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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is pleased to announce the 1st Call for Proposals for our 2027 conference (IGALA14)!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Conference Overview :<o:p></o:p></p>
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Theme: 'Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Times of Political Challenge'<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
Dates: 21, 22, and 23 July 2027<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
Location: York St John University, York, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
Website: <a href="https://igala14.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">https://igala14.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Confirmed Keynote Presenters<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dr J Calder (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Dr Sylvia Shaw (University of Westminster, UK)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Dr Jaspal Singh (Open University, UK)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Call for Abstracts :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">We invite proposals for Individual Paper Presentations, Discussion Panels, and Poster Presentations. We particularly encourage contributions that address empirical, methodological, and theoretical
issues related to the conference theme and intersecting global challenges such as climate change and forced migration.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Important Submission Guidelines:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Individual Papers/Posters: Abstract of max. 350 words.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Discussion Panels: Title and description (max. 400 words) plus abstracts for each paper (max. 200 words).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Participation Limit: Authors may present a maximum of two presentations, only one of which may be sole-/first authored.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Submissions Open: 18 May 2026<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
Final Submission Deadline: 31 August 2026<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
Notification of Acceptance: 30 October 2026<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
Registration Opens: 2 November 2026<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Full Details & Submission Link: <a href="https://igala14.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">https://igala14.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt">Contact Email: <a href="https://gemini.google.com/app/e2c17e00e1637ad8" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">conference@igala14.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#009BBD">Lucy Jones</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Professor of Sociolinguistics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">School of English, University of Nottingham</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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