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Introducing the New ANS Website!
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Exciting new features available through the website:
- conference information
- calls for papers
- information about NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics
- join ANS
- renew ANS membership
- news about names and naming from around the world
- link directly to other onomastic societies
- link directly to other scholarly journals
New ANS Website Launching Monday
Get excited… the new ANS Website will be live this Monday, 5/4/15!
About Names: Marina, a global name thanks to martyrs
Marina Semyonova
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Marina.
About Names: All about ‘Sarah’
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Sarah.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ 125th Anniversary Celebration
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names invites you to celebrate its 125th anniversary, with a one-day symposium about geographic names: Traditions and Transition.
Friday, September 18, 2015; U.S. Library of Congress, Washington DC
The symposium will be followed by an open house and special exhibit from the U.S. Library of Congress.… Read More
About Names: Gary, a baby boom favorite, has almost gone bust
Gary Cooper, The Winning of Barbara Worth, 1926
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Gary.
About Names: On the history of Irish names
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column offers additional information about Irish names.… Read More
About Names: Mythology, madness give Cassandra her story
Cassandra Wilson
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Cassandra.
Call for Papers: ICONN, September 1-3 in Baia Mare, Romania
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