The symposium is an inter-college event where students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every RC student will give either a Presentation or a Poster - either as a group or as an individual project. Every RC student will also be an audience member.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Do you know who named you? Do you know why they gave you this name? Do you need to change your name as you progress through life? Do you have a nickname? Do you address different people with different titles? Do you know the difference between T and V forms? Do you use the same pronoun when you talk to different people? Naming systems differentiate from person to person, culture to culture. This project researches different people’s full names, nicknames and their origins in Chinese, English and Spanish. In our presentation, we will talk about naming, nicknames, pronounces, honorifics and specifiers.
