Past offerings for Interdisciplinary Seminars (HNRS 282)

Seminar on Names with Professor Rebecca Lartigue

This interdisciplinary seminar explores names and naming through the study of place names, personal and family names, biological names, and product names. Topics in onomastics, eponyms, toponymy, and taxonomy will be explored. The course will employ critical approaches from history, sociology, psychology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies, among others. (Spring 2023, Fall 2020)