The conference will be held in person (with limited measures for online papers) at Ertegun House, Oxford, on the 20th and 21st of April, 2023.
This call for papers relating to all aspects of the broad topic of ‘names and naming’ in the medieval world. They are welcoming papers in any discipline, be it literary; historical; archaeological; linguistic; interdisciplinary; or anything else. There are no limitations on geographical region or time period, as long as the topic falls within the medieval period.
Examples of areas of interest may include but are not limited to:
♦ Naming and shaming
♦ Authorship; pseudonyms
♦ Classifications
♦ Etymology
♦ Place names
♦ Historiographical groups
♦ Ethnonyms
♦ Insults
♦ Nicknames
♦ Seals, identity
♦ Translation
♦ Trades
♦ Lineage
♦ Genres
♦ Graffiti; marginalia
♦ Saints’ names; cults
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes. The organisers intend to provide bursaries to help with travel costs, and they are welcoming applications from graduate students at any university. Please email abstracts of 250 words to oxgradconf@gmail.com by 15th January, 2023.
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