International Science Congress Onomastic

Presentation

XXIV ICOS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ONOMASTIC SCIENCES

NAMES IN DAILY LIFE

The XXIV ICOS International Congress of Onomastic Sciences will be held in the city of Barcelona from September 5^th to 9^th, 2011, with the general theme

Names in daily life

The various sessions will be held in the new classrooms of the University of Barcelona’s School of Philology, which will serve as headquarters for this Congress. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at the university’s assembly hall located in the city centre. See map

Barcelona was chosen to hold the XXIV ICOS International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) on August 28^th, 2008, during the ICOS General Assembly Meeting held in Toronto (Canada) within the framework of the XXIII Congress.

The first ICOS Congress was held in Paris in 1938 although it was not until the second congress, in the same city in 1947, that congresses began to be held at regular intervals. Since then, they have taken place every three years, with the XXIV Congress scheduled to be held in Barcelona in September 2011.

ICOS brings together leading scholars and those interested in onomastics from around the world. Their fields of research encompass the study of proper personal names (or anthroponyms), place names (or toponyms) and all types of proper names. The official languages of ICOS are English, French and German. For the Barcelona Congress, these official languages have been broadened to include Catalan and Aranese, as the official languages in Catalonia, and Spanish, also official in our country.

NEWSLETTERS

03/11/2010_01 Call for papers.01 – Registration fees.02 – Joining.03 (Download)

20/12/2010_02 Toponymy in the world.01 – 2n Call for papers.02 – Names and the Internet.03 > (Download)

18/01/2011_03 2011: The year of the Congress.01 - Toponymy and Administration.02 - Names in Society.03 (Download)

08/03/2011_04 537 papers received.01 – Onomastics and History.02 – Bibliography Exhibition.03 (Download)

07/04/2011_05 Registration has begun.01 – Excursion programme.02 (Download)

04/05/2011_06 Information on Registration Period.01 – Onomastics and the Processes of Standardization.02 (Download)

21/06/2011_07 People reading a paper.01 – Participation in the bibliography exhibition.02 – Students.03 (Download)

26/07/2011_08 Practical information: Congress Proceedings – News on the website – Special help (Download)

24/08/2011_09 Practical information.01 (Download)

26/08/2011_10 Discussion about geographical names authorities.01 (Download)

01/09/2011_11 Barcelona: Practical information (Download)

01/09/2011_12 Final program (Download)

02/09/2011_13 Reminder for speakers – Recordatorio a los comunicantes (Download)

06/10/2011_14 Thank you! – Proceedings of the Congress.01 - Certificates.03 (Download)

Meeting of toponymy authorities (topic orientation): 06/09/2011

Registration

Registration fees

The registration fee is €180 for members of ICOS, SdO and other entities associated with the Congress, and €200 for other Congress participants. This registration entitles participants to attend every event, including cultural visits and dinner and receipt of the proceedings of the Congress. Special prices for students and accompanying people.

Please, find the registration fees and terms.

NEW: Special rates for two days (Monday and Tuesday, or Thursday and Friday).