pleas forwar me.<BR><BR><B><I>"David F. Powell" <dfpowell@talk21.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>Thank g-d for queer interest listserv.</DIV> <DIV><B><I>rhol <warholt@dolphin.upenn.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">from the GALA listserv . . .<BR><BR>- - - - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - - - -<BR><BR>igala5 in Wellington, New Zealand in 2008<BR><BR>The International Gender & Language Association 5th Biennial Conference<BR>Thursday 3 July – Saturday 5 July 2008<BR>at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand <BR>http://www.vuw.ac.nz/igala5/<BR><BR>Keynote Speakers <BR>Dale Spender (Australian author & feminist)<BR>Anne Pauwels (University of Western Australia)<BR>Rachel McKee (Victoria University of Wellington)<BR>Surinderpal Kaur (University of Malaya)<BR>Carmen
Caldas-Coulthard (University of Birmingham)<BR><BR>The 5th International Gender and Language Association biennial conference<BR>will provide researchers worldwide with an opportunity to present their work<BR>and share ideas in the fields of language, gender, and sexuality. <BR><BR>Submissions will shortly be invited for abstracts for oral or poster<BR>presentations on any topic related to language, gender, and sexuality. <BR><BR>The Conference will include :<BR>* plenaries on gender and language change, multimodalities, transversal <BR>subjects, and sign language<BR>* a workshop on teaching Language & Gender courses<BR>* a workshop focussed on postgraduate interests & concerns<BR>* a symposium on indigenous languages and gender issues<BR>* a phonetics and gender symposium<BR>* a “beyond binaries” stream [language use outside the <BR>female/male/heterosexual/homosexual square] <BR><BR>Some important dates for your diaries<BR>* Abstract submission by 30 November
2007<BR>* Notification of acceptance by 15 February 2008<BR>* Deadline for conference registration: 30 May 2008<BR><BR>Please note that presenters are expected to be or to become members of<BR>IGALA. See http://www.stanford.edu/group/igala/ <BR><BR>Conference organisers:<BR>Janet Holmes & Meredith Marra<BR>School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies<BR>Victoria University<BR>Wellington<BR>NEW ZEALAND<BR><BR>Note that this conference is immediately preceded at the same venue by the <BR>Laboratory Phonology 11 conference (LabPhon11), 30 June-2 July 2008<BR>http://www.vuw.ac.nz/labphon11/<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR> <div> <HR SIZE=1> Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, <A href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html">sign up for your free account today</A>.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><p>
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