Dr Cameron Wachowich

Dr Cameron Wachowich is a Fellow-Commoner, College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Magdalene.

Dr Wachowich is also a Teaching Associate in Modern Irish in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge. He has published on medieval Irish classical reception, the reception of Arthurian literature in Irish bardic poetry, and the enigmatic word ormesta. His interests span the languages and literatures of medieval Europe and, occasionally, further afield. They include medieval literature in both Latin and the vernacular, historical linguistics, palaeography, and textual criticism.

Research Interest

• Medieval vernacular literature, especially Old and Middle Irish, Middle Welsh and Old English
• Medieval Latin literature
• Textual criticism, palaeography and manuscript studies
• Classical reception, especially in the wider Insular world
• Historical linguistics
• Orosius and the reception of his Historiae
• Medieval Alexander literature

Qualifications

• PhD, Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
• MA, Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
• MA, Old and Middle Irish, University of Galway
• BA, Celtic Studies specialist, Near and Middle Eastern Civilisations Minor, University of Toronto