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Onomastic Conference “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century”



On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Bulgarian onomastician prof. Yordan Zaimov (1921 – 1987) the Onomastics Department of the Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin” at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has the honor to organize a conference entitled “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century”. It is organized under the Project “Personal Names in Bulgaria in the Beginning of the 21st Century” funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund, Grant № КП-06-Н-40/10, 10.12.2019.

Scope:

During the conference, a broad range of problems concerning anthroponymy will be presented. We welcome paper proposals corresponding with the topic of the Conference and fitting one of the proposed paper sessions. Topics like present state of anthroponymic systems, name pragmatics, grammar of names, diachronic anthroponymy, anthroponymy in toponymy are some of the problems which will be part of the celebration of the anniversary of one of the central persons of the Bulgarian onomastic science – prof. Yordan Zaimov, the author of “Bulgarian Anthroponomasticon” (1988).

Invited speakers:

Prof. Urszula Bijak, Dr. Sc. – Institute of Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Vice-President of ICOS

Prof. Oliviu Felecan, PhD – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, North University Centre of Baia Mare, Romania, Editor-in-Chief of Onoma (Journal of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences)

Proposed paper sessions:

І. Contemporary Anthroponymy

  • Forenames, Patronyms, Family Names; Bynames in the Beginning of the 21st Century
  • Name Fashion in the Global World

Historical Anthroponymy

  • Language and Dialect History and Name Traditions
  • Historical Monuments, Researches in the Field of Dialectology

Anthroponymy in Toponymy (Oikonymy, Hydronymy, Chrematonymy)

IV. Literary Onomastics

Conference dates and location

The conference will be held April 20 – 22, 2021 via ZOOM platform and will be streamed live online in the channel of the Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin“, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in You Tube.
Information including instructions for work with the platform and a link to the virtual scientific event will be sent to you in the beginning of April 2021.

Important dates

1 February 2021: Paper submission deadline
1 March 2021: Author notification deadline
20 March 2021: Deadline for submission of accepted papers
20 April 2021: Conference
31 May 2021: Release of the official electronic version of the Proceedings

Contacts

Email address: confzaimov2021@gmail.com

Conference webpage

https://ibl.bas.bg/confzaimov2021/

Languages

The presentations and discussions will be held in one of the following languages: Bulgarian, English or Russian.