toponyms

Conférence par Stéphane Gendron sur les zootoponymes

The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 10 April 2024 with a presentation given by Stéphane Gendron with the title “Les animaux dans la toponymie française : entre réel et imaginaire “. 0:00 – 3:15 Introduction 3:15 – 44:15 Presentation 44:15 – 54:06 Discussion

Principles of place naming in the new national atlas of Hungary

The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 5 April 2024 with a presentation given by Gábor Gercsák (Eötvös Loránd University) with the title “Principles of place naming in the new national atlas of Hungary “. 0:00 – 7:55 Introduction 7:55 – 1:04:13 Presentation 1:04:13 – 1:24:57 Discussion

Les animaux dans la toponymie française

Dear ICOS members, Please be reminded of the next two Onomastics Online lectures that – your attention! – will follow closely one after another in the coming days. One will be in English and the other in French. Also please do not forget to check your local time. April 5th, 2024, Friday, at 15:00 (CET): Gercsák...

« La dénomination des communes issues de fusion. D’une toponymie des localités à celle des territoires ! »

Mesdames, Messieurs, La Société française d’onomastique a le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence qui sera donnée lundi 18 mars aux Archives nationales, et en ligne, sur le thème : « La dénomination des communes issues de fusion. D’une toponymie des localités à celle des territoires ! » par Frédéric Giraut, chaire Unesco en Toponymie inclusive « Dénommer le...

Frédéric Giraut: Toponymie critique et Néotoponymie

The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 7 February 2024 with a presentation given by Professor Frédéric Giraut (Université de Genève) with the title “Toponymie critique et Néotoponymie : Pour une théorisation “. 0:00 – 3:00 Introduction 3:00 – 42:53 Presentation 42:53 – 1:01:58 Discussion

Onomastics Online Lecture: “Toponymie critique et Néotoponymie”

Le champ de la toponymie critique ou politique, après quelques travaux précurseurs au XXème siècle, s’affirme au niveau international depuis les années 2010. La chaire Unesco en toponymie inclusive « Dénommer le Monde » participe à sa visibilité, tant d’un point de vue académique (Manuel de synthèse, Mooc et réseaux de recherche) que du...

ONOMA 58 (2023)

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,...

Video: Minority place-name regulations in Slovenia

NOTE! Unfortunately, the speaker introduction and the first few minutes of the lecture were not recorded. Our apologies! The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 21 November 2023 with a presentation given by Dr. Matjaž Geršič (ZRC SAZU Anton Melik Geographical Institute) with the title “Minority place-name regulations in Slovenia “. 0:00 – 41:53...

Onomastics Online Lecture: Minority place-name regulations in Slovenia

Abstract: Slovenia is home to two ethnic minorities: Hungarian and Italian. Both minorities are guaranteed all the rights enshrined in the constitution and applicable international treaties.The first regulation on writing geographical names in bilingual areas in Slovenia reaches back to Yugoslavia. At the end of April 1980, the Decree on Writing Geographical Names in...

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