INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN AFRICAN CONTEXTS

[Sunderland, Jane]

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN AFRICAN CONTEXTS

SECOND 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,
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 for papers (which has been
extended by one week) is 19th February, 2009, and these are to be sent
to both of the following email addresses:
<yyusuf at oauife.edu.ng>, <magbaje at oauife.edu.ng>.

The registration fee has yet to be fixed but is expected to be
affordable for African scholars working in Africa.

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 coming from outside Nigeria. These will be allocated on a
competitive basis.