History Research

Special Issue

Understanding Interhuman Relationships Through Onomastic and Identity

  • Submission Deadline: 15 May 2024
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Maura David
About This Special Issue
Interhuman relations implied the question of culture and identity through the prism of the study of the names of people (anthroponymy) and the names of places (toponymy). Each group is distinguished by a set of characteristics which form the vertices of the identity triangle: all the people of a linguistic group, all the values and institutions and finally, the fact and the way of being of a group. In the three summits of cultural identity and otherness, names occupy a prominent place in categorization and distinction. Surnames refer to a series of belonging to different groups that operate as a marker of singular and collective identity. Names are the starting point in social relations. The facies are the shape of the face of such an individual is function of the cultural and historical traits of the group. This call focuses on questions of identity and otherness through the prism of anthroponyms (names of people) and toponyms (names of places). Articles must be focus on the areas of onomastics, toponymy, anthroponymy, history to better understand the evolution of human being and society.
The primary goal of this special issue is to understand better interhuman relationships through onomastics, identity and otherness. We invite contributions that explore names in general, with particular interest in toponymy, anthroponymy, history, otherness.
Articles must be focus on the areas of onomastics, toponymy, anthroponymy, history to better understand the evolution of human being and society.

Keywords:

  1. Identity
  2. Otherness
  3. Toponymy
  4. Anthroponymy
  5. History
  6. Interhuman Relationship
Lead Guest Editor
  • Maura David

    Department of History, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon

Guest Editors
  • Idrissou Alioum

    Faculty of Arts, Lettres and Socials Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Ngek Monthe Rene

    Department of History, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Diye Jeremie

    Department of History, University of Yaoundé I, Maroua, Cameroon

  • Manifi Maxime

    Department of Languages and Cameroonian Cultures, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Woudammike Joseph

    Department of History, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon

  • Jabiru Mohammadou Amadou

    Department of History, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon