Harry Parkin

Senior Lecturer in English Language; onomastician; Guern

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

Interested in surnames? Come to my talk ‘Surnames: Past, Present and Future’, 11:30-12:30, 3rd July in Chester Town Hall for the Festival of Ideas. The whole festival is free! Book your place via this link! #ChesterIdeas ⁦@uochester⁩ https://t.co/HX8WVZttpl

[SNSBI @SNSBI_official]

#CfP alert. We're pleased to share the details on our forthcoming SNSBI autumn day conference - which will be held in York on Saturday 19 October as a hybrid event. If you would like to present, please find initial details on the poster attached.

[Paul Flanagan @DrPaulFlanagan]

Next Thursday (4/7 at 1pm) at the Festival of Ideas, @dh_parkin and I introduce our @UoCEnglish funded digital project Learn Old English. There will be costumes 😎 Book onto our event at @StoryhouseLive at the following link: https://t.co/kEa9hbBSUE

[English Place-Name Society @The_EPNS]

We're having a birthday party! 🎂

Join us on 9 September @UniofNottingham's Jubilee Conference Centre for a jam-packed day of place-names papers celebrating our centenary, all topped off with a lecture from Prof. David Crystal.

Registration and info at:
https://t.co/3TZLoAmmPs

[English Place-Name Society @The_EPNS]

Did you know the EPNS is 100 years old?

We're celebrating our centenary this year, and are holding an event in Nottingham on 9 September featuring a range of speakers, including a public lecture by Prof. David Crystal. Mark your diaries, and watch this space for registration!

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

@wdytyamagazine @CalistaHistory @FamilySearch Northlege as a form of Northledge is possible! Northledge is quite rare (16ish in 1881) which is why it’s not in the dictionary, but could be a variant form of the more frequent name Norledge

[ICOS @ICOSnews]

6th ‘#Onomastics #Online’ #Lecture on October 19, 2022 https://t.co/i27NpLmLhO #Metaphor and #Metonymy in #Names Carole #Hough, University of #Glasgow #ICOS online lecture 19 October 2022

[Dr Clara Neary @ClaraONeary]

Final reminder of tomorrow's #ChesterStylistics research seminar featuring @simonstatham01 doing a multimodal stylistic analysis of The Sopranos 😎. Really looking forward to it, Simon!! The link is available to all here: https://t.co/odQlM0YYfM

[SNSBI @SNSBI_official]

Dr Rebecca Gregory (@beccagregs) is quoted in this fascinating article about 'fitting' in to a name and just how much that matters. A touching personal analysis by Camilla Balshaw. https://t.co/HPosTsuypo

[Dr Clara Neary @ClaraONeary]

Really looking forward to @ChloeELHarrison presenting her research at the upcoming #ChesterStylistics seminar this Wed. 9th Feb 3-4pm🥳You're all very welcome to join via this link or by emailing me (details below): https://t.co/Zu8pOt3btM

[Dr Clara Neary @ClaraONeary]

Just a reminder that the next speaker in the #ChesterStylistics seminar series will be @ChloeELHarrison on Wed. 9th Feb. 3-4pm via Teams. Pls feel free to email me to attend; details below.

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

@UoCEnglish perhaps one for creative writing students?

[SNSBI @SNSBI_official]

Due to the changes for our Spring conference, a few spaces are open. If you are interested in presenting, please contact [email protected] by 18 January 2022 with a title and brief outline. There is no set theme for the conference, so any topic on names and naming is welcome

[Paul Flanagan @DrPaulFlanagan]

Looking forward to our final @UoCEnglish Excel in English session of 2021 next week: a Christmas special from me, @dh_parkin, @AlexTankard4 & @hankmagrait. Enjoy some Christmas corpora, etymologies, creative writing and Scrooge-themed discussion with us on Wednesday 15th at 5pm!

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

@DrMattDavies1 @AlexTankard4 It’s fair game…

[Paul Flanagan @DrPaulFlanagan]

Our @UoCEnglish seminar series for anyone studying, thinking of studying, or supporting students of A-Level English begins next Wednesday with a fascinating talk by my colleague Dr @AlexTankard4. All these talks have a theme of 'university' underpinning them, so please join us!

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

Very pleased to have a paper on borrowing, obsolescence and polysemy in Middle English technical vocab, co-authored with Louise Sylvester and Richard Ingham, in https://t.co/os6TrAqIgI. Some great work on Medieval England and Middle English in this volume! @UoCEnglish

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

@ainmeolai @SNSBI_official Glad it found its way over eventually. Hope you enjoy it! I’m looking forward to getting my copy of yours

[Harry Parkin @dh_parkin]

@ainmeolai @OUPAcademic @GaeilgeOEG @SNSBI_official @ICOSnews Looks great! Congratulations!

[Dr Clara Neary @ClaraONeary]

#ChesterStylistics A reminder that all are welcome to attend @JaneLugea’s online research seminar next Wed. 10th Nov at 3pm. Email me (address below) to attend all seminars in the series or feel free to drop in next Wed using this link: https://t.co/BGpTB0RgrM