<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><b class="">*******REMINDER*********</b></span></p><div class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" class="">The deadline of March 31st 2018 for the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">*IGALA 10 Best Graduate Student Paper Award* is fast approaching. Please see the details below: </span></b></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" class="">Announcing *IGALA 10 Best Graduate Student Paper Award* </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">(Submission Deadline: March 31st, 2018)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is calling for *language and gender/sexuality* outstanding graduate student papers. The theme of the IGALA 10 2018 conference is *Language, Gender and Sexuality in Multicultural Contexts*. Graduate students are encouraged to submit papers which work within this broad thematic area. More specific topic areas in this area are detailed below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Transnational discourses of gender and sexuality<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Language, gender and sexuality in conflict/war zones<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gender, language and human migration<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gender, language and sexuality in borderless communities<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Language and body politics in the new media<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Language, alternative sexualities and social media<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">New/ social media, democracy, sexual and gender politics<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gender, sexuality and religious/cultural diversity<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Language, gender, sexuality and youth cultures<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Language, gender and sexuality and indigenous cultures<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gender, sexulaity and the discourse of human trafficking<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">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 class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Submissions should be emailed as an attachment to: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><a href="mailto:igala10graduatepaperprize@gmail.com" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">igala10graduatepaperprize@gmail.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Submissions must be received by March 31<sup class="">st</sup> 2018</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">Awards to be presented at the IGALA 10 Conference, June 20 - 22, 2018 at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">The winner will recieve a two year subscription to IGALA which includes a subscription to the journal</span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;"> </span><i class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">Gender and Language.</i><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;"> The winner will also have a chance to work with the editors of the journal to develop the paper into a published article.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">For other questions concerning the award, please contact Ben Rowlett, IGALA graduate student representative:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:igala10graduatepaperprize@gmail.com" class="">igala10graduatepaperprize@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">International Gender and Language Association (IGALA): <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://igalaweb.wix.com/igala" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">http://igalaweb.wix.com/igala</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">Facebook </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternationalGenderandLanguageAssociationIGALA?fref=ts" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.facebook.com/InternationalGenderandLanguageAssociationIGALA?fref=ts</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">10th International Gender and Language Association Conference Website (IGALA 10):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><a href="http://conferences.ub.bw/index.php/igala10/igala10/index" class="">http://conferences.ub.bw/index.php/igala10/igala10/index</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">*****************************************<br class=""><br class="">Dr Benedict J.L. Rowlett <br class="">Project Assistant Professor, ALESS Program<br class="">Center for Global Communication Strategies<br class="">College of Arts and Sciences <br class="">The University of Tokyo <br class="">3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo<br class=""><br class="">Graduate Student Representative, International Gender and Language Association Advisory Board<br class=""><a href="http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala" class="">http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>
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