Call for Papers for the "LITERARY ONOMASTICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE for the ANS panel 2022

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The American Name Society 

is issuing its First Call for Papers 

for the ANS panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention #mla22 

6-9 January 2022, Washington, DC, USA 

LITERARY ONOMASTICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE 

Literary onomastics is a burgeoning subject, still in the process of establishing its status, with very few book-length studies examining the discipline in detail. Notable 21st -century examples include Leonard Ashley’s Names in Literature (2003), Alastair Fowler’s Literary Names: Personal Names in English Literature (2012), and Martyna Gibka’s Literary Onomastics: A Theory (2019). Champions of the discipline often argue that it provides an additional lens that complements extant approaches to the language of literature, rather than making any claims for general theories of literary names and naming. Papers accepted for this panel will explore literary onomastics in theory and practice. Examples of themes that can be addressed include literary names and stylistics; literary onomastics and literary theory; literary names and social or cultural theory; socio-onomastics and literature. 

Proposal Submission Process: 

1. Abstracts proposals (350 words) should be sent as an email attachment (PDF format) to Dr Maggie Scott (m.r.scott@salford.ac.uk); 

2. Proposals should include “MLA 2022 proposal” in the subject line of the email; 

3. All submissions must include an abstract, title, full name(s) of the author(s), the author(s) affiliation(s), and email address(s) in the body of the email and NOT with the abstract; 

4. DEADLINE: Proposals must be received by 8pm GMT on 29 March 2021. Authors will be notified about the results of the blind review on or by 5 April 2021; 

5. Contributors selected for the thematic panel must be members of both MLA and ANS in order to present their papers, and members of MLA by 7 April 2021; 

6. For further information, please contact Dr Maggie Scott (m.r.scott@salford.ac.uk)

Updated Information: ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

http://www.americannamesociety.org/updated-information-ans-panel-at-the-modern-language-association-conference/

More information is now available about the ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference, January 5-8th, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA.

The American Name Society will be holding a special panel under the theme of “Names and Multilingualism.” Multilingual and multicultural communities have been developed since the ancient world. The linguistic and cultural contacts within these communities have attracted the interest of a broad range of disciplines, where in some cases different strands have emerged.

For panelist abstracts and bios see Names and Multilingualism Information.

ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

http://www.americannamesociety.org/call-for-papers-for-the-modern-language-association-mla-conference-philadelphia-pa-january-5-8-2016/

Call for Papers for the Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2016

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ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

January 5-8th, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA

The American Name Society invites proposals for a panel under the theme of “Names and Multilingualism.” Multilingual and multicultural communities have been developed since the ancient world. The linguistic and cultural contacts within these communities have attracted the interest of a broad range of disciplines, where in some cases different strands have emerged. Personal as well as place names (i.e. anthroponymy and toponymy, respectively) mirror the interactions and the subsequent changes in those communities, thus modern scholarship often emphasizes their significance.

We encourage submissions pertaining to this topic from diverse perspectives, drawing evidence from literature, material culture, oral tradition, etc. of any period or area. Papers may deal with any aspect of naming, e.g., personal names, place names, corporate or trade names, name theory, etc. Submissions for interdisciplinary approaches are most welcome.
Proposal submission process:

1. Proposals should include a title and abstract up to 350 words.
2. Proposals should be sent via email attachment (PDF format) to Andreas Gavrielatos [a.gavrielatos@ed.ac.uk] with “MLA proposal” in the subject line. Please, include the Title, Name of Speaker, Affiliation and email address in the body of the email and NOT in the abstract.
3. Proposals must be received by 5pm GMT on 13 March 2016. Proposers will be notified of results soon thereafter, following blind review of proposals.
4. Panelists must be members of both MLA and ANS in order to present.
5. For questions, please contact Andreas Gavrielatos at the email address above.

ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

http://www.americannamesociety.org/conferences/

January 7-10th, 2016 in Austin, TX 

Conference Information

The panel will include the following three papers:

Names in the Literary Workplace

1. Jonathan Rey Lee, Independent Scholar, “Linguistic Imperialism in Doctor Doolittle”

2. Candace Caraco, Notre Dame of Maryland University, “Screen Names: Names and the Limits of the Human in Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist”

3. Chris De Vinne, “Naming and the Work of Revolution: Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies”