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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 <a href="http://sco.csj.ualberta.ca/index.php/home/meeting-of-the-canadian-society-for-the-study-of-names/">Canadian Society for the Study of Names </a>is calling for paper submissions to be presented on <span class=aqj>May 26-27, 2018</span> in Regina, Canada. The CSSN’s 52<sup>nd</sup> annual meeting will be part of the <a href="https://www.congress2018.ca/">Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences</a>, where more than 70 scholarly associations will meet at the University of Regina. The official theme of the 2018 congress is “Gathering Diversities”, 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><b> Please follow <a href="http://sco.csj.ualberta.ca/index.php/home/meeting-of-the-canadian-society-for-the-study-of-names/">this link</a> to fill in the form with your abstract (150-250 words) by <span class=aqj>24 January 2018 and send</span> to</b>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-6074659467000546386msoplaintext>Yaïves Ferland, Vice President, Canadian Society for the Study of Names <a href="mailto:yaives.ferland@scg.ulaval.ca"><i><span lang=FR-CA>yaives.ferland@scg.ulaval.ca</span></i></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>Please do not send any inquiries to me, I am just passing along the CFP.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dr. Karen Pennesi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Linguistics, Social Science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>University of Western Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://namesandidentity.wixsite.com/canada/the-study"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Names and Identity in Canada</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>