NamesCon, one of the world’s largest international conferences devoted exclusively to domain names will be holding its next conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from the 10th to the 13th of January 2016. According to the founder and CEO, this year’s event promises to be the largest ever gathering of domainers. Click here for more information.
Conferences
Asian Association of Lexicography Conference, Hong Kong, June 25-27 2015
The Asian Association of Lexicography (ASIALEX) will be holding its 9th annual international conference in Hong Kong, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2015. The theme of the conference is “Words, Dictionaries and Corpora: Innovation in reference science.” Click here for more information.
Lexicalization Patterns in Colour Naming: a Cross-Linguistic Perspective, Vienna, February 18-21 2016
A conference on “Lexicalization Patterns in Colour Naming: a Cross-Linguistic Perspective” will be held on from the 18th to the 21st of February 2016 in Vienna, Austria. The primary aim of the event is to provide a forum for discussing the morphology, syntactic, and lexical patterns evident in Indo-European languages.
… Read More Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 30-31 2015
The Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) will be holding its 49th Annual Meeting from the 30th to the 31st of May 2015 at the University of Ottawa.
5th Symposium on Names in the Economy, Verona, Italy, June 24-27 2015
The University of Verona will be holding the 5th Symposium on Names in the Economy in Verona, Italy, from the 24th to the 27th of June 2015. The conference focus is on corpus linguistics, marketing, and company brand naming.
International Workshop: “(re)naming places, (re)shaping identities”, Naples, October 28-29 2015
Call 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
Naming Places Session, International Conference of Historical Geographers, July 6th 2015
On Monday, the 6th of July 2015, a Special Session of the International Conference of Historical Geographers 2015, will be held. Called “Naming Places”, this session will spotlight the mapping of place-names, the politics of place-naming, and the relationship between place-names and national identities. For more information, click here.… Read More
Symposium on Atlases, Topography, and the History of Cartography, Rio de Janeiro, August 19-21 2015
In Rio de Janeiro from the 19-21 of August 2015, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) will be holding a pre-conference Symposium on Atlases, Topography, and the History of Cartography at the Brazilian Foundation of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). For more information, click here.
International Symposium on Place Names, South Africa, September 17-18 2015
An International Symposium on Place Names entitled “Place names, diversity and heritage” will be held from the 17th to the 18th of September 2015 in Clarens, South Africa. The languages of the symposium are English and Afrikaans. The deadline for abstracts is the 17th of July 2015.
… Read More Workshop on the determinants of bestowing and using personal names, Germany, September 14-15, 2015
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