The Finnish Conference of Onomastics (Nimistöntutkimuksen päivät) will be held at the University of Helsinki on 2-3 November 2017. For full details (in Finnish), follow this link.
Après Paris, c’est Toulouse qui accueillera en 2018 le colloque international qu’organise tous les deux ans la Société française d’onomastique. Cette manifestation scientifique, qui se déroulera du 17 au 20 janvier 2018, à l’Université de Toulouse, et en partenariat avec cet établissement, sera consacrée à la terminologie onomastique et à l’onomastique occitane. Les propositions...
ONOMA is happy to call for submissions for a non-themed volume, tentatively numbered as 50 and published early next year. While recent volumes have each had a specific theme, this time we will be happy to accept submissions on any aspect on onomastics. Those interested in submitting a paper are advised to send a...
ICOS was very saddened to hear of the death of Ojārs Bušs on 3 January 2017, aged 72. Dr Bušs was a long-standing member and will be remembered fondly. We publish below an obituary written by his close colleague Laimute Balode (Helsinki/Rīga). *** It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing...
The North University Centre of Baia Mare (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca) is pleased to announce the Fourth International Conference on Onomastics ‘Name and Naming’ (ICONN 4), which will be held on 5-7 September 2017. The theme of the conference is ‘sacred and profane in onomastics’. Early registration is open until 1 May. For further...
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We are delighted to announce that Names and Their Environment. Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Glasgow, 15-19 August 2014 has been published online today. The proceedings have been edited by Carole Hough and Daria Izdebska and are available for free download either by volume (five volumes in total) or by...
We are delighted to announce that the website of the 26th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences has now been launched and will be the place to visit over the coming months for details about next year’s event, including the call for papers. The Congress will be held at the University of Debrecen (Hungary), on...
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.
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