[lg policy] Trends in Toponymy Conference 2010 - Edinburgh - Call for Papers

Fri Aug 7 10:44:41 UTC 2009

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please find below the announcement and call for papers for the 2010 Trends
in Toponymy conference. This conference, the fourth in its series, will be
held at the
University of Edinburgh from 28 June 2010 to 1 July 2010.

The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2009.

Please circulate this to anyone who may be interested. Apologies for any
cross-posting!

Best regards,

Guy Puzey

Guy Puzey MA (Hons) MSc
PhD Student and Tutor
University of Edinburgh

Scandinavian Studies / Italian
13th Floor, David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JX
Scotland

* Trends in Toponymy Conference *
* The University of Edinburgh *
* 28 June-1 July 2010 *

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of
Edinburgh invites
you to Scotland's capital and festival city in the summer of 2010 for the
fourth
instalment in the 'Trends in Toponymy' interdisciplinary conference series.
The previous
conferences in the series have been held in Kárá?johka-Karasjok, Ballarat
and Durban.

The multilingual heritage and culture of Scotland will provide an excellent
context
within which to discuss recent advances in onomastics and strengthen the
international
links between researchers. Through the conference theme of 'attitudes to
names and
naming', it is hoped to improve understanding of the dialectic between
different views on
naming practices and policies. Bringing together leading experts on names
from around the
world, the conference will present a forum for sharing ideas between name
scholars and
practitioners,
including those currently dealing with the standardisation of Gaelic names
in Scotland.

In conjunction with the conference, a public event will be held at the
National Library
of Scotland to further understanding of the importance of promoting Gaelic
and the
official use of Gaelic place-names specifically.

* Keynote presentations *

- Laura Kostanski (University of Ballarat/Office of the Surveyor-General of
Victoria)
'Grampians - As Aussie as Shrimp on a Barbie: An Exploration of Toponymic
Attachment'

- Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow)
'Scottish Place-Names: The Cultural and Linguistic Challenge'

* Call for papers *

We are now inviting proposals for papers of twenty minutes in length on the
conference
theme of 'attitudes to names and naming'. As previously in the series, this
conference
will continue to deal with place-names, but papers are also invited on
personal names.

Papers are especially welcome on the following topics:
- Attitudes towards minority or aboriginal names
- Names in multicultural or multilingual contexts
- Names in official use (official maps, road signs etc.) or in everyday use
- Name theory
- Names in educational contexts or in the media
- Names and the linguistic landscape

Proposals are invited from all fields of onomastics, linguistics, geography,

anthropology, area studies, sociology, political and historical studies,
literary
studies, and other related subject areas. It is hoped to publish a selection
of the most
innovative papers from the conference.

If you wish to present a paper at the conference, please send an abstract
(up to 300
words) and a short biographical description of the speaker or speakers to
g.puzey at ed.ac.uk<https://www.staffmail.ed.ac.uk/imp/compose.php?to=g.puzey%40ed.ac.uk&thismailbox=Sent+Items>by
30 November 2009. These will be reviewed by the conference committee,
and you will be notified of the outcome by 15 February 2010. More
details about registration fees and the conference programme will also be
sent and will
be published on the conference website.

* Conference language *

The conference working language will be English.

* Venue and accommodation *

The conference will be held in the recently opened Chrystal Macmillan
Building in George
Square, in the city centre. There is a wide variety of restaurants, cafés
and shops
nearby to suit all tastes.

Edinburgh is a popular destination with a great selection of accommodation
for all price
ranges. A list of suitably located accommodation options will be available
on the
conference website soon.

* External events and social programme *

- Public discussion at the National Library of Scotland on the importance of
promoting
minority languages in Scotland, with a display of rare Gaelic texts and
maps.
http://www.nls.uk/

- Reception hosted by the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General in
Edinburgh.
http://www.norway.org.uk/

- Reception hosted by the University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies
Archives.
http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/archives.htm

- Scottish Banquet.

- Visits to Edinburgh Castle, the dramatic fortress and symbol of Scotland
around which
the city grew, and Mary King's Close, a fascinating, now hidden, historical
thoroughfare
on top of which the City Chambers were built.
http://www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk/
http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/

- Other events to be confirmed.

- Subject to demand, there will be an optional full-day excursion outside
Edinburgh
following the conference, on Friday 2 July.

* Generously sponsored by *

The Scottish Place-Name Society: http://www.spns.org.uk/
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies:
http://www.northernstudies.org.uk/
Other sponsors are to be announced.

* The organising committee *

Carole Hough - Arne Kruse - Margaret Mackay - Alan Macniven - Guy Puzey

* Contact details and website *

Email: g.puzey at ed.ac.uk<https://www.staffmail.ed.ac.uk/imp/compose.php?to=g.puzey%40ed.ac.uk&thismailbox=Sent+Items>
http://www.delc.ed.ac.uk/conferences/

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ann
an Albainn, le àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

-- 
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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