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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><a name="_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*apologies for cross posting*<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">International Conference on Gender, Language and Education
(ICGLE)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2 – 4 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Deadline: 30 April 2020 (Thursday)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are writing to invite your proposal submissions for the International Conference on Gender,
Language and Education (ICGLE). </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ICGLE seeks to bring together academics, researchers, community leaders, policymakers, education practitioners
and research postgraduate students from the worldwide community to explore equality and diversity issues in language and education through a gendered lens.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Since gender inequalities have been the focus of heated debate around the world, the ICGLE aims to call for collaborative action to address systemic (gender) inequalities, particularly in the Asian context.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We have invited two key figures in the field to be the conference
<b>keynote speakers</b>. They are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr Jane Sunderland, Lancaster University, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Theresa Der-lan Yeh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
2 – 4 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Venue</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference theme:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gender, Language and Education: Equality and Diversity Issues in Asia<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Types of submissions:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paper/Poster presentations and themed panels. Please submit your proposals to EasyChair (</span><a name="_Hlk34895631"></a></span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icgle2020"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk34895631"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icgle2020</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk34895631"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk34895631"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">by
<b>30 April 2020</b>. For themed panels, abstract submissions should be sent directly to the Conference Secretariat (</span></span><a href="mailto:icgle2020@eduhk.hk"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">icgle2020@eduhk.hk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)
using the application form downloaded from the ICGLE website.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more details, please refer to
</span></span><a href="https://www.eduhk.hk/lml/icgle/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ICGLE</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
website. For enquiries, please write to us by email at </span></span><a href="mailto:icgle2020@eduhk.hk"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">icgle2020@eduhk.hk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We look forward to seeing you at ICGLE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">International Conference on Gender, Language and Education (ICGLE)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Organising Committee<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference Website:
</span></span><a href="https://www.eduhk.hk/lml/icgle/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">https://www.eduhk.hk/lml/icgle/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk33189858"></span><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">*******************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr Benedict J.L. Rowlett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of English Language and Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Faculty of Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hong Kong Baptist University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Kowloon Tong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hong Kong <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/academic-staff/dr-benedict-rowlett/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/academic-staff/dr-benedict-rowlett/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Academia page: <a href="https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ORCID: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#494A4C;background:white"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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