[Gala-l] IGALA9 Graduate Student Paper Award

[ROWLETT BENEDICT]

Announcing *IGALA 9 Graduate Student Paper Award*

(Submission Deadline: February 30th, 2016)

 

The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is calling for *language and gender* outstanding student papers. The theme of the IGALA 9 2016 conference is *Time & Transition: Gender, sexuality discourse and language*. Graduate students are encouraged to submit papers which work within this broad thematic area. More specific topic areas in this area are detailed below:

 

1. Gender, sexuality, body and identities

2. Gender, sexuality and health

3. Gendered performances as discourse

4. Gender and (dis)empowerment

5. Gender, class, ethnicity and age

6. Gender, sexuality and institutions

7. Gender, media and technology

8. Gender and violence

9. Gender and sexuality studies in (applied) linguistics

10. Gender and sexuality in literature

 

Submissions should be 5,000- 7,000 words in length, in Word (.doc) format, Times New Roman 12 pt. font, and will be accepted in English only. Submissions should not have been published or accepted for publication elsewhere and co-authored submissions are acceptable as long as all authors are graduate students. Submissions co-authored by advisors are not allowed.

 

Submissions should be emailed as an attachment to: <IGALA9paperprize at gmail.com>.

Please include your name, address, department and university, telephone number, and email address in the body of the email; in addition, indicate your status as graduate student member of IGALA.

 

Awards to be presented at the IGALA 9 conference, May 19 - 21, 2016 at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

 

The winner will receive a two year subscription to IGALA which includes a subscription to the journal Gender and Language. The winner will also have a chance to work with the publishers of the journal to develop the paper into a published article.

 

For other questions concerning the award, please contact <IGALA9paperprize at gmail.com>.

 

International Gender and Language Association (IGALA):

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9th International Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA 9):

http://www.english.cityu.edu.hk/en/portal/igala/ <http://www.english.cityu.edu.hk/en/portal/igala/>
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