Australia’s Place Naming Committee has just announced that a suburb in Canberra will be named after Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who died in March 2015, after serving nearly 20 years. Australia has a long tradition of honoring deceased political leaders with toponyms. Another recent onomastic honoree includes Gough Whitlam, Australia’s 21st Prime Minister.
Submit a name to the Geographical Names Board (GNB), Australia
The Geographical Names Board (GNB) is calling for public comments on the naming of an Australian location near Washington Avenue in Riverwood Washington Park. Click here to submit a name, see the GNB website. The deadline for submissions is Friday, the 29th of May 2015.
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
Sky Country Names in the New York Times
Read about sky country names in this New York Times piece In Flight about a pilot’s-eye view of life in the sky.
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.
And More About the U.S Most Popular Baby Names of 2014
See what we can learn about celebrity popularity by watching baby name trends in this article by Mallory Moss of babynames.com… Read More
Award for Best Article in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 2014
The 2014 Award Winner is:
R. Urbatsch, “Alphabetical Effects on Political Careers,” Names: A Journal of Onomastics 62(4): 229–238.
Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
About Names: ‘Charlotte’ royal for centuries
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Charlotte.
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.
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