Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Journal of Literary Onomastics Special Issue

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Call for Submissions: Journal of Literary Onomastics 5 (2016)
(a special issue on place and place-names in the early Insular world)

The deeply rooted importance of landscape, place, and place-names is a shared characteristic throughout the Insular cultures of the early Middle Ages, ranging from the material to the literary. From examinations of the early Irish dindshenchas tradition to recent archaeological investigations into the role of landscape in socio-political structures, the study of place has begun to receive more critical attention.

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International Workshop: “(re)naming places, (re)shaping identities”, Naples, October 28-29 2015

3053563105_76520e66ae_mCall for Papers for the International Workshop, “(re)naming places, (re)shaping identities”.  The workshop is sponsored by the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies. It will take place from the 28th to the 29th of October 2015.

The deadline for 300 word abstracts and biographical sketches is the 30th of June 2015.  For more information, contact: lcaiazzo[@]unior.it

Workshop on the determinants of bestowing and using personal names, Germany, September 14-15, 2015

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From September 14th and 15th, 2015, the Akademie der Wissenscahft und Literatur will be holding an interdisciplinary workshop on the determinants of bestowing and using personal names (e.g. ethnoracial identity, socioeconomic status, and religion).  The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 31st of May 2015.  For more information, click here.… Read More

Call for Papers: ICONN, September 1-3 in Baia Mare, Romania

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For additional information click here.

Important Dates:

1.12.2014 – 1.04.2015: submission of registration form (see the “Registration” section of this website) (abstracts: maximum 15 lines/150 words);

1 April 2015: notification of acceptance;

1 May 2015:  closing date for early registration (lei 350 / EUR 80);

1 June 2015: second circular letter and programme draft;

1 August 2015: third circular letter and final programme;

1-3 September 2015: The Third International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming”: Conventional/ Unconventional in Onomastics

1 October 2015: Full paper submission.… Read More