Names: At the Crossroads of Onomastics and Medieval Studies

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Paul Peterson

Organizer Affiliation

Augustana College

Presider Name

Paul Peterson

Paper Title 1

The Philosophy of the Obscene: Onomastics in Wittenwiler's Ring

Presenter 1 Name

Stephen Carey

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Morris

Paper Title 2

"So they sang, and the heart within me desired to listen": The Sound of the Siren's Name in Medieval Germanic Literature

Presenter 2 Name

Deva F. Kemmis

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Georgetown Univ.

Paper Title 3

The Urban Toponymies of the Bible and Their Interpretation in the Latin Exegesis of the High Middle Ages

Presenter 3 Name

Irina Redkova

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Moscow State Univ.

Paper Title 4

The Game of the Name: Nicknames and Difference in the Icelandic Sagas

Presenter 4 Name

John P. Sexton

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Bridgewater State Univ.

Start Date

14-5-2015 3:30 PM

Session Location

Sangren 1750

Description

The first and only panel at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress on the topic of medieval onomastics (name studies).

Paul R. Peterson