<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div align="center" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18354"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18355">*** with apologies for
cross-posting *** </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18356"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18357"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18358"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18359"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18360"> </o:p></span></div><div style="vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18361"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18362">Dear colleagues, </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18363"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18364"></o:p></span></div><div style="vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18365"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18366">Please see the call for papers (attached) for the 10</span><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18367"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18368">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18369"> BAAL Language, Gender and
Sexuality special interest group event to be held at Nottingham University
in April 2017. Please do disseminate to anyone who might be interested. Details
of the event are summarised below. </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18370"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18371"></o:p></span></div><div style="vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18365"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18372"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18373">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18374"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18375"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18376"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18377"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18378">10</span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18379"><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18380"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18381">th</span></sup></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18382"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18383"> BAAL Language, Gender and
Sexuality SIG Meeting</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18384"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18385"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18386"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18387"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18388"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18389"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18390">Language,
Discrimination and Conflict</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18391"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18392"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18393"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18394"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18395"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18396">Call
for papers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18397"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18398"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18399"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18400"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18401"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18402"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18403"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18404"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18405">Thursday,
27</span><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18406"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18407">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18408"> April 2017 </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18409"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18410"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18411"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18412">University
of Nottingham, UK </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18413"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18414"></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18415"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18416"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18417"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18418"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18419"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18420">The 10</span><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18421"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18422">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18423"> Language, Gender and
Sexuality special interest group is inviting paper presentations which
address the themes of language, discrimination and conflict, with a particular
focus on gender and/or sexuality. Proposals should be submitted to Jai
Mackenzie and Lucy Jones at </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18424"><a href="mailto:lgas2017@gmail.com" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18425"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18426">lgas2017@gmail.com</span></a></span><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18427"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18428">.</span></u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18429"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18430"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18431"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18432"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18433"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18434">Confirmed invited speakers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18435"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18436"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18437"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18438"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18439">Professor Celia Kitzinger
(University of York) </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18440"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18441"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18442"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18443">Dr. Erez Levon (Queen
Mary University of London) </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18444"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18445"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18446"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18447"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18448"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18449"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18450"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18451"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18452">Key dates</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18453"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18454"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18455"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18456"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18457">10</span><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18458"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18459">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18460"> February 2017 – deadline for
submissions </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18461"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18462"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18463"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18464">3</span><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18465"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18466">rd</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18467"> March 2017 – notification of
acceptance; registration opens </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18468"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18469"></o:p></span></div><div style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18470"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18471"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18472"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18473"></o:p></span></div><div>
</div><div style="vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18474"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18475">For more information, please visit our website: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18476"><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/lgas10/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18477"><span style="color:#196AD4" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18478">10th
BAAL LGaS SIG event - The University of Nottingham</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18479"> or contact Jai Mackenzie and
Lucy Jones at </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18480"><a href="mailto:lgas2017@gmail.com" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18481"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18482">lgas2017@gmail.com</span></a></span><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18483"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18484">.</span></u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18485"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18486"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477562973093_18487"></o:p></span></div></div></body></html>