Call for Papers:
Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN)
59th Annual Meeting, held virtually and in-person in conjunction with the Congress of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) of Canada George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 31stto June 2nd, 2025
The general theme of the 2025 FHSS Congress is: “Reframing togetherness”, and CSSN’s related theme is: “Renaming in our changing World”. Papers on any onomastic or toponymic topic will be welcome, from any discipline or field of research. Authors are encouraged to present their subject matter with clear research methods and outcomes. Presentations are allotted 20 minutes, with 10 minutes added for questions and discussion.
Please submit by January 31st an abstract of 150-250 words, in French or English (language of the presentation, which may even be bilingual), including the title of your paper, the full name and affiliation of each author (first one will present), along with a current email address for each. You may also indicate a preferred day or time period, a general theme under which to group your communication in the programme, or if you wish to present online.
Presenters need not be a current CSSN member to submit an abstract. After acceptance of their paper, in French or in English, they must become a member by paying fees for registering for the Congress. Those from abroad who cannot attend in person have opportunity to present online, under condition of sending their presentation file in advance by the middle of May (details to come in March, after registration to Congress 2025). More information about membership is available on the CSSN membership webpage.
Invite your graduate students enrolled in Canadian postsecondary institution to submit an abstract if their research involves an onomastic theme. The Federation offers the Society the opportunity to award a $500 merit prize for one graduate student presenting in-person at Congress 2025. If you also plan to present your research topic to another association participating in Congress 2025, please mention this as it would be possible to arrange a joint presentation or session and to register for more than one association at once.
For further information about the range of topics you might present on, please see the full-length call for papers on the webpage of the 2025 CSSN annual meeting. Please email your abstract, written in English or in French, to the Programme Committee
members Yaïves Ferland, M.Sc., at yaives.ferland@scg.ulaval.ca, and Marie (Aurélie)
Thériault, Ph.D., at marie.theriault@umontreal.ca, by January 31st, 2025, 11:59pm ET.