What's in a Name? A Roundtable on Names, Nicknames and Identity in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Elizabeth Archibald

Organizer Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Presider Name

Elizabeth Archibald

Paper Title 1

Discussant

Presenter 1 Name

Elizabeth P. Archibald

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Pittsburgh

Paper Title 2

Discussant

Presenter 2 Name

Katherine Travers

Presenter 2 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 3

Discussant

Presenter 3 Name

Laurie Atkinson

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Paper Title 4

Discussant

Presenter 4 Name

Kathleen Ashley

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Southern Maine

Paper Title 5

Discussant

Presenter 5 Name

Michael J. Huxtable

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2018 7:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020

Description

The Round Table will discuss both given names and nicknames, historical and fictional. Topics to be discussed include name games in Carolingian schools; choice of names in Arthurian romances; the significance of names in dream visions; naming women poets in Italian poetry books; and the relationship between families and their name saints.

Elizabeth Archibald