The conference, organised by Peder Gammeltoft (University of Bergen), will focus on two interconnected areas:
A) Current Name Research in Scandinavia, of relevance to Britain and Ireland
B) Names of other origins in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere.
Programme:
Lasse Hämäläinen, English or local language? Language choices in online usernames
Osward Chanda, ‘Identity Switch for Survival’: From Chanda Bulaya to Samson Jackson, A Black African in England, 1914-35
Birgit Eggert, English first names in Denmark – a changing history
Ellie Rye and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill: Ad Saltum Salmonis: a name from abroad, but is Leixlip English or Norse?
Elizabeth Hopkins (Early Career), Scandinavian influence on English place-names in the dative plural
Johnny GG Jakobsen, Danish Colonial Street Names in Tranquebar and the West Indies - and Their Postcolonial Afterlife
Xiang Lin, UK (Early Career): From Cantonese Alleyways to Imperial Avenues: Onomastics in Hong Kong’s Street-Names
The Conference Zoom link will be sent to you by email 2 days before the event and again 1 hour before the event start. Room will open at 10.45 and there are 3 planned refreshment breaks during the event.
See SNSBI website link for the full programme and event timings
SNSBI: 2025 autumn conference
