The Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) will hold its 57th Annual Meeting at York University from Sunday, May 28, to Monday, May 29, 2023, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada. The theme of the 2023 Congress is: “Reckonings & Re-Imaginings,” but papers on any onomastic topic...
Lundi 20 mars 2023 – 17hArchives nationales Conférence par Jean-Pierre Chambon, ancien professeur à la Sorbonne À la mémoire de Paul Fabre Je me propose de présenter certains résultats de mes travaux sur la toponymie du nord-est de la Franche-Comté, un secteur que j’explore depuis longtemps, non sans la collaboration de chercheurs locaux (Daniel Curtit, Alain Guillaume,...
The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming26-29 September 2023University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy, is pleased to announce the next biennial international...
The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 24 February 2023 with a presentation given by Marília Ferreira (Universidade Federal do Pará ) with the title “Onomastics in Parkatêjê language “. 0:00 – 5:13 Introduction 5:13 – 33:11 Presentation 33:11 – 45:52 Discussion At the live session on Zoom, technical problems caused a couple of...
Le comité d’édition d’Onoma, revue du Conseil International des Sciences Onomastiques (ICOS) qui publie en anglais, allemand et français, appelle à l’envoi d’articles pour un volume thématique (le numéro 59 à paraître en 2024) à propos de l’étude des noms propres en Amérique (c’est-à-dire, tels qu’ils sont employés ou attribués en Amérique du Nord,...
The editorial board of Onoma, journal of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences publishing in English, German, or French, seeks contributions to a themed volume (number 59 to appear in 2024) on the study of names in America (i.e., as they are used or applied in North, Central, or South America, or as they may...
Dear all, we are very pleased to report that the University of Glasgow has agreed to host the 2023 ICOS Summer School in their newest building: the Advanced Research Centre. UofG are providing full-day access to a series of rooms and the atrium from Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00, on the dates of 21-25 August 2023. The...
Baia Mare, September 5-7, 2023 (In)correctness in Onomastics The theme of the conference, (In)correctness in Onomastics, has a twofold meaning. On the one hand, it implies the reconsideration of certain onomastic theories as well as older etymologies and hypotheses, which with the passage of time have become outdated and in need of revisiting. On the other...
This talk aims to offer an overview of toponymic studies on Brazilian Sign Language, Libras, and to present a morphological analysis of Brazilian Sign Language signs that name 51 of the 75 Curitiba neighborhoods. Specifically, we will show the results of a study carried out by Xavier and Ferreira (2021) on the lexical creation...
Dear Colleagues, We propose to jointly guest-edit a Special Issue of the online periodical Genealogy on the topic of Family Names and Naming. This is a call for papers. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2023 Relatively little is published globally on this topic. We therefore consider that it would be timely to bring together contributions from as...
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