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Institute for Name-Studies

SNSBI Spring Conference 2019

 
Location
Nottingham University
Date(s)
Friday 26th (14:00) - Monday 29th April 2019 (10:00)
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Description

The 28th Annual Conference of the will take place at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, 26–29 April 2019. 

The conference will open with a paper from John Beckett, Professor of English Regional History at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, who has published extensively on the history of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.

On Saturday evening, the SNSBI will join with the Institute for Name-Studies to host the biennial Cameron Lecture. The lecture is held in memory of Prof. Kenneth Cameron, one of the foremost scholars of English place-names. This year’s lecture will be given by , Emeritus Professor of Early Medieval History and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor in the Centre for the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ of the Viking Age at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, who will talk about her work on Normandy’s Scandinavian names.

Paper and poster proposals on any aspect of name-studies in Britain and Ireland are welcome. Proposals should be sent to Dr John Baker by post (School of English, Trent Building, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, NG7 2RD) or email (john.baker@nottingham.ac.uk) by 28 February 2019. 

Registration is now open using the link above. Day delegate rates, accommodation and excursion options are available once you have selected 'Book event'.

School of English

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´
Nottingham NG7 2RD

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