Highways and byways to the English Place-Name Society through more than fifty years

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Date / time: 1 December, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
University of Nottingham


Highways and byways to the English Place-Name Society through more than fifty years

The biennial Cameron lecture is held in memory of Professor Kenneth Cameron. Members of the English Place-Name Society and the general public are warmly invited to attend this free event.

The Cameron Lecture 2017

This year’s lecture celebrates 50 years of the English Place-Name Society (EPNS) in Nottingham, and will feature additional events around the main lecture. The programme begins at 18.00 on Friday 1st December.

The event will be introduced by Prof. John Insley of the University of Heidelberg, who will give an introduction to the work of the late Prof. Cameron.

The lecture, entitled “Highways and byways to the English Place-Name Society through more than fifty years”, will be given by Prof. Gillian Fellows-Jensen of the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen.

There will also be posters and displays featuring the ongoing research of the EPNS and the Institute for Name-Studies.

Registration is now open: http://nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/epns/the-cameron-lecture.aspx