The network brings together scholars from all countries who are engaged in research on personal names. Scholars in many different disciplines around the world are researching names, but often they hardly know about each other and their research literature is difficult to access in other countries.
This is where the network comes in. Scientists around the world can:
- get in touch with each other
- exchange news about international names research and conferences
- discuss methodological approaches
- list and upload their publications and make them accessible to all international researchers by adding English keywords and summaries. Members of the network can send an email and will receive an invitation to join the literature group.
In this way, each individual names researcher can gain more visibility, network with others, exchange ideas and in the best case even start a joint international names research project.
The network was founded in 2024 by Anna-Maria Balbach. It continues and expands the ‘People’s Names Research Network (PNRN)’, which was launched by Jane Pilcher in 2021. Researchers from all disciplines are invited to join the network and exchange ideas.
If you would like to join the network or learn more about it, please write to Dr. Anna-Maria Balbach: Anna.Balbach@tu-dortmund.de
The network logo was designed by Lea Fritzenkötter and Dr. Anna-Maria Balbach.