Need some fruitful summer reading? The latest issue of NoSo: the Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics was just online, with a special issue on “Names in the (re)construction of gender” guest edited by sociologist Jane Pilcher. The issue includes five interesting contributions on topics such as: the use of humour in patrilinear surnaming practices in Finland, men’s...

The new issue of the Journal “Onomastica desde América Latina” has been published online. It was edited by Dr. Eugen Schochenmaier (ICOS, e-Onomastics). DOI: https://doi.org/10.48075/odal.v5i1.33666 Keywords: biblical anthroponymy, proper names, onomastics, religious text, secular context ABSTRACT The dossier on biblical anthroponyms in secular contexts offers an in-depth exploration of how biblical names transcend their religious origins...

Call for Papers Names and World-building in Fantasy & Science Fictional Universes an organized session at the 2025 annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9-12 January 2025   The American Name Society is now inviting proposals for an organized session at the 2025 annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. The theme of...

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the 5th Czech Onomastic Conference, which will be held in Prague from April 7 to 10, 2025. More detailed information can be found on the conference website available at https://cok2025.avcr.cz/en/. Conference Theme and Sections: Onomastics is usually considered a linguistic area overlapping markedly with other disciplines....

Guest editors: Přemysl Mácha, Žaneta Dvořáková (Czechia) Dear colleagues, We are inviting you to contribute to the thematic issue of Onoma journal dedicated to the problems of naming and renaming in Central and Eastern Europe due to the political upheavals in 20th and 21st century. In the last century, the region of Central, South-Eastern, and...

The ICOS Board convened today to discuss a series of critical issues affecting the organization’s future. Below is a summary of the meeting outcomes based on the agenda: This meeting was pivotal in setting the direction for ICOS in the coming years, ensuring that the organization remains dynamic, inclusive, and forward-looking.

Take a look at the programme for this year’s ICOS Congress 2024. You can find the congress and event schedule with the complete programme overview here.

Wir sind schon im Feiermodus, denn in diesem Jahr begeht die Leipziger Namenforschung ein stolzes Jubiläum: Schon 70 Jahre wird an der Universität Leipzig zu Namen geforscht, gelehrt und beraten. Bereits seit der Berufung von Rudolf Fischer im Herbst 1953 gab es erste Seminare zur Einführung in die germano-slawistische Namenforschung. Aber im Jahr 1954...

Dear ICOS 2024 presenters and guests, We would like to remind you that the early bird registration for the ICOS 2024 congress ends on May 18th. The normal registration continues until 31 July, but as the early bird fees are considerably lower than normal fees, we recommend the early bird registration. Please note that sending an...