37.1388, Confs: 2nd Meeting of the International Network for Personal Names Research 2026 (Online)

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Subject: 37.1388, Confs: 2nd Meeting of the International Network for Personal Names Research 2026 (Online)

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Date: 10-Apr-2026
From: Chrismi-Rinda Loth [LothC at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: 2nd Meeting of the International Network for Personal Names Research 2026


2nd Meeting of the International Network for Personal Names Research
2026
Theme: New Research on Personal Names in Different Countries

Date: 12-Jun-2026 - 12-Jun-2026
Location: Online
Contact: Anna-Maria Balbach
Contact Email: Anna.Balbach at tu-dortmund.de
Meeting URL:
https://www.uni-muenster.de//Germanistik/Lehrende/Lehrbeauftragte/balbach_annamaria/projekte/onomastik/networkmeetings.html

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 16-May-2026

The International Network for Personal Names Research invites
abstracts for its 2nd Online Meeting 2026.
- 12 June 2026
- 1:00-5:00 pm (UTC+2)
- Platform: Zoom
- Students welcome!
- Deadline for registrations and abstract submissions: 16 May 2026
Abstracts are invited to be submitted by 16 May to
Anna.Balbach at tu-dortmund.de for:
- Lectures (20 min + 10 min Q&A)
- Research pitches (5 min + 5 min Q&A)
- Networking/discussion groups (15 min)
The theme is deliberately broad: New Research on Personal Names in
Different Countries.
Presentations may cover new findings on first and last names from
various fields, e.g.:
- Current or historical developments.
- Developments and phenomena across national borders, in specific
regions or in individual countries.
- Under the influence of certain extra-linguistic factors such as
politics, religion, culture, migration, gender, social
diversification, current events, and trends.
- Onomastic research methods.
Register (free) by 16 May at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-research-on-personal-names-in-different-countries-tickets-1986517554481.
All presenters are offered the option to publish in the Nordic Journal
of Socio-Onomastics (NoSo). The deadline for this is 15 August 2026.



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