The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) will organize its first Summer School in Helsinki, Finland from 26 to 30 August 2019. The idea of an ICOS Summer School is to bring together young onomastic researchers from all over the world, to help them network and expand their onomastic knowledge. The theme of the...
The Volume 51 has just been finalized. You may find this issue and upload from the Archive: https://onomajournal.org/archive/. We hope to see the issue 52 finalized soon! Founded in 1950, Onoma (ISSN: 0078-463X; e-ISSN: 1783-1644) is the oldest journal in the field of onomastics and occupies a central role in the discipline. Since the...
Colloque de l’Université de Genève / Département de français moderne : 5 et 6 mars 2020 Peut-on habiter un lieu sans le nommer ? comment baptise-t-on une ville, une forêt, un lac ? Les noms propres de lieux sont partout, présence familière et rassurante qu’on oublie parce que l’on se contente de s’en servir....
The 24th Onomastica & Letteratura (Onomastics & Literature) Conference will take place in Pisa, Italy, from October 3rd to 5th 2019. The event will be hosted by the University of Pisa’s Department of Philology, Linguistics, and Literature .Scholars from all discplinees whose work explores the intersection between onomastics and literature are invited to submit...
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Hengst Vor nunmehr 65 Jahren startete die Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig in Kooperation mit der Universität ein zu jener Zeit deutschlandweit einzigartiges Forschungsprojekt. Mit besonderer Unterstützung durch den damaligen Akademie-Präsidenten Theodor Frings begannen die „Deutsch-Slawischen Forschungen zur Namenkunde und Siedlungsgeschichte“ mit ihrem Arbeitsstellensitz in der Abteilung Landesgeschichte der Leipziger...
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to invite you in the name of the ICOS Board to the 27th Congress of Onomastic Sciences, which will take place in Krakow, on August 23rd-28th, 2020. We will discuss the interdisciplinary aspects of researching the proper names. We hope to foster the discussion on how onomasticians perceive other...
We are proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website: https://icosweb.net/ We hope that the new design will allow you to find the information you need more quickly and easily. We are continuing to update our website with useful information and news regarding International Council of Onomastic Sciences, various events and projects,...
(Deutsch / English / Français) Volker Kohlheim: Der Name in der Literatur. Unter Mitarbeit von Rosa Kohlheim (Beiträge zur neueren Literaturgeschichte Bd. 393, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2019, 371 S.) wurde veröffentlicht. Die Funktionen des Eigennamens sind im literarischen Text grundsätzlich anders gewichtet als im alltagssprachlichen Diskurs: Die literarische Figur oder der literarische Raum werden...
Le Guide bibliographique “Les Noms de lieux et de personnes en France” de plus de 700 pages rédigés par Pierre-Henri Billy et Sébastien Nadiras vient de paraître chez CTHS-Archives nationales dans la Collection ‘Orientations et méthodes’ (n° 33). Au croisement de l’histoire et de la linguistique, l’onomastique est la science qui a pour objet...
The Vernon Press is pleased to announce that book “Onomastics between Sacred and Profane” is now available on paperback: https://vernonpress.com/book/761 To mark the availability of the paperback edition they are offering a limited-time 30% discount (expires in 60 days) for orders placed through their website. To obtain the discount please enter the following coupon...
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