ICOS are delighted to announce that the special theme for Onoma 52 will be ‘Asian Onomastics’, guest edited by Sungjae Choo (Kyung Hee University, South Korea), and co-edited by Peter Kang (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan) and Multamia Lauder (University of Indonesia). Those who are interested in submitting a paper should submit a short...
It was with great sadness that ICOS heard of the death of W. F. H. (Bill) Nicolaisen on 15 February 2016, aged 88. Professor Nicolaisen was an internationally renowned name scholar and a former President of ICOS (1990-1996). The thoughts of ICOS members are with his family. An interesting obituary by Gordon Casely appeared...
The proceedings of the Third ICONN in Baia Mare (2015) have now been published online. All previous proceedings from this conference series can now be found here.
Paris will host the next international symposium organized every two years by the Société française d’onomastique. The event will take place on 3-5 December 2015 at the Archives nationales (National Archives) and will be devoted to the sources of onomastics and the urban toponymy of the French capital and its suburbs.
The North University Centre of Baia Mare (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca) is pleased to announce the Third International Conference on Onomastics ‘Name and Naming’ (ICONN 3), which will be held on 1-3 September 2015. The theme of the conference is ‘the conventional/unconventional in onomastics. Early registration is open until 1 May. For further information,...
Onoma 50 Call for Papers: Medieval Multiculturalism: The Evidence from Names Editors: Dr. Sara L. Uckelman, Dr. Jennifer A. McGowan, Genora Grim, and Nina Shiel. Many people view the populations of the European Middle Ages as static, with most people never going more than a handful of miles from where they were born, and...
ICOS Newsletter 23 is now available on the newsletter page.
ICOS Newsletter 22 is now available on the newsletter page. The Board of Directors page now includes minutes of Board meetings.
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