Conference on medieval plant studies

[Dorothy Disterheft]

 Early Medieval  Plant Studies Conference

 The first conference of the Anglo-Saxon Plant-Names Survey
(ASPNS) will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland,
from 5-7 April 2000 under the auspices of the Glasgow  Institute
 for the Historical Study of Languages. The papers to be presented
range across subjects such as medicine, agriculture, food studies,
dyes,  place-names, art history, archaeology, and more. The informal
social programme comprises receptions, including one in the Kibble
Palace of  Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, dinners, and a half-day
excursion to Crarae Gardens and Inveraray in the Scottish
Highlands.

Full details and the registration form are available at:

 http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/EngLang/ihsl/projects/plants.htm

 If you would like a paper version, please contact Christian Kay or
 Carole Biggam at

Department of English Language
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
U.K.

There is a late registration fee after March 13th.


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Professor Christian Janet Kay, Department of English Language, University of
 Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK    C.Kay at englang.arts.gla.ac.uk
phone: +44 (0)141 330 4150    fax: +44 (0)141 330 3531
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/EngLang/