Friday 10 January 2025

in 3 University Gardens, in room 202

This Symposium is hosted by the AHRC-funded project "Iona's Namescape: place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs". We will have some invited speakers and members of the project team participating: see attached programme for how the day will pan out. I may send round a slightly updated one tomorrow.

Programme

  • 10:00-10:20 Welcome/opening by Thomas Owen Clancy, Principal Investigator
  • 10:2-10:40 Guy Puzey, University of Edinburgh
  • 10:40-11:00 Jake King, Ainmean Àite na h-Alba
  • 11:00-11:20 Dylan Foster Evans, Cardiff University
  • 11:20-11:50 Coffee break
  • 11:50-12:10 Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, Irish Placenames Branch, Dublin
  • 12:10-12:30 Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, University of Limerick
  • 12:30-13:15 Roundtable discussion
  • 13:15-14:15 Lunch

Afternoon session:

  • 14:15-16:00 Short talks by Iona's Namescape team members on project-related aspects of ‘Authority and Authenticity’
  • 16:00-16:15 Break
  • 16:15-17:30 Roundtable discussion
  • 19:00 Dinner (for speakers): Café Andaluz, Cresswell Lane

There will be capacity to join online as an observer, though with restricted capacity for participation. Please contact Professor Clancy for any details

First published: 6 January 2025

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