray, ITS Subsidiary Series 17 (London, 2006)' Miles, Brent; (2010) 'Review of Translations from Classical Literature: Imtheachta Æniasa and Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás, ed. Kevin Murray, ITS Subsidiary Series 17 (London, 2006)' [Details] | |
| (2008) | '`Lyouns Full Lothely: Dream Interpretation and Boethian Denaturing in the Alliterative Morte Arthure'' Brent Miles; (2008) '`Lyouns Full Lothely: Dream Interpretation and Boethian Denaturing in the Alliterative Morte Arthure'' [Details] | |
| (2007) | '`Riss In Mundtuirc: The Tale of Harmonia's Necklace and the Study of the Theban Cycle in Medieval Ireland'' Brent Miles; (2007) '`Riss In Mundtuirc: The Tale of Harmonia's Necklace and the Study of the Theban Cycle in Medieval Ireland'' [Details] | |
| (2006) | '`Branwen: A Reconsideration of the German and Norse Analogues'' Brent Miles; (2006) '`Branwen: A Reconsideration of the German and Norse Analogues'' [Details] | |
| (2004) | '`The Carmina Rhythmica of Æthilwald: Edition, Translation and Commentary'' Brent Miles; (2004) '`The Carmina Rhythmica of Æthilwald: Edition, Translation and Commentary'' [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2009) | Ulidia II. The Second International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales Brent Miles; (2009) `The Literary Set Piece and the Imitatio of Latin Epic in the Cattle Raid of Cooley' . In: R. Ó hUiginn and B. Ó Catháin eds. Ulidia II. The Second International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales , pp.66-80 [Details] |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2010) | Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Brent Miles; (2010) `Vernacular revision of a Hiberno-Latin theory of kingship in the Sermo ad reges'. [Oral Presentation], Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland , 19-NOV-10 - 20-DEC-10 | |
| (2010) | Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference 2010, Brent Miles; (2010) `The Sermo ad reges from the Leabhar Breac as Sermon and Commentary'. [Oral Presentation], Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference 2010, Notre Dame University, Indiana , 09-MAR-10 - 11-MAR-10 | |
| (2009) | Interfaces: Vernacular Voice and Latin Narratives c. 900-1200, Brent Miles; (2009) 'Élites and the Patrons of the Classical Adaptations in Middle Irish'. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Interfaces: Vernacular Voice and Latin Narratives c. 900-1200, Centre for Medieval Studies, York University, England 23¿25 April 2009 , 23-APR-09 - 25-APR-09 | |
| (2008) | 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Brent Miles; (2008) 'Bestial Reflection and the False Other in the Alliterative Morte Arthure'. [Oral Presentation], 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 10 May, 2008 , 10-MAY-08 - 10-MAY-08 | |
| (2007) | Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Brent Miles; (2007) 'Full Cycle: In Tres Troí and the Conclusion to the Irish History of Troy'. [Oral Presentation], Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland , 16-NOV-07 - 17-NOV-07 | |
| (2007) | 13th International Congress of Celtic Studies, Universität Bonn, 23¿27 July, 2007, Brent Miles; (2007) 'Epic Similes and the Development of Formulaic Comparison in Middle Irish Prose'. [Oral Presentation], 13th International Congress of Celtic Studies, Universität Bonn, 23¿27 July, 2007, Universität Bonn, Germany , 23-JUL-07 - 27-JUL-07 | |
| (2006) | Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Brent Miles; (2006) 'Text, Commentary, Play: Identifying Learned Imitation in Irish Heroic Saga'. [Oral Presentation], Tionól of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland , 17-NOV-06 - 18-NOV-06 | |
| (2005) | Second Ulster Cycle Conference, Brent Miles; (2005) 'The Watchman Device in The March of the Companies and Togail Troí and the Statian Model'. [Oral Presentation], Second Ulster Cycle Conference, National University of Ireland, Maynooth , 24-JUN-05 - 27-JUN-05 | |
| (2005) | Annual Conference of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, Brent Miles; (2005) 'Imitatio of Latin Epic and the Latin Commentary-Tradition in the Iconography of Cú Chulainn'. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia , 07-APR-05 - 09-APR-05 | |
| (2003) | 12th International Congress of Celtic Studies, Brent Miles; (2003) 'Branwen: a reconsideration of the Germanic analogues'. [Oral Presentation], 12th International Congress of Celtic Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales , 24-AUG-03 - 30-AUG-03 | |
| (2003) | Vagantes: 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Medieval Studies, Brent Miles; (2003) 'Classical Ekphrasis and the Construction of Irish Epic'. [Oral Presentation], Vagantes: 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada , 21-MAR-03 - 23-MAR-03 | |
| (2002) | The Fall of Troy in the Renaissance Imagination, Brent Miles; (2002) 'Togail Troí: The Irish Destruction of Troy on the Cusp of the Renaissance'. [Oral Presentation], The Fall of Troy in the Renaissance Imagination, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada , 04-OCT-02 - 05-OCT-02 | |
| (2001) | Harvard Celtic Colloquium 21, Brent Miles; (2001) 'Breslech Mór Maige Muirthemne and Eleventh-Century Irish Classicism'. [Oral Presentation], Harvard Celtic Colloquium 21, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA , 12-OCT-01 - 14-OCT-01 |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
Dr Miles is teaching the following modules in 2010-2011:
CC1001(2)/CC1112 Introduction to Celtic Civilization: Celtic Mythology
CC1001(3)/CC1113 Introduction to Celtic Civilization: Celtic Literature
CC2001 The Celtic Contribution to Medieval Christian Europe
CC6003 Early Irish Text
CC6004 Medieval Welsh