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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>5<sup>th</sup> British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Gender and Language Special Interest Group Event (GaLSig):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Gender and Language in the Public Space<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Date: Tuesday 20<sup>th</sup> September 2011; 10.00am to 4pm.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Place: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Language and Diversity, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Invited speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Professor Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Dr Louise Mullany, University of Nottingham<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Dr Lia Litosseliti, City University, London<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Dr Jo Angouri, University of West England <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Dr Sylvia Shaw, Middlesex University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Dr Judith Baxter, Aston University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The focus of this event is on theoretical and empirical research that examines gender in relation to public and institutional discourse in domains such as Parliament, government, business, leadership, the media, law, education, academia, medicine and religion. During the day, we hope to address some of the following questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>What can the discipline of Gender and Language contribute to an understanding of gendered discourses in public settings? <b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Are women disadvantaged in certain public settings, or is this now the wrong question to ask?<b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>To what extent should scholars aim to make their research available to users and practitioners? <b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Where scholars have been involved in community engagement, how successful has this been? <b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>With Research Councils currently prioritising projects with social and economic impact, what kind of impact can gender and language researchers make? At least one session will be devoted to Research Council funded projects on this topic, and more broadly, to what constitutes a successful grant application in our field.<b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>The day will comprise papers by the above speakers who will present their work in 30-minute sessions followed by time for a brief discussion. At the end of the day, we will hold a plenary to discuss some of the key issues raised.<br><br><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Papers will be approximately 30 minutes long with 10 minutes for questions<b> </b></span><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Registration opens: March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fees for the event: £35 non-BAAL members; £30 BAAL members; £20 full-time students.</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:1.2pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please register on: </span><a href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/gender-and-language-interest-group-event/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/gender-and-language-interest-group-event/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Abstracts will be available on the website soon!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>