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 29^thof 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 28^th to the 29^th of October 2015.

The deadline for 300 word abstracts and biographical sketches is the 30^th 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.

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.

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.

Skype Name Trademark Controversy

EU court rules that the Skype name is too similar to the name of the Broadcaster, Sky. For that reason, Microsoft has been prohibited from registering the Skype name as a trademark.