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The official languages of ICOS are French, German, and English.
Die offiziellen Sprachen des ICOS sind Englisch, Französisch und Deutsch.
Les langues officielles de l’ICOS sont l’allemand, l’anglais, et le français.

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International Council of Onomastic Sciences
The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) is the international organisation for all scholars who have a special interest in the study of names (place-names, personal names, and proper names of all other kinds). The aim of the Council is the advancement, representation and co-ordination of name research on an international level and in an interdisciplinary context. This new organisation replaces the former International Committee of Onomastic Sciences which, as a closed society, exclusively co-opted representatives of countries and was therefore not open to individual scholars.
L'International Council of Onomastic Sciences
L'International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) est l'organisation internationale de tous les chercheurs ayant les noms propres pour objet d'étude (noms de personne, noms de lieu et autres noms propres). L'organisation a pour but d'encourager, représenter et coordonner la recherche onomastique au niveau international et en contexte interdisciplinaire. Elle remplace l'ancien International Committee of Onomastic Sciences, ‘club fermé’ réservé aux représentants nationaux cooptés, à l'exclusion des chercheurs individuels.
Der International Council of Onomastic Sciences
Der International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) ist die internationale Organisation aller Forscher, die sich mit Namen (Ortsnamen, Personennamen und sonstigen Eigennamen) beschäftigen. Ziel der Organisation ist die Förderung, die Vertretung und die Koordination der Namenforschung auf internationaler Ebene und im interdisziplinären Zusammenhang. Diese neue Vertretung löst das alte International Committee of Onomastic Sciences ab, das als ‘geschlossene Gesellschaft’ ausschliesslich Vertreter eines Landes kooptierte und Einzelforschern nicht offenstand.

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Call for papers “Onomástica desde América Latina”
Call for papers  The Journal of Onomastics from America Latina publishes articles in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. The journal is receiving article to Vol. 2, Nr. 4 of the journal whose publication is scheduled for the second semester of 2021. Once accepted for publication, the articles will be available in ahead of print....

“Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century” Conference shifted online
Dear colleagues, The Organising Committee of the onomastic conference entitled “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century”, 20-21 April 2021, took the hard decision the scientific event to be transformed into an online one due to Covid-19 pandemic. The conference will be held via ZOOM platform and will be streamed live online in the channel...

New Onomastic Network “O-onoma” Presentation
The Observatório onomástico (O-onoma) , launched by the end of 2020, is a network of researchers on Onomastics in Brazil that aims at exchange of research findings, cooperation between institutions, drawing up and development of interinstitutional projects. The Network will be presented online on the 10th March 2021 at 7 p.m....

Namentagung 2021 “Werbende Namen”
Die Kennzeichnung von Waren und Produkten, um sie aus der Anonymität herauszuheben, die Qualität hervorzuheben und die Abgrenzung von der Konkurrenz zu „markieren“, ist keine Erfindung unserer Zeit, sondern bereits seit der griechischen und römischen Antike dokumentiert. Im Kontext der heutigen, in hohem Maße ökonomisierten Welt erleben wir zunehmend Markierungspraktiken in Bereichen außerhalb des...

22nd International and Nationwide Conference on Onomastics (MiOKO)
Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce that the 22nd International and Nationwide Conference on Onomastics (MiOKO) will be held from the 14th to the 16th October 2021 at the University of Rzeszów, Poland. The upcoming conference will be primarily concerned with the subject of proper names in multilingual and cross-cultural contexts. The conference themes include, but...

Call for papers: Centenary Conference of the Norwegian Place-Name Archive
The anniversary conference will be held on October 27-28, 2021 at the University of Bergen in the Natural History Museum. Deadline for submission of abstracts is the 1st March 2021 ( max. 300 words).  The four themes of the conference: Place-name Collection Main emphasis on collection of place-names in a broad perspective with regard to: what...

ICOS Congress 2021: “in situ” or “ex situ”?
Dear Colleagues, Participants of the 27th ICOS Congress in Kraków, The Organizing Committee of the Congress has been closely observing the global outbreak of the COVID-19 disease and its consequences. The situation is still uncertain. We wanted to ensure you that the Congress will take place on the planned date 22-27 August 2021. But the...

The 6th International Symposium on Place Names 2021
Standardisation and the wealth of place names – aspects of a delicate relationship Virtual/Bloemfontein, South Africa29 September – 1 October 2021 The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy, is pleased to announce the next...

Toponymic project of our colleague got a considerable funding
The project titled “Swedifying the other: place-name policymaking in the large-scale cadastral maps of the Swedish Empire (1630–1700)” has received a grant from the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). The latter is a Swedish independent foundation with the goal of promoting and supporting research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The project with a funding volume...