IMC 2024: Sessions

Session 1711: Onomastics: Crisis or Stasis?, III

Sponsor:	Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham
Organiser:	Test3 Test3, Test3
Moderator/Chair:	Test3 Test3, Test3
Paper 1711-a	Naming Newcomers in England, 1350-1550 (Language: English) Bart Lambert, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Peter McClure, School of English, University of Nottingham Index terms: Onomastics and Social History
Paper 1711-b	On Naming and Narrative Structure in Konrad von Würzburg's Engelhard (Language: English) Julia Lorenz, Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages, University of Oxford Index terms: Language and Literature - German and Onomastics
Paper 1711-c	Cultural Mirrors: Personal Names and Regional Identity in the Íslendingasögur (Language: English) Solveig Bollig, Institutionen för språkstudier, Umeå universitet Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian and Onomastics
Abstract	Onomastics, the study of names and naming, has long proved a crucial tool of medievalists. This sessions seeks to explore the interaction between onomastics and the theme of this year's conference - Crisis. Do periods of change and (social/ cultural/ economic) crisis manifest themselves in changes in the naming of individuals, groups, and places? How abrupt are these changes, and how long lasting? Alternatively, in what circumstances do we see little or no onomastic change in the wake of crisis?