[Linganth] call for papers: Research on Names and Naming

[Karen Pennesi]

Please distribute this widely to other social scientists.

 The Canadian Society for the Study of Names
<http://sco.csj.ualberta.ca/index.php/home/meeting-of-the-canadian-society-f
or-the-study-of-names/>   is calling for paper submissions to be presented
on May 26-27, 2018 in Regina, Canada. The CSSN’s 52nd annual meeting will be
part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
<https://www.congress2018.ca/> , 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:

 ·       Personal names

·       Place names

·       Brand names

·       Product names

·       Fictional names

·       name choices

·       name changes

·       nick-names

·       online aliases

·       multiple names for one entity

·       names as indexes of social, cultural or racial categories

·       naming practices

·       name-related policies, regulations and laws

·       name-related humour or speech play

·       name-related topics in pop culture or media

·       historic trends in naming

·       technologies for organizing and finding names

 Please follow this link
<http://sco.csj.ualberta.ca/index.php/home/meeting-of-the-canadian-society-f
or-the-study-of-names/>  to fill in the form with your abstract (150-250
words) by 24 January 2018 and send to:

Yaïves Ferland, Vice President, Canadian Society for the Study of Names
<mailto:yaives.ferland at scg.ulaval.ca> yaives.ferland at scg.ulaval.ca 

 

Please do not send any inquiries to me, I am just passing along the CFP.

 

Dr. Karen Pennesi

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Linguistics, Social Science

University of Western Ontario

 <https://namesandidentity.wixsite.com/canada/the-study> Names and Identity
in Canada

 

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