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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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04/14/2021

Dear Colleagues, Participants of the 27th ICOS Congress, Last year, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, we had to postpone our conference for one year. We hoped that during this time the situation would have subsided and we all would be able to meet in person in Kraków. Unfortunately, in many countries the situation is...

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Due to the persistence of the Covid emergency, we were forced to postpone the annual conference “Name & Literature” once again. Depending on the evolution of the pandemic, an online conference (divided into several days), which will be optional to attend, may be scheduled for autumn 2021. On the other hand, our research activity...

Call for papers “Onomástica desde América Latina”

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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....

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Namentagung 2021 “Werbende Namen”

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22nd International and Nationwide Conference on Onomastics (MiOKO)

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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

01/21/2021

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...