Gender and Language in the Public Space: Sept 20th 2011

[Sunderland, Jane]

Dear all

Just a reminder about this one-day event in Aston (near Birmingham, UK), which is being organised by the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Gender and Language SIG.

See below for details of registration.

Queries to Judith Baxter (j.a.baxter at aston.ac.uk)

Best wishes to all

Jane Sunderland

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Subject: GaL SIG event Sept 20th 2011

5th BAAL Gender and Language Special Interest Group Event (GaLSig):
Gender and Language in the Public Space

Date:             Tuesday 20th September 2011; 10.00am to 4pm.
Place:            Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Language and Diversity, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Invited speakers:

Professor Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford
Dr Louise Mullany, University of Nottingham
Dr Lia Litosseliti, City University, London
Dr Jo Angouri, University of West England
Dr Sylvia Shaw, Middlesex University
Dr Judith Baxter, Aston University

The focus of this event is on theoretical and empirical research that examines gender in relation to public and institutional discourse in domains such as Parliament, government, business, leadership, the media, law, education, academia, medicine and religion. During the day, we hope to address some of the following questions:


·         What can the discipline of Gender and Language contribute to an understanding of gendered discourses in public settings?

·         Are women disadvantaged in certain public settings, or is this now the wrong question to ask?

·         To what extent should scholars aim to make their research available to users and practitioners?

·         Where scholars have been involved in community engagement, how successful has this been?

·         With Research Councils currently prioritising projects with social and economic impact, what kind of impact can gender and language researchers make? At least one session will be devoted to Research Council funded projects on this topic, and more broadly, to what constitutes a successful grant application in our field.



The day will comprise papers by the above speakers who will present their work in 30-minute sessions followed by time for a brief discussion. At the end of the day, we will hold a plenary to discuss some of the key issues raised.


Papers will be approximately 30 minutes long with 10 minutes for questions
Registration opens: March 2011

Fees for the event: £35 non-BAAL members; £30 BAAL members; £20 full-time students.

Please register on: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/gender-and-language-interest-group-event/


Abstracts will be available on the website soon!


Dr Judith Baxter
Head of English Subject Group,
Room MB733A
Languages and Social Sciences,
Aston University, .
Aston Triangle
Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
0121 204 3399 .
j.a.baxter at aston.ac.uk <mailto:j.a.baxter at aston.ac.uk>
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