ONLINE 22-25 January 2021

The American Name Society (ANS), a sister society of SSILA, is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference. After serious deliberation of an official proposal made on the 8th of May 2020, the Executive Council of the American Name Society unanimously voted to hold the 2021 Annual Conference online. All presentation sessions will be held online during the four days of the conference. This means that our conference will NOT be held in conjunction with the LSA meeting, which is still slated to be held in January 2021 in San Francisco.

Abstracts in any area of onomastic research are welcome. The NEW DEADLINE for receipt of abstracts isAUGUST1, 2020.To submit a proposal, simply complete the 2021 Author Information Sheet (AIS) found here:

http://www.americannamesociety.orghttps://cdn.ssila.org/posts/2020/03/ANS-2021-Author-Info-Sheet.doc

Please email this completed form to ANS Vice President Laurel Sutton using the following address: laurelasutton@gmail.com.For organizational purposes, please be sure to include the phrase “ANS 2021” in the subject line of your email.

All proposals will be subjected to blind review. Official notification of proposal acceptances will be sent on or before September 30, 2020. All authors whose papers have been accepted must be current members of the ANS.Please feel free to contact ANS Vice President, Laurel Sutton,should you have any questions or concerns.

We look forward to receiving your submission!