Dr Sofia Evemalm-Graham

Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Research Affiliate Celtic and Gaelic (Celtic & Gaelic)

email: Sofia.EvemalmGraham@glasgow.ac.uk

Research interests

My primary research interest is the toponymy of Britain and Scandinavia, specialising in folk-onomastics and perceptions of names and naming. In recent years I have concentrated on studying the place-names of Uist. Other areas of interest include onomastic theory, the study of anthropo-toponyms (place-names containing a personal name) and linguistic and cultural contacts between Scotland and Scandinavia.

I was part of the Eòlas nan Naomh: Early Christianity in Uist project with Prof. Thomas Clancy (2018-19). Commissioned by Ceòlas Uibhist and funded by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the project aimed to shed light on the nature of medieval Christianity in Uist as visible through place-names.

I am currently working as a Research Associate on the AHRC-funded Iona’s Namescape: Place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs project.

Publications

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Number of items: 5.

2025

Taylor, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6382-8284 (2025) “The Iona of the East”: Inchcolm, Dunkeld and the cult of Columba in eastern Scotland. In: Evemalm-Graham, Sofia Evemalm-Graham, Clancy, Thomas, Forsyth, Katherine and Markus, Gilbert (eds.) Ì Chaluim Chille: Interdisciplinary studies on Iona and Columba on the 1500th anniversary of the birth of the saint. CLOG, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, pp. 383-415. (doi: 10.36399/msyxa386)

2023

Evemalm-Graham, Sofia (2023) Norse Women in Uist Place-names: An Onomastic Perspective. In: 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS 2021), Krakow, Poland, 22-27 Aug 2021, pp. 141-155. ISBN 9788323353058

Evemalm Graham, Sofia (2023) A hill of angels and fairies: Sìthean Mòr, Iona and the dynamics of Scottish onomastics. Namn og Nemne, 39, pp. 51-67.