Latvian Language Institute (University of Latvia) invites to participate in the 3rd International Scientific Conference “Onomastic investigations”. Conference will be held at the University of Latvia on May 9–10, 2024. The conference is dedicated to our colleague Ojārs Bušs (1944–2017) who would have celebrated his 80th anniversary on April 28, 2024. The theme of...
The Scottish Place-Name Society’s 2023 Autumn Conference will take place on Saturday, 4th November 2023, online – via Zoom. They are very pleased to announce that this year’s autumn Conference will be held jointly with their friends and colleagues from The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland. The Conference will be free...
Dear members and friends, Welcome to the latest edition of ICOS newsletter Nr. 32. onomastically yours ICOS
Dear ICOS members and other colleagues, Call for papers for the 28th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (19–23 August 2024, Helsinki, Finland) is now open! The deadline for the paper proposals is 31 October 2023. More information in the file. Best wishes from Finland, Organizing committee of the ICOS 2024 congress
The call for workshop proposals for the ICOS 2024 congress in Helsinki is closing on 31 May. Thematic workshops, either 90 or 180 min long, include several thematically connected presentations. A workshop can also have an introduction and/or a final discussion. The workshop convenors decide on the length of presentations in the workshop.The convenors...
Dear ICOS members, Here is a reminder of the ICOS Onomastics Online lecture in May: 9 May 2023, 1:00 PM (UTC) Emilia Aldrin (Halmstad University): “Names as resources for identity construction“ Link to the Zoom Meeting: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/64438496192?pwd=TUNMN0dPa0NDbmtGaElkemRoMGVjQT09 Abstract here: https://icosweb.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Aldrin.pdf Please visit https://icosweb.net/onomastics-online/ for the links to the recordings of our past events.
The Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) will hold its 57th Annual Meeting at York University from Sunday, May 28, to Monday, May 29, 2023, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada. The theme of the 2023 Congress is: “Reckonings & Re-Imaginings,” but papers on any onomastic topic...
Lundi 20 mars 2023 – 17hArchives nationales Conférence par Jean-Pierre Chambon, ancien professeur à la Sorbonne À la mémoire de Paul Fabre Je me propose de présenter certains résultats de mes travaux sur la toponymie du nord-est de la Franche-Comté, un secteur que j’explore depuis longtemps, non sans la collaboration de chercheurs locaux (Daniel Curtit, Alain Guillaume,...
The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming26-29 September 2023University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa 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 biennial international...
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...
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