Need some fruitful summer reading? The latest issue of NoSo: the Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics was just online, with a special issue on “Names in the (re)construction of gender” guest edited by sociologist Jane Pilcher. The issue includes five interesting contributions on topics such as: the use of humour in patrilinear surnaming practices in Finland, men’s...
The new issue of the Journal “Onomastica desde América Latina” has been published online. It was edited by Dr. Eugen Schochenmaier (ICOS, e-Onomastics). DOI: https://doi.org/10.48075/odal.v5i1.33666 Keywords: biblical anthroponymy, proper names, onomastics, religious text, secular context ABSTRACT The dossier on biblical anthroponyms in secular contexts offers an in-depth exploration of how biblical names transcend their religious origins...
A new issue of ONOMA journal has been released ! The sessions “Place names as (part of) cultural heritage” with 16 papers, smoothly fitting into the overall conference theme, were contributed and organized by the Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy (“Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past” in Lecce (Italy), 26–28 May 2021). A selection of these papers,...
Dear Colleagues,We are pleased to announce that all three volumes of the Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Onomastics Scinces have been published online (OA) on the Jagiellonian University Press website: The full bibliographic record for each volume (including DOI numbers) is as follows: We also wanted to inform you that currently, only entire volumes...
Dear members and friends, Welcome to the latest edition of ICOS newsletter Nr. 32. onomastically yours ICOS
Dear Valued Readers, We are absolutely thrilled to announce a significant milestone for our journal dedicated to Proper Names Studies – we have just reached 50,000 visits on our webpage! 🥳 This achievement is a testament to the incredible community of scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts who have shown immense interest in the fascinating world...
CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Onomástica desde América Latina ODAL invites submissions for the topical issue “Mysterious are the Ways of the Name: Biblical Anthroponyms in Secular Contexts” edited by Eugen Schochenmaier (e-Onomastics, ICOS, Germany). Introduction: Biblical anthroponyms, the names of individuals found in Scripture, hold a significant place in religious...
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Artur Gałkowski on his open-access monograph “Onomastic Competence in the Teaching and Use of Italian as a Second Language. The Polish Context”. The monograph presents the results of research conducted for glottodidactic purposes from the perspective of teaching and use (learning/application) of Italian as an L2 by Polish students...
The members of Onoma Editorial Board have had their meeting on Monday 15 May at 5:00 (17:00) CET. In general, most of the topics comprised a bundle of largely good news. The journal’s readership has greatly increased due its online presence and indexation. Among others, the questions of the trilingual research abstracts and of...
A new issue of ONOMA journal has been released ! The thematic section of Onoma 57 is derived from the papers dealing with onomastics in the West Slavic countries Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, presented at the 27th ICOS Congress in Kraków (guest editors: Urszula Bijak, Kraków; Iveta Valentová, Bratislava; Milan Harvalík, Bratislava). Due to the ongoing war...
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