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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At the <a href="http://www.lavlang28.unict.it/">
28<sup>th</sup> annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference</a> this year (taking place in-person and online, 23-25 May 2022 in Catania, Italy), we’re running a work-in-progress session for grad students. This will be the fourth time the conference
has included this session, which is designed specifically for students who are at an early stage of their research. It gives students the opportunity to share their ideas (e.g. their research questions and possible methodology) in a brief presentation, and
get invaluable feedback from experts in language, gender and sexuality. There’s more information below: please do share this with masters and doctoral students who might be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">With thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lucy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">—</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Lucy Jones </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(she/her)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <br>
<br>
</span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Faculty Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion</span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of English | Faculty of Arts<br>
University of Nottingham</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nottingham | NG7 2RD
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#323130;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.queerlinglang.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">queerlinglang.wordpress.com </span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">| </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/@jones_lucy"><span style="color:#0563C1">@jones_lucy </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:46.8pt;text-align:center">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Lavender Languages & Linguistics Conference 28</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:46.8pt;text-align:center">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Università degli Studi di Catania, 23 to 25 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:46.8pt;text-align:center">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Call for papers: Student work-in-progress session<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US">Session summary<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This session allows Masters and Doctoral students as well as advanced undergraduate students to discuss their research and academic plans with colleagues in a supportive forum. It is intended as an opportunity for students
to receive constructive feedback which might inform their future research. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US">Who is this aimed at?<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Presenters must currently be, or be planning to become, a graduate student working on a topic relevant to the Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference. This session is
<u>not</u> intended for those ready to discuss projects that are near completion; those with data and some initial analysis should propose via the main conference stream (i.e. as a regular paper).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Presenters in this session may have recently determined their research questions and objectives but not yet decided on their methodology. Others may not yet have established their research
questions or approach but know broadly what they want to do and how it will fill a gap in the field. Some may have begun to collect their data but will not have not yet explored it systematically.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Students in these situations will benefit from sharing their ideas with others, hearing about different approaches, and offering feedback to others. Though slots are limited to students only,
established scholars in will also be present in the audience to share their thoughts and advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Please note that due to high demand for this session, abstracts cannot be accepted from speakers who are also intending to submit a regular paper to the conference</span></b><span lang="EN-US">.
Abstracts can also not be accepted from students who have presented in previous years.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US">How will it work?<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Presenters will have <b>5 minutes </b>to share their work-in-progress: there will not be time to lay out the theoretical background in detail or go into any specifics. Instead, the aim is to offer brief highlights of
a project’s aims, the approach that might be/is being taken, and any very preliminary findings or observations. Presenters are welcome to use slides/visual aids, but this is not a pre-requisite of participation in the session. Each presentation will be followed
by a 5-minute informal discussion session with the audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you would like to present your research ideas, please email Lucy Jones at
</span><a href="mailto:lucy.jones@nottingham.ac.uk"><span lang="EN-US">lucy.jones@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a>
<b><span lang="EN-US">by 1 March 2022 </span></b><span lang="EN-US">with a Word document containing the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Your project’s working title<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Your name, email address, the university where you are a graduate student, name of degree and programme as well as your current year of study (1<sup>st</sup> year, 3<sup>rd</sup> year, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">A 150-word (max.) abstract detailing:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The intended aims and objectives of your project<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Your likely/actual methodological approach<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The likely stage of your research by the time of the conference (e.g. if you will be establishing your methodology, beginning data collection, starting your analysis, etc.)
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT PROJECTS VIA THE CONFERENCE’S EASYCHAIR SYSTEM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US">Participation will be confirmed by email by the end of March 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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