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CfP for the 6th International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming”

Baia Mare, September 5-7, 2023 (In)correctness in Onomastics The theme of the conference, (In)correctness in Onomastics, has a twofold meaning. On the one hand, it implies the reconsideration of certain onomastic theories as well as older etymologies and hypotheses, which with the passage of time have become outdated and in need of revisiting. On the other...

Special issue “Family Names: Origins, History, Anthropology and Sociology”

Dear Colleagues, We propose to jointly guest-edit a Special Issue of the online periodical Genealogy on the topic of Family Names and Naming. This is a call for papers. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2023  Relatively little is published globally on this topic. We therefore consider that it would be timely to bring together contributions from as...

CfP: The XXth All-Ukrainian and International Onomastic Conference

On May 18-19, 2023, the XX All-Ukrainian and International Onomastic Conference will be held at the Institute of Philology of Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University in a remote format (Zoom). This conference will be dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Prof. Vasyl Nimchuk, Corresponding Member of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences.  The working languages of...

CfP “NITE 7: Names In The Economy 7” (2023)

Names in Times of Crisis: age of pandemy, energetic deficiency, and war. Names in the Economy VII  – International conference, Verona 28-30 September 2023 Organisation Paola Cotticelli (UniVR) The Laboratorio La.LiA and the Department of Cultures and Civilizations of the University of Verona kindly invite the submission of paper proposals for the seventh international conference...

23rd International and Nationwide Conference on Onomastics 

Dear Colleagues,  We invite you to participate at the XXIII International and Nationwide Onomastic Conference, which will be held on October 19-21, 2023 in Opole. Its co-organizer and host institution is the University of Opole. The annual conference provides a platform for international exchange on all topics of onomastics. The main theme of the...

CfP: “Names and Politics” Conference 2023

Conference: 20-22.09.2023, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Germany Organisers: Daniel Kroiß (TU Darmstadt), Miriam Lind (Mainz University), Lena Späth (Mainz University) The naming of people and places has always been entwined with the political. This politics of onomastics has been engaged with since the late 1980s (ALIA 1989), with BOURDIEU (1991, 105) writing of “the...

Appel à contribution pour Onomastica Canadiana 2022

Nous invitons les chercheurs et les enseignants intéressés par l’onomastique à contribuer à la réalisationde notre prochain numéro ainsi que d’un numéro spécial dédié à une thématique spécifique. Appel à contribution pour le prochain numéro de la revue 2022 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/oc/index Les titres du dossier de ces numéros seront : Pour la prochaine revue :...

CfP: “The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Names on Screen, Stage, and Page”

The seminar “The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Names on Screen, Stage, and Page”, which will be convened during the 2023 conference organised by ESRA, thus invites contributions which include (but are not restricted to) the following topics: Shakespeare’s name changes within plays and from sources. From names to nicknames, a substantial number of names have...

Call for Papers: 2023 ANS annual conference

The American Name Society is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference. After considering an official proposal made on the 27th of May 2022, the Executive Council of the American Name Society voted to hold the 2023 Annual Conference online, as have done in the previous two years. All presentation sessions...

Call for Papers: “22nd Slovak Onomastic Conference”

The 22nd SLOVAK ONOMASTIC CONFERENCE entitled “PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF ONYMIC SYSTEMS” will be held at the Trnava University in Trnava (Slovakia) from 5th to 7th September 2022. The 22nd Slovak Onomastic Conference is organised by Ľudovít Štúr’s Institute of Linguistics Sciences, Slovak Linguistic Society (Slovak Academy of Sciences) and Slovak Commission for Onomastic...

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