Language and Gender in African Contexts Conference

[Sunderland, Jane]

Dear all

 

I'm posting this again as there was an error in the date for submission
of abstracts in the previous version. Apologies.

 

Best wishes

 

Jane Sunderland

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN AFRICAN CONTEXTS 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

DATE: 13 - 15 APRIL, 2010

 

VENUE: CONFERENCE CENTRE, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN
STATE, NIGERIA

 

We are pleased to invite you to attend the International Conference on
Language and Gender in African Contexts scheduled to take place at
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, from 13-15 April, 2010.
Similar events on this general theme have taken place at the University
of Leeds, U.K., City University, London, U.K., University of Botswana,
and the University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. The Obafemi Awolowo
University conference is planned to be the final in the series. 

 

The main purpose of the conference is to provide an opportunity for
those researching and teaching in the area of language and gender,
directly or indirectly, to share their ideas and experiences, and

to build up a focus on Africa in the field of language and gender study.
We hope to enhance participants' understanding of language and gender
issues in general in terms of language and language use in Africa. We
also plan to collect some data for a research project that may be of
interest to us all. Lastly, we hope to stimulate interdisciplinary work
among linguists and other colleagues in the social sciences. 

 

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 12 February, 2010, and
these are to be sent to any or both of the following email addresses:
<yyusuf at oauife.edu.ng>, < magbaje at oauife.edu.ng

 

The organisers of the conference are:

 

Professor Yisa K. Yusuf, Department of

English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Tel: +234 803 402
8057

 

Email: yyusuf at oauife.edu.ng

 

Dr Jane Sunderland, Department of Linguistics

and English Language, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YT, United
Kingdom.

 

Email: j.sunderland at lancaster.ac.uk

 

Dr Lem Lilian Atanga, Department of African Studies, University of
Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. Tel:  00237 74 15 04 85. 

 

Email: l.l.atanga at yahoo.com

 

Dr. Sibonile Ellece, Department of English, University of Botswana,
Gaborone, Botswana. 

 

Email: elleces at mopipi.ub.bw

 

Some small within-Africa travel bursaries will be available for
presenters.

 

For further details, please contact any of the above-listed or Mr.
Murtala O. Agbaje, Faculty Secretary, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Tel.: +234 803 367 9438.

 

Email: magbaje at oauife.edu.ng

 

 

 

Professor

Yisa K. Yusuf 

 

(for the Organising Committee)

 

 

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