[Histling-l] Masterclass on Migrant Ego-Documents in Late Modern English

[Nora Dörnbrack]

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that the upcoming masterclass on Migrant Ego-Documents in Late Modern English will be held as an online event on 10 May 2021 at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Four scholars active in the field of English historical sociolinguistics will explore theoretical and applied perspectives on migrant ego-documents over the course of four lectures:


Examining 'Bad Data': Ego Documents in the History of English
Raymond Hickey, University of Limerick,

Historical sociolinguistic and heritage linguistic perspectives on ego-documents
Anita Auer, University of Lausanne,

"And me at the age that I am": Scotticisms in Emigrants' Letters
Marina Dossena, University of Bergamo,

'A beginning and an end of it'. The transition from eighteenth to nineteenth century English as represented in ego-documents from the foundation of the penal colony of New South Wales'.
Robert McColl Millar, University of Aberdeen.


Please find further information on the programme and how to register on the masterclass' website<https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/people/aca/norado/Masterclass/masterclass-immigrant-ego-documents-in-late-modern.html>. Registration and attendance is free and open to the public.


We are looking forward to welcoming you virtually in Oslo!

Best wishes,
Nora Dörnbrack

(on behalf of the organising committee)
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Nora Dörnbrack
Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
University of Oslo

https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/people/aca/norado/index.html
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