View the H-Judaic Discussion Logs by month
View the Prior Message in H-Judaic's October 2007 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] View the Next Message in H-Judaic's October 2007 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] Visit the H-Judaic home page.
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:39 AM Call for Papers Jewish Names (October 1, 2007) I am happy to inform you that the Organizing Committee of the forthcoming International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS 23) to be held from Sunday, August 17 to Friday, August 22, 2008 at York University, Toronto (Canada) has asked me to create a section on Jewish names. This is a first in the field of Jewish onomastics and we want it to be a success. While papers on all aspects of onomastics are welcome (e.g. personal names, family names, place names, names in literature, brand names, etc.), ICOS2008 will have the following central theme: Names in Contact: Names in a Multi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Ethnic World We are now accepting proposals for papers on Jewish names and naming patterns from the Biblical to the Modern periods reflecting all the relevant disciplines of literature, history, linguistics, sociology, folklore and toponymy, etc. In particular, we want to encourage scholars researching North America or the western hemisphere. Please submit an abstract of 200 words to Prof Demsky below. Deadline for submission of proposed papers: October 31, 2007 For further details on the Congress program including scheduled outings and fees see the congress web-site: http://www.yorku.ca/vpaweb/ICOS2008. Looking forward to hearing from you. Professor Aaron Demsky Professor, History of Ancient Israel Director, Project for the Study of Jewish Names Department of Jewish History Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan demskya@mail.biu.ac.il
|