Conferences

Trends in Toponymy 6

Trends in Toponymy 6 will take place at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg from October 7th to 10th 2013. As the name suggests, the conference is dedicated to both new approaches in toponomastic studies and research on current toponomastic phenomena. The main aim of the conference is the discussion and interdisciplinary exchange about current findings, theoretical innovations...

Postgraduate Workshop, Glasgow, 4–5 April 2013

An International Workshop for Postgraduate Students of Onomastics will be held at the University of Glasgow from 4–5 April 2013, prior to the annual Weekend Conference of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI). The schedule is as follows: Thursday 4 April 13.00: Registration and refreshments 14.00-16.30: Visit to Special Collections...

The International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming”

2nd Edition Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space Baia Mare, 9-11 May 2013 Please visit the website of ICONN 2 Sections Names in public space Anthroponomastics Toponomastics Official conference languages Romanian English French Italian German Spanish Timing Every paper presentation is allotted 25 minutes (20 minutes for presentation + 5 minutes for discussions). The early...

Names in the Economy

Early bird registration deadline approaching The fourth Names in the Economy symposium will be held at the University of Turku in 14 – 16 June 2012. We kindly remind that the registration to the symposium is under way. Please, note that registering by 15 April 2012 you will take advantage of the lower registration...

Call for Papers: Trends in Toponymy 5

The fifth Trends in Toponymy Conference will be held at the University of Berne (Switzerland), July 9-13, 2012. The conference provides an international forum for current issues of and recent advances in diachronic and synchronic research on place names. The aim is to bring together researchers and graduate students working within the domains of...

Call for papers: Names in the Economy IV

Names in the Economy IV International symposium, Turku 14–16 June 2012 Names are a pervasive part of human culture. We are continuously reminded of their existence by our surrounding environment. Names always come about and are used in interaction between people and a language community. We give names to referents worth naming – to...

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: 15th Names Congress of the NSA

The Names Society of Southern Africa (NSA), jointly with the Centre for African Names Research (CANR) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will be hosting the 15th Names Congress of the NSA, which will also include the follow-up to the two Trends in Toponymy conferences held recently in Ballarat, Australia and Karasjohka, Norway. The conference...

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