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CONFERENCE CANCELLED / KONFERENCE ZRUŠENA


Dear colleagues,

the conference board has been thinking intensively and deeply about the ACTA 60 conference, which is planned to be held in the postponed term that we proposed at the beginning of March 2020. The new term was the first week of October 2020 (5th–7th). We hoped, maybe naively, that the Covid-19 situation would be better and clearer than in spring, the virus spreading would be stopped. Although nowadays things have got better than in March, it is not possible to say “it is over”, or to plan such a meeting for this autumn or the next year. We know a lot of participants would not arrive because of closed borders or other measures, such as problems with the boarding ticket and hotel reservations, or just because they do not want to take risks concerning their health. This is the reason why we have decided to cancel the conference for the moment completely, taking into account also the recommendation of the management of the Faculty of Arts, Ostrava University, the main organiser of the conference.

We hope that in spring or summer 2021, the situation will be easier to predict, and we could open a new system for your paper submitting. Today, the only thing we can say is that the conference will be probably held in April/May 2022, if everything goes the right way.

We are aware of the fact that some of you may have already completed the text versions of their contributions. As it has been offered previously, you can submit them to the Acta onomastica journal (indexed in SCOPUS); the text is subject to a review in consistence with the „double blind review process“. If you decide to submit your text, please, send it to z.dvorakova@ujc.cas.cz (Žaneta Dvořáková); include your surname and the abbreviation ACTA 60 in the subject line of your e-mail. The guidelines for the arrangement of manuscripts are available at http://www.ujc.cas.cz/sd/publikace/casopisy/acta-onomastica.html.

During July and August 2020, we will send you back your conference payment.

Thank you for understanding the situation. We apologize for complications. We hope we meet in person as soon as possible.

 

With kind regards,

Jaroslav David, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava (Chair of the Conference Committee)

Žaneta Dvořáková, Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Pavel Štěpán, Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague


 

Vážené kolegyně, vážení kolegové,

konferenční výbor intenzivně zvažoval konání konference ACTA 60, která se měla uskutečnit v náhradním termínu. Začátkem března 2020 jsme oznámili, že nový termín by měl být 5.–7. října 2020. Doufali jsme, možná naivně, že pandemická situace bude jasnější než na jaře a že se šíření viru podaří zastavit. I když oproti březnu došlo k výraznému zlepšení, nelze s jistotou říci, že je vše za námi a že konání konference na podzim nebo na jaře by bylo zcela bezpečné. Je nám známo, že řada účastníků by nemohla přijet kvůli uzavřeným hranicím a dalším opatřením, jako jsou problémy s rezervací letenek nebo ubytování, nebo kvůli obavám o své zdraví. Z těchto důvodů jsme se v tuto chvíli rozhodli konferenci zcela zrušit, a to i s ohledem na doporučení vedení Filozofické fakulty Ostravské univerzity, která je jejím hlavním organizátorem.

Doufáme, že na jaře nebo v létě roku 2021 bude situace předvídatelnější a budeme moci zahájit přihlašování na novou konferenci. Dnes můžeme říci jen tolik, že pokud bude vše na dobré cestě, mohl by být nový termín pravděpodobně v dubnu nebo květnu 2022.

Jsme si vědomi, že někteří z Vás již mohou mít připravenou písemnou verzi svých referátů. Platí, že své příspěvky můžete nabídnout k publikování v časopise Acta onomastica (indexovaném v databázi SCOPUS); text projde anonymním recenzním řízením. V případě zájmu zasílejte své texty Žanetě Dvořákové (z.dvorakova@ujc.cas.cz), do předmětu e-mailu uvádějte své příjmení a zkratku ACTA 60. Pokyny pro úpravu rukopisů jsou k dispozici zde: http://www.ujc.cas.cz/sd/publikace/casopisy/acta-onomastica.html.

Během července až srpna 2020 Vám vrátíme zaplacený konferenční poplatek.

Děkujeme Vám za pochopení a omlouváme se za komplikace. Doufáme, že se co nejdříve budeme moci osobně setkat.

 

Se srdečným pozdravem

Jaroslav David, Filozofická fakulta Ostravské univerzity (předseda konferenčního výboru)

Žaneta Dvořáková, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i.

Pavel Štěpán, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i.


Dear colleagues,

I have to inform you that because of the coronavirus, we have decided to take the following steps:
1) it is not possible to hold the conference in April 2020;
2) preliminarily, we would like to postpone the term of the conference to the first week of October 2020 (5th–7th);
3) around 15th August 2020, we will send you the final decision about the conference organization, or its cancellation – I hope we will choose the former;
4) the deadline for submitting your papers to the reviewing process of Acta onomastica will be postponed – please, follow https://kcj.osu.cz/.

I hope that during the next months, the situation will become better, and we will win the fight against the COVID-19. The first step is to stop its spreading. This is the reason for this decision.

Thank you for understanding the situation. We apologize for complications.

Best wishes

Jaroslav David

11. 2. 2020


Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague,

the Department of Czech Language at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava,

the conference committee, and the local organizing committee 

 

 have the honor to invite you to take part in

 

the ACTA 60 Onomastic Conference

 (the 5th Czech Onomastic Conference 

and the 3rd Ostrava Onomastic Meeting Event)

From Zpravodaj to Acta 

Sixty Years of the Czech Onomastic Journal

 

which will be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from April 20 to April 22, 2020 (preliminary postponed to October 5-7, 2020).

 

The conference is organized to the 60th anniversary of the Czech onomastic journal appearing as Acta onomastica since 1995.

 

 

The journal was founded in 1960 by Vladimír Šmilauer, the father of the modern Czech onomastics. In the period of 1960–1982, it was published under the title Zpravodaj Místopisné komise ČSAV (‘the Bulletin of the Onomastic Committee of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences’) later as Onomastický zpravodaj (ČSAV) (‘the Onomastic Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences’).

 

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History of Czech Onomastics – texts:

 

Conference Topics
  • Approaches to proper names: etymological, functional, communicative and pragmatic, quantitative, etc.;
  • Proper names in the interdisciplinary focus;
  • Codification and standardization of proper names;
  • Proper names in the centre of polemics and discussion

 

Conference Committee
  • Jaroslav David, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava (Chair)
  • Žaneta Dvořáková, Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
  • Pavel Štěpán, Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

 

Local Organizing Committee
  • Lenka Krahulcová, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava (Chair)
  • Jana Davidová Glogarová, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava
  • Kristýna Kovářová, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava
  • Tereza Klemensová, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava
  • Zdeňka Suchá, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava

 

E-mail Contact

If you need further information, please contact lenka.krahulcova@osu.cz (Lenka Krahulcová). Please include your surname and the abbreviation ACTA60 in the subject line of your e-mail.

 

Guidelines for Presentations and Registration

The conference languages are Czech and English. The authors are responsible for the content and language of their papers. Presentations of papers should not exceed 20 minutes; PowerPoint presentations are required.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is November 15, 2019. You will be notified about the acceptance of your paper no later than December 31, 2019. All participants whose presentations are accepted must pay the fee (the payment must be received no later than February 15, 2020) in order to be included in the conference programme.

The conference papers are planned to be published in the journal of Acta onomastica (indexed in SCOPUS), after standard review processes. The deadline for submitting the final versions of your texts is August 31, 2020 (z.dvorakova@ujc.cas.cz, Žaneta Dvořáková). 

Please include your surname and the abbreviation ACTA60 in the subject line of your e-mail.

The guidelines for the arrangement of manuscripts are available here.

 

Fees

Regular fee                          2600 CZK /  100 EUR

Student fee                          1600 CZK / 60 EUR

Lunch                                   150 CZK / 6 EUR per day

 

Payment information

The payment includes participation in the conference, conference services, light refreshments during coffee breaks and social events, and a tour of the Landek Park (the largest mining open-air museum in the Czech Republic).

To pay the registration fee, please send the exact sum by bank transfer to:

 

Account owner: Ostravská univerzita, Dvořákova 7, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic; Identification number: 61988987, Tax Identification number: CZ61988987

Bank:  Česká národní banka Ostrava, Nádražní 1078/4, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Account number:  931761

Bank code: 0710       

Variable code: 254220

IBAN: CZ 6507100000000000931761

BIC (SWIFT): CNBACZPP

 

Please include your surname and the abbreviation ACTA60 in the description of your payment; this will enable us to match the payment with your registration.

Payment is ONLY accepted in CZK, or in EUR.

Please ensure all bank transfer fees are covered by the payer.

 

Important dates and deadlines

Submission of abstracts                                   November 15, 2019, November 29 (12:00), 2019

Acceptance of papers                                        December 31, 2019

Fee payment                                                       February 15, 2020

Conference dates                                               April 20–22, 2020, (preliminary postponed to October 5-7, 2020)

Submission of final versions of texts             August 31, 2020

 
Venue
The conference will take place in the main building of the University of Ostrava. The address of the conference location is: University of Ostrava building “B”, Českobratrská Street 16; the Stodolní tram stop / the Husův sad trolleybus stop; this building is a pleasant 5-minute walk from the city centre (Masarykovo náměstí square; the Elektra tram stop / the Most Miloše Sýkory trolleybus stop). 
 

 
How to get there

There are four options how to reach the conference venue:

1) From the train station Ostrava hlavní nádraží by public transport: Exit the train station. Take any tram and go to the Stodolní tram stop.

2) From the bus station Ostrava ÚAN by public transport: Exit the bus station. Take the trams 1, 2, 8 (direction Hlavní nádraží) or the tram 11 (direction Hlučínská) to the Stodolní stop.

3) From the Leoš Janáček Ostrava Airport by public transport: Take the train (direction Ostrava hlavní nádraží/Bohumín) to the station Ostrava hlavní nádraží. From there, take any tram and go to the Stodolní tram stop.

4) From the Václav Havel Airport Prague by public transport: Take the bus line 119 (direction Nádraží Veleslavín) to the underground station Nádraží Veleslavín. From there, take the underground Line A (green; direction Depo Hostivař). At the station Muzeum, change for the Line C (red; direction Letňany) and go to the station Hlavní nádraží. Exit the underground station and take the train (direction Ostrava hlavní nádraží/Bohumín) to the station Ostrava hlavní nádraží. From there, take any tram and go to the Stodolní tram stop.

Here, you can see the Czech public transport system.

 

Restaurants

There are plenty of bistros and restaurants in the vicinity of the venue that offer snacks, hot meals and lunch menus; we can recommend you the following ones:

 

Accommodation

The organizers do not provide accommodation service. However, we can recommend you the following hotels: