International Conference - Perceptions of Place: English Place-Name Study and Regional Variety

An international conference to be held in association with the English Place-Name Society at the Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham will take place from 23-27 June 2010.

Speakers include: 

Professor Thomas Clancy (Glasgow) on English place-names in the Scottish border region 
Professor Richard Coates (UWE) on place-names and linguistics 
Professor Klaus Dietz (Freie Universität Berlin) on place-names and English historical dialectology 
Professor Gillian Fellows-Jensen (Copenhagen) on the Scandinavian background to English place-names 
Professor Carole Hough (Glasgow) on women in English place-names 
Professor John Insley (Heidelberg) on personal names in place-names 
Dr Kay Muir (Northern Ireland Place-Name Project) on English place-names in Ireland 
Dr Oliver Padel (EPNS president) on the Celtic element in English place-names 
Dr Matthew Townend (York) on the Scandinavian element in English place-names

There is time available for further papers on such topics as:

differences in naming practices in different regions of England 
place-names and dialectal variation 
reassessments of varying methodological and disciplinary approaches (linguistic, historical, topographical, archaeological) to place-name study 

If you would like to contribute please send a title, together with an abstract of no more than 250 words, by 28th February 2010 to: Perceptions of Place, Institute for Name-Studies, School of English Studies, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, fax 0115 951 5924 or email rebecca.peck@nottingham.ac.uk

Further details will be available in March 2010.