Conference “Language and Culture Dialogue in 21st Century Onomastics” (Lithuania)

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in the 5th International Scientific Aleksandras Vanagas’ Conference “Language and Culture Dialogue in 21st Century Onomastics”.

The Conference will be held on November 7–8, 2024. Venue: The Institute of the Lithuanian Language, P. Vileišio St. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius and in Zoom platform.

Suggested Topics

  • Onyms as a research object in Lithuanian, Baltic, and Indo-European studies  
  • Onyms at the intersection of languages and cultures  
  • Signs of national identity in onyms  
  • Between old onomasticon and the written  
  • Links between the historical onomasticon and cultural context  
  • The current coverage of traditional and modern onomastic research  
  • Naming tendencies of people, places, and other entities.

Keynote Speakers

  • Dr. hab. prof. UŁ Artur Gałkowski (University of Lodz, Poland),
  • Assoc. prof. dr. Olena Fomenko (Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine),
  • Dr. Sanda Rapa (Institute of Latvian Language, University of Latvia, Latvia),
  • Dr. Christian Zschieschang (Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), Germany).

Conference languages: Lithuanian, Latvian, English.  

Duration of plenary session reports – 30 mins. Duration of reports – 20 mins.

Conference fee:

80 EUR, before October 1, 2024. 100 EUR, before November 4, 2024. Online participation is free of charge. Conference fee includes cultural events.

Important Dates

The deadline for submission of participant forms and abstracts  – is June 1, 2024. 

Notification of acceptance – September 1, 2024. 

Publication of the conference program – October 1, 2024.

Abstract

1500–2000 characters with spaces.

Scientific Committee

  • Akad. prof. habil. dr. Grasilda Blažienė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language (chairperson),
  • Dr. Laimutis Bilkis, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • PD habil. dr. Harald Bichlmeier, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig, Germany,
  • Assoc. prof. dr. Katharina Leibring, Uppsala University, Sweden,
  • Prof. dr. Aleksandr Iliadi, K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University, Ukraine,
  • Doc. habil. dr. Ilja Lemeškin, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Prof. dr. Daiva Sinkevičiūtė-Villanueva Svensson, Vilnius University,
  • Dr. Anta Trumpa, Institute of Latvian Language, University of Latvia, Latvia.

Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Darius Ivoška, Institute of the Lithuanian Language  (chairperson),
  • Dr. Pavel Skorupa, Institute of the Lithuanian Language (vice-chairperson),
  • Dr. Alma Ragauskaitė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Dr. Dovilė Tamulaitienė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Mgr. Alisa Stunžaitė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Mgr. Dalia Sviderskienė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Dokt. Marius Glebus, Institute of the Lithuanian Language,
  • Povilas Bialoglovis, Institute of the Lithuanian Language

Contacts

Please submit participant forms and abstracts here: https://forms.gle/72PmSywhbVWiW5hr8

For more information, please visit https://avk.lki.lt/  or contact darius.ivoska@lki.lt

Pagarbiai / Sincerely

Konferencijos organizatoriai / Conference Organizers