Dear friends and colleagues,

Please find below the announcement and call for papers for the 2010 Trends
in Toponymy conference. This conference, the fourth in its series, will be
held at the University of Edinburgh from 28 June 2010 to 1 July 2010.

The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2009.

Please circulate this to anyone who may be interested. Apologies for any
cross-posting!

Best regards,

Guy Puzey



Guy Puzey MA (Hons) MSc
PhD Student and Tutor
University of Edinburgh

Scandinavian Studies / Italian
13th Floor, David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JX
Scotland




* Trends in Toponymy Conference *
* The University of Edinburgh *
* 28 June-1 July 2010 *

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of
Edinburgh invites you to Scotland's capital and festival city in the summer
of 2010 for the fourth instalment in the 'Trends in Toponymy'
interdisciplinary conference series. The previous conferences in the series
have been held in Kárášjohka-Karasjok, Ballarat and Durban.

The multilingual heritage and culture of Scotland will provide an excellent
context within which to discuss recent advances in onomastics and strengthen
the international links between researchers. Through the conference theme of
'attitudes to names and naming', it is hoped to improve understanding of the
dialectic between different views on naming practices and policies. Bringing
together leading experts on names from around the
world, the conference will present a forum for sharing ideas between name
scholars and practitioners, including those currently dealing with the
standardisation of Gaelic names in Scotland.

In conjunction with the conference, a public event will be held at the
National Library of Scotland to further understanding of the importance of
promoting Gaelic and the official use of Gaelic place-names specifically.


* Keynote presentations *

- Laura Kostanski (University of Ballarat/Office of the Surveyor-General of
Victoria)
'Grampians - As Aussie as Shrimp on a Barbie: An Exploration of Toponymic
Attachment'

- Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow)
'Scottish Place-Names: The Cultural and Linguistic Challenge'


* Call for papers *

We are now inviting proposals for papers of twenty minutes in length on the
conference theme of 'attitudes to names and naming'. As previously in the
series, this conference will continue to deal with place-names, but papers
are also invited on personal names.

Papers are especially welcome on the following topics:
- Attitudes towards minority or aboriginal names
- Names in multicultural or multilingual contexts
- Names in official use (official maps, road signs etc.) or in everyday use
- Name theory
- Names in educational contexts or in the media
- Names and the linguistic landscape

Proposals are invited from all fields of onomastics, linguistics, geography,
anthropology, area studies, sociology, political and historical studies,
literary studies, and other related subject areas. It is hoped to publish a
selection of the most innovative papers from the conference.

If you wish to present a paper at the conference, please send an abstract
(up to 300 words) and a short biographical description of the speaker or
speakers to [log in to unmask] by 30 November 2009. These will be reviewed by
the conference committee, and you will be notified of the outcome by 15
February 2010. More details about registration fees and the conference
programme will also be
sent and will be published on the conference website.


* Conference language *

The conference working language will be English.


* Venue and accommodation *

The conference will be held in the recently opened Chrystal Macmillan
Building in George Square, in the city centre. There is a wide variety of
restaurants, cafés and shops nearby to suit all tastes.

Edinburgh is a popular destination with a great selection of accommodation
for all price ranges. A list of suitably located accommodation options will
be available on the conference website soon.


* External events and social programme *

- Public discussion at the National Library of Scotland on the importance of
promoting minority languages in Scotland, with a display of rare Gaelic
texts and maps.
http://www.nls.uk/

- Reception hosted by the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General in
Edinburgh.
http://www.norway.org.uk/

- Reception hosted by the University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies
Archives.
http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/archives.htm

- Scottish Banquet.

- Visits to Edinburgh Castle, the dramatic fortress and symbol of Scotland
around which the city grew, and Mary King's Close, a fascinating, now
hidden, historical thoroughfare on top of which the City Chambers were built.
http://www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk/
http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/

- Other events to be confirmed.

- Subject to demand, there will be an optional full-day excursion outside
Edinburgh following the conference, on Friday 2 July.


* Generously sponsored by *

The Scottish Place-Name Society - Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba:
http://www.spns.org.uk/
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies: http://www.northernstudies.org.uk/
Other sponsors are to be announced.


* The organising committee *

Carole Hough - Arne Kruse - Margaret Mackay - Alan Macniven - Guy Puzey


* Contact details and website *

Email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.delc.ed.ac.uk/conferences/




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