Onomastics and Terminology 4: Personal Names and Public Administration, Budapest, July 17 2015

http://www.americannamesociety.org/onomastics-and-terminology-4-personal-names-and-public-administration-budapest-july-17-2015/

On July 17th, 2015, the fourth annual interdisciplinary workshop entitled “Onomastics and Terminology 4: Personal Names and Public Administration” will be held in Budapest, Hungary. Dedicated to Hungarian-related legal issues of personal names, the workshop is being co-sponsored by the Terminology Council of the Hungarian Language, and the Society of Hungarian Linguistics, among others.

Topics include the basics of the Law on Personal Names, regulations governing Christian name choice and family name changes, the use of personal names in minority communities. Talks will be given by academic scholars and executives of public administration.

The language of the workshop is Hungarian. Click here for the conference program in Hungarian.