Marina Semyonova
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Marina.
About Names: Marina, a global name thanks to martyrs
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
Call for Papers: 54th Annual Names Institute
The 54th Annual Names Institute will be held at Baruch College (CUNY), Lexington Avenue @ 24th St., on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Abstracts on all aspects of names—personal, geographic, commercial & trade, literary—are welcomed by April 15th, to Professor Wayne Finke at wayne.finke[at]baruch.cuny.edu… Read More
Call for Papers: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Names
Call for Papers – Deadline 15 April 2015.
Special Issue of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics devoted to
Names, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
The American Name Society is currently inviting abstracts
for scientific papers providing an analysis of the names found in
contemporary and classic literary works of science-fiction, fantasy,
or horror.… Read More
Call for Papers Open
The next ANS conference is January 7-10th, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
The call for papers is now open.… Read More