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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>Please distribute this widely to other social scientists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext> The Canadian Society for the Study of Names <a href="http://congress2017.ca/associations/42" target="_blank">http://congress2017.ca/associations/42</a> is calling for paper submissions to be presented on <span class=aqj>May 27-28, 2017</span> in Toronto, Canada. The CSSN’s 51st annual meeting will be part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences <a href="http://congress2017.ca/about" target="_blank">http://congress2017.ca/about</a> , where more than 70 scholarly associations will meet at Ryerson University. The official theme of the 2017 congress is “The Next 150, On Indigenous Lands” so papers on indigenous names are especially encouraged, however papers on any research related to names and naming are welcome. This includes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext> · Personal names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· Place names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· Brand names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· Product names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· Fictional names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· name choices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· name changes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· nick-names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· online aliases<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· multiple names for one entity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· names as indexes of social, cultural or racial categories<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· naming practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· name-related policies, regulations and laws<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· name-related humour or speech play<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· name-related topics in pop culture or media<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· historic trends in naming<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>· technologies for organizing and finding names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>Please send a title and abstract (150-250 words) by <span class=aqj>8 February 2017</span> to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>Sheila Embleton, Vice President, Canadian Society for the Study of Names <a href="mailto:embleton@yorku.ca" target="_blank">embleton@yorku.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dr. Karen Pennesi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Linguistics, Social Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>University of Western Ontario<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>