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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Announcing *IGALA 9 Graduate
Student Paper Award* <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">(Submission Deadline:
February 30th, 2016)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">The International
Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is calling for *language and gender*
outstanding student papers. The theme of the IGALA 9 2016 conference is *Time
& Transition: Gender, sexuality discourse and language*. Graduate students
are encouraged to submit papers which work within this broad thematic area.
More specific topic areas in this area are detailed below:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">1. Gender, sexuality,
body and identities<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">2. Gender, sexuality
and health<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">3. Gendered
performances as discourse<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">4. Gender and
(dis)empowerment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">5. Gender, class,
ethnicity and age<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">6. Gender, sexuality
and institutions<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">7. Gender, media and
technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">8. Gender and violence<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">9. Gender and sexuality
studies in (applied) linguistics<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">10. Gender and
sexuality in literature <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Submissions should be
5,000- 7,000 words in length, in Word (.doc) format, Times New Roman 12 pt.
font, and will be accepted in English only. Submissions should not have been published
or accepted for publication elsewhere and co-authored submissions are
acceptable as long as all authors are graduate students. Submissions
co-authored by advisors are not allowed. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Submissions should be
emailed as an attachment to: <<a href="mailto:IGALA9paperprize@gmail.com" class="">IGALA9paperprize@gmail.com</a>>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Please include your
name, address, department and university, telephone number, and email address
in the body of the email; in addition, indicate your status as graduate student
member of IGALA. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Awards
to be presented at the IGALA 9 conference, May 19 - 21, 2016 at City University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">The
winner will </span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" class="">receive a two year subscription to IGALA which includes a
subscription to the journal <i class="">Gender and
Language.</i> The winner will also have a chance to work with the publishers of
the journal to develop the paper into a published article. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">For other questions
concerning the award, please contact <<a href="mailto:IGALA9paperprize@gmail.com" class="">IGALA9paperprize@gmail.com</a>>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">International Gender
and Language Association (IGALA): <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><a href="http://igalaweb.wix.com/igala" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
background:white" class="">http://igalaweb.wix.com/igala</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Facebook<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternationalGenderandLanguageAssociationIGALA?fref=ts" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
background:white" class="">https://www.facebook.com/InternationalGenderandLanguageAssociationIGALA?fref=ts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">9th International
Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA 9):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>

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