Part two of a recording of an online research symposium held on Friday 22nd September 2023, 13.00 – 17.00. It was organised by Dr Jane Pilcher (Nottingham Trent University, UK) and Dr Ivona Barešová (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) on behalf of the People’s Names Research Network.
This online research symposium aims to advance the present state of knowledge about contemporary gender-related personal naming practices especially in contexts, observed in many countries, of recent shifts around gender equality and in conceptualizations of gender as non-binary. The symposium brings together scholars who are examining gender and given names across a range of languages and cultures in Europe (Spanish, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Czech and German) and Asia (Japanese and Mandarin Chinese). Contributors incorporate the latest findings about current preferences for expressing gender in names, identifying historical shifts, regional and cultural specifics, and their interactions with more general trends in gender relations and identities.
Symposium programme
13.00 – 13.05 Welcome Jane Pilcher
Nottingham Trent University, UK & Ivona Barešová
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
13.05 – 13.25 Paper Session 1
Chair: Ivona Barešová Carmen Fernández Juncal
University of Salamanca, Spain. Gender distinction in European Spanish anthroponyms
13.25 – 13.45 Paper Session 2 Anna-Maria Balbach
University of Muenster, Germany. Given Names and Gender: An Initial Comparison between Germany and Other European Countries
13.45 – 14.05 Paper Session 3 Maya Vlahova-Angelova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria. Gender-Neutral Names – A Boundary Phenomenon in the Bulgarian Anthroponomasticon
14.05 – 14.15 10 min Q & A. Chair: Ivona Barešová
14.15 - 14.25 10 mins break 10 mins break 10 mins break
14.25 - 14.45 Paper Session 4
Agata Michnowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. Gender-neutral given names in Iceland
14.45 - 15.05 Paper Session 5 Žaneta Dvořáková, Pavel Štěpán
Czech Academy of Sciences. Gender-neutral names and transgender people in Czechia
15.05 – 15.15 10 min Q & A Chair: Giancarla Unser-Schutz
15.15 - 15.25 10 mins break 10 mins break
15.25 – 15.45 Paper Session 6
Ivona Barešová, Tereza Nakaya Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Gender-neutral names of the youngest Japanese generation: Characteristics of their phonological and graphic forms
15.45 – 16.05 Paper Session 7 Giancarla Unser-Schutz. Rissho University, Japan
The role of baby-naming guides in the (re)creation of gender in names: A case study of a popular Japanese guide
16.05-
16.25 Paper Session 8 Pei-Ci Li, University of Lorraine, France Marc Allassonnière-Tang
National Museum of Natural History, France. Gender-specific and neutral naming practice in Mandarin Chinese: A synchronic and diachronic view
16.25 - 16.35 10 min Q & A Chair: Anna-Maria Balbach
16.35- 16.55 Open discussion Chair: Jane Pilcher
16.55-17.00 Closing remarks Jane Pilcher Nottingham Trent University, UK & Ivona Barešová
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Dis/continuity in the representation of gender in names across languages (Part 1)
Part one of a two-part recording of an online research symposium held on Friday 22nd September 2023, 13.00 – 17.00. It was organised by Dr Jane Pilcher (Nottingham Trent University, UK) and Dr Ivona Barešová (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) on behalf of the People’s Names Research Network.
This online research symposium aims to advance the present state of knowledge about contemporary gender-related personal naming practices especially in contexts, observed in many countries, of recent shifts around gender equality and in conceptualizations of gender as non-binary. The symposium brings together scholars who are examining gender and given names across a range of languages and cultures in Europe (Spanish, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Czech and German) and Asia (Japanese and Mandarin Chinese). Contributors incorporate the latest findings about current preferences for expressing gender in names, identifying historical shifts, regional and cultural specifics, and their interactions with more general trends in gender relations and identities.
Research Symposium Programme
13.00 – 13.05 Welcome Jane Pilcher
Nottingham Trent University, UK & Ivona Barešová
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
13.05 – 13.25 Paper Session 1
Chair: Ivona Barešová Carmen Fernández Juncal
University of Salamanca, Spain. Gender distinction in European Spanish anthroponyms
13.25 – 13.45 Paper Session 2 Anna-Maria Balbach
University of Muenster, Germany. Given Names and Gender: An Initial Comparison between Germany and Other European Countries
13.45 – 14.05 Paper Session 3 Maya Vlahova-Angelova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria. Gender-Neutral Names – A Boundary Phenomenon in the Bulgarian Anthroponomasticon
14.05 – 14.15 10 min Q & A. Chair: Ivona Barešová
14.15 - 14.25 10 mins break 10 mins break 10 mins break
14.25 - 14.45 Paper Session 4
Agata Michnowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. Gender-neutral given names in Iceland
14.45 - 15.05 Paper Session 5 Žaneta Dvořáková, Pavel Štěpán
Czech Academy of Sciences. Gender-neutral names and transgender people in Czechia
15.05 – 15.15 10 min Q & A Chair: Giancarla Unser-Schutz
15.15 - 15.25 10 mins break 10 mins break
15.25 – 15.45 Paper Session 6
Ivona Barešová, Tereza Nakaya Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Gender-neutral names of the youngest Japanese generation: Characteristics of their phonological and graphic forms
15.45 – 16.05 Paper Session 7 Giancarla Unser-Schutz. Rissho University, Japan
The role of baby-naming guides in the (re)creation of gender in names: A case study of a popular Japanese guide
16.05-
16.25 Paper Session 8 Pei-Ci Li, University of Lorraine, France Marc Allassonnière-Tang
National Museum of Natural History, France. Gender-specific and neutral naming practice in Mandarin Chinese: A synchronic and diachronic view
16.25 - 16.35 10 min Q & A Chair: Anna-Maria Balbach
16.35- 16.55 Open discussion Chair: Jane Pilcher
16.55-17.00 Closing remarks Jane Pilcher Nottingham Trent University, UK & Ivona Barešová
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
23rd Slovak Onomastic Conference "Traditional and New in Onomastics"
Dear colleagues, we cordially invite you to the 23rd Slovak Onomastic conference with international participation
"Traditional and New in Onomastics"
The conference will take place from September 10 to 12, 2024, at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia.
Organised by the Institute of Slovak and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovak Linguistics Society at the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics (Slovak Academy of Sciences) in Bratislava, and Slovak Onomastic Commission.
Thematic areas: onomastic theory and methodology, onomastic terminology, traditional and new trends in anthroponomastics, traditional and new trends in toponomastics, traditional and new trends in chrematonomastics, onomastics in relation to other (linguistic) disciplines, proper names in literature, orthographic aspects of proper nouns.
Registration is carried out online on the website until July 23, 2024.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
3. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference „ONOMASTIKAS PĒTĪJUMI”
Latvijas Universitātes Latviešu valodas institūts aicina piedalīties 3. starptautiskajā zinātniskajā konferencē „Onomastikas pētījumi”, kas notiks 2024. gada 9.–10. maijā Latvijas Universitātē. Šo konferenci veltām mūsu kolēģim Ojāram Bušam (1944–2017), kuram 2024. gada 28. aprīlī būtu 80. jubileja. Konferences tēma ir „Īpašvārdu mainība”. Gaidām referātu pieteikumus par vietvārdu un personvārdu, kā arī citu īpašvārdu mainību – mainīšanos un mainīšanu – gan laikā, gan cilvēku apziņā lingvistisku un ekstralingvistisku faktoru ietekmē.
Konferences darba valodas: latviešu, angļu un vācu. Referāta ilgums – 20 minūtes.
Pieteikuma anketu un referāta tēzes (2500–3000 rakstu zīmes ar atstarpēm) lūdzam reģistrēt līdz 2024. gada 15. janvārim tiešsaistē: https://lavi.lu.lv/
Tēzes neatkarīgi no referāta valodas iesniedzamas angliski.
Par referāta iekļaušanu konferences programmā tiks paziņots līdz 2024. gada 1. martam.
Uz referātu pamata tapušos un recenzentu pozitīvi novērtētos rakstus būs iespējams publicēt konferences krājumā „Onomastikas pētījumi III”.
Dalības maksa:
referentiem 80 eiro (maksājot līdz 2024. gada 20. martam) vai 90 eiro (pēc 2024. gada 20. marta);
katram līdzautoram, kas piedalās konferencē, 60 eiro (līdz 2024. gada 20. martam) vai 65 eiro (pēc 2024. gada 20. marta).
Dalības maksā ietilpst:
referentiem un līdzautoriem, kas piedalās konferencē, – apliecinājums par piedalīšanos, dalībnieka mape, konferences un rakstu krājuma izdošanas tehniskais nodrošinājums, tiesības iesniegt rakstu, kafijas pauzes, rakstu krājuma autoreksemplārs.
Konferences zinātniskā komiteja
Dr. philol. Laimute Balode
Mg. hum. Anna Elizabete Griķe
Dr. habil. philol. Irēna Ilga Jansone
Dr. philol. Sanda Rapa
Dr. philol. Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe
Dr. philol. Anta Trumpa
Konferences rīcības komiteja
Mg. paed. Gunita Arnava
Mg. hum. Ieva Auziņa
Mg. hum. Anna Elizabete Griķe
Bc. hum. Laura Paula Jansone
Mg. hum. Agita Kazakeviča
Mg. hum. Sintija Ķauķīte
Elīna Ķēniņa
Mg. hum. Anete Ozola
Bc. hum. Odrija Ratfeldere
Mg. hum. Marita Silkāne
Mg. hum. Ilze Štrausa
Informācija par konferenci: https://lavi.lu.lv/
Konferences e-pasts: onomastikaspetijumi@gmail.com
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3rd International Scientific Conference “ONOMASTIC INVESTIGATIONS”.
Latvian Language Institute (University of Latvia) invites to participate in the 3rd International Scientific Conference “Onomastic investigations”. Conference will be held at the University of Latvia on May 9–10, 2024. The conference is dedicated to our colleague Ojārs Bušs (1944–2017) who would have celebrated his 80th anniversary on April 28, 2024. The theme of the conference is “Variability of proper names.” We invite you to submit paper topics that address an area of research relevant the variability of place and personal names, as well as other proper names. We invite to look at their changes and changing processes, both in time and in perception, and under the influence of linguistic and extralinguistic factors.
Working languages: Latvian, English, German.
Duration of presentation: 20 minutes.
Please submit the application form and the abstract of your presentation (2500-3000 characters with spaces) by 15 January 2024 online: https://lavi.lu.lv/
Abstracts, regardless of the language of the presentation, must be submitted in English.
The notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by 1 March 2024.
After positive peer-review, articles based on the presentations will be published in the journal of the conference “Onomastic Investigations III”.
Participation fee:
EUR 80 (paid by 20 March 2024) or EUR 90 (after 20 March 2024) for presenter;
EUR 60 (paid by 20 March 2024) or EUR 65 (after 20 March 2024) for each co-author participating in the conference.
Participation fee includes:
for presenters and co-authors participating in the conference – a certificate of participation, participant’s materials, technical support at the conference and for the journal of the conference, rights to submit an article, coffee breaks, copy of the author of the journal of the conference.
Scientific Commitee
Dr. philol. Laimute Balode
Mg. hum. Anna Elizabete Griķe
Dr. habil. philol. Irēna Ilga Jansone
Dr. philol. Sanda Rapa
Dr. philol. Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe
Dr. philol. Anta Trumpa
Organizing Commitee
Mg. paed. Gunita Arnava
Mg. hum. Ieva Auziņa
Mg. hum. Anna Elizabete Griķe
Bc. hum. Laura Paula Jansone
Mg. hum. Agita Kazakeviča
Mg. hum. Sintija Ķauķīte
Elīna Ķēniņa
Mg. hum. Anete Ozola
Bc. hum. Odrija Ratfeldere
Mg. hum. Marita Silkāne
Mg. hum. Ilze Štrausa
Information about the conference: https://lavi.lu.lv/en/
E-mail: onomastikaspetijumi@gmail.com