<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is pleased to announce the 1st Call for Proposals for our 2027 conference (IGALA14). Founded in 1999, IGALA is the primary international scholarly organization dedicated to research on language, gender, and sexuality.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Conference Overview :</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Theme: Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Times of Political Challenge</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dates: 21, 22, and 23 July 2027</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Location: York St John University, York, United Kingdom</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Website: <a href="https://igala14.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://igala14.com/</a></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Confirmed Keynote Presenters</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dr J Calder (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dr Sylvia Shaw (University of Westminster, UK)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dr Jaspal Singh (Open University, UK)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Call for Abstracts :</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Important Submission Guidelines:</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Individual Papers/Posters: Abstract of max. 350 words.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Discussion Panels: Title and description (max. 400 words) plus abstracts for each paper (max. 200 words).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Participation Limit: Authors may present a maximum of two presentations, only one of which may be sole-/first authored.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Important Dates</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Submissions Open: 18 May 2026</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Final Submission Deadline: 31 August 2026</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Notification of Acceptance: 30 October 2026</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Registration Opens: 2 November 2026</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Full Details & Submission Link: <a href="https://igala14.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://igala14.com/</a> Contact Email: <a href="https://gemini.google.com/app/e2c17e00e1637ad8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">conference@igala14.com</a></p></div>
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