Call for Book Chapter Proposals

LAST CALL: ONE WEEK REMAINING

Names, Naming, Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Edited by I. M. Nick and Sharon N. Obasi

Recent years have seen a significant increase in public awareness of and sensitivity towards the diversity of individual and group identities where gender, sex, and sexuality are concerned. These developments have also been accompanied by the introduction of many new names for individuals and groups to label these developments. At the same time, in many places around the world, there has been a marked backlash against recognizing the complexity of identity where gender, sex, and sexuality-are concerned. These counter movements have also been marked by onomastic developments. The current call is for book chapters that specifically explore the interplay between names, naming, gender, sex, and sexuality. Possible subjects to be explore include, but are by no means limited to the following:

1. Law and regulations governing the personal names of individuals by gender, sex, and sexuality
2. Names for diverse individual and group identities (e.g., cis, trans, bi, LGBTQ+).
3. Naming customs in cultures that recognize three or more genders
4. National and international trends in gendered names and naming
5. Naming, gender and artificial intelligence bots, virtual assistants, etc.
6. Inferring gender based on phonology (phonoonomastics)
7. Researching names and gender: perspectives on compliance and integrity
8. Naming and gender policies in education
9. Names and gender in advertising and health messaging
10. Historical and/or cross-cultural investigations into (in)official names for gender and sex

Proposal Submission Process

• Abstract proposals (max. 500 words, excluding the title and references) should be sent as a PDF email attachment to Professor I. M. Nick (nameseditor@gmail.com)
• For organizational purposes, the proposals must include “Gender2023” in the subject line of the email
• All proposals must include an abstract, title, and a preliminary list of references;
• The full name(s) of the author(s); the author(’s’) affiliation(s) must appear in the body of the email. These details should NOT appear in the attached proposal.
• In the case of multi-authored submission, one person must be clearly designated as the primary contact
• The DEADLINE for proposal submissions is August 15, 2023. All proposals will be submitted to a double-blind review process. Authors will be notified about acceptance on or by September 15, 2023
• Final chapters (max 7,000 words, excluding abstracts and references) will be due April 15, 2024

For further information about this call, please feel free to contact Professor I. M. Nick (nameseditor@gmail.com). We look forward to receiving your proposals!

From Tristan Alphey:

Onomastics, the study of names and naming, has long proved popular with medievalists. This CfP seeks to explore the interaction between onomastics and the theme of this year’s conference – Crisis. We’re looking for 20-minute papers on the role of names and naming within the medieval period, from any geographical region. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Change in naming practices (or lack thereof) as a result of periods of social/cultural/economic change. This might look at philological change, change in distribution (by gender, race, socio-economic group etc.), change in the rituals of naming.
• The renaming of an individual, during their life or in their remembrance.
• The interaction between time, place names and the (built) environment.
• Crises within the discipline of medieval onomastics, new approaches in the study of onomastics, and the role of interdisciplinary thinking.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words and a short biography including academic affiliation and contact details to the email address below. Deadline: 15th September 2023.