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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear IGALA members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please see below the CFP for an event to be held at De Montford University this coming April.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lucy</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">BAAL LGaS SIG* event, April 5th 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">De Montfort University, Leicester, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This event will showcase new research and work-in-progress investigating the role of language in shaping our understanding of gender and sexuality in sports contexts.
It aims to critically interrogate the discourses that create, sustain and challenge inequalities within this field.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines that tie into the theme of the one-day conference. Possible topics could include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• The language of men’s and women’s sports, including comparative analyses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• Discourses of inclusion and exclusion, particularly those surrounding trans and intersex participation in sports<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• Homophobic language in sports contexts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• Identity construction of athletes, coaches and managers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• Discourses in sports fan communities
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">• Sports professionals’ talk in private and public settings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words (excluding title and references) and should be sent to
<a href="mailto:lgassig15@gmail.com">lgassig15@gmail.com</a> <b>by 11 December 2023</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The event aims to bring together scholars working on relevant topics with activists and practitioners in relevant industries and, as such, we invite contributions from
both areas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">*The Language, Gender and Sexuality Special Interest Group, a subsidiary of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The event is being organised on behalf of
the SIG by Dr Aimee Bailey (De Montfort University) and Dr Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Lucy Jones
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University of Nottingham</span><span style="color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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