<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear IGALA-ers,<div><br></div><div>We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the IGALA blog with a post from the editors of <i>Gender and Language,</i> Rodrigo Borba, Kira Hall, and Mie Hiramoto on "Discourse and the Geopolitics of Gender: Feminist Refusal Meets Emnity", linking to the theme of this year's IGALA Conference in London.</div><div><br></div><div>The post can be found by clicking on this link:</div><div><a href="https://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala/single-post/2020/01/30/Discourse-and-the-Geopolitics-of-Gender-Feminist-Refusal-Meets-Enmity">https://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala/single-post/2020/01/30/Discourse-and-the-Geopolitics-of-Gender-Feminist-Refusal-Meets-Enmity</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>May we also take this opportunity to invite you to write a post for a future issue of the IGALA blog. This could be by sharing your own research projects, or by bringing other interesting topics to the attention of IGAL members and the wider community. Students are also strongly encouraged to write for the blog. Please do let us know if you'd like to contribute something and/or spread the word among your colleagues. Please write to Ben Rowlett, the IGALA blog co-ordinator, at <a href="mailto:browlett@hkbu.edu.hk">browlett@hkbu.edu.hk</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>It would be great if you could contact me (Ben) before the end of February so I can get the next issue online as soon as possible. </div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben Rowlett (IGALA Blog co-ordinator)</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">********************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Dr Benedict J.L. Rowlett</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Assistant Professor</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Department of English Language and Literature</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Hong Kong Baptist University </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Office: OEW1110</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Tel: (852) 3411 5031<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/assistant-professor/rowlett-benedict/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/assistant-professor/rowlett-benedict/ </a><u></u><u></u></span></p><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Advisory Board Member, International Gender and Language Association <a href="http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">ORCID Page: </span><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(73,74,76)"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Academia.edu Page: <span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett</a></span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Recent Publications: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Affect as narrative action in the Global South </span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,55,118)"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17062.row" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17062.row</a></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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