If you’ve ever pored over a medieval manuscript and found yourself fixated on a name - half-familiar, half-forgotten - you’ll want to mark your calendar for 6–9 July 2026. The International Medieval Congress (IMC) in Leeds will once again feature a dedicated panel on Medieval Onomastics, proudly sponsored by INS Nottingham, and it’s now open for submissions.
Following two successful years in 2024 and 2025, the panel is becoming a fixture for scholars of historical names and naming practices. For 2026, the organizers are inviting 20-minute papers that delve into the role of names - both personal and place names - within the medieval period, from any geographical region. This broad scope promises a truly international and comparative discussion.
But there’s an added twist this year: the IMC’s 2026 thematic focus is Temporalities, and proposals that link naming to medieval conceptions of time - be it dynastic continuity, calendar names, eschatology, or memory - are especially encouraged.
Here are the key submission details:
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📜 Abstract: max. 200 words
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🧑🎓 Include: Short academic biography with affiliation and contact info
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📅 Deadline: 15th August 2025
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📩 Submit to: tristan.alphey@gmail.com
For name scholars, this is a great chance to explore how names anchored identity across time, how memory was constructed through naming, and how onomastic traditions shifted across periods of cultural and political change. Whether your focus is on Anglo-Saxon charter names, Crusader-era place names, or Latinized saints in Iberian sources, this is the place to share it.
Expect spirited discussions, manuscript snippets, and that ever-comforting buzz of name-nerd excitement in the air. See you in Leeds?
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