[IGALA] Grad student work-in-progress session at Lavender Languages 30

[Lucy Jones]

Dear colleagues,

At the 30th annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference<https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/lav30/> (21-23 August 2024 in Brighton, UK), we're running a work-in-progress session for grad students. This will be the sixth time the conference has included this session, which is designed specifically for students who are at an early stage of their research. It gives students the opportunity to share their ideas (e.g. their research questions and possible methodology) in a brief presentation, and get invaluable feedback from experts in language, gender and sexuality.

There's more information below, and a CfP deadline of 26 January 2024: please do share this with masters and doctoral students who might be interested!

With thanks,
Lucy

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Dr Lucy Jones
(she/her)

Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics
School of English
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK

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LavLang30 student work-in-progress session

Session summary

 This session allows Masters and Doctoral students as well as advanced undergraduate students to discuss their research and academic plans with colleagues in a supportive forum. It is intended as an opportunity for students to receive constructive feedback which might inform their future research.



Who is this aimed at?

Presenters must currently be, or be planning to become, a graduate student working on a topic relevant to the Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference. This session is not intended for those ready to discuss projects that are near completion; those with data and some initial analysis should propose via the main conference stream (i.e. as a regular paper).



Presenters in this session may have recently determined their research questions and objectives but not yet decided on their methodology. Others may not yet have established their research questions or approach but know broadly what they want to do and how it will fill a gap in the field. Some may have begun to collect their data but will not have not yet explored it systematically.



Students in these situations will benefit from sharing their ideas with others, hearing about different approaches, and offering feedback to others. Though slots are limited to students only, established scholars in will also be present in the audience to share their thoughts and advice.

Please note: due to high demand for this session, abstracts cannot be accepted from speakers who are also intending to submit a regular paper to the conference or from previous presenters in this session.



How will it work?

Presenters will have 5 minutes to share their work-in-progress: there will not be time to lay out the background in detail or go into specifics. Instead, the aim is to offer brief highlights of the aims, the approach that might be/is being taken, and any very preliminary findings or observations. Presenters are welcome to use slides/visual aids, but this is not a pre-requisite of participation in the session. Each presentation will be followed by a 5-minute informal discussion session with the audience.



If you would like to present your research ideas, please email Lucy Jones at lucy.jones at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:lucy.jones at nottingham.ac.uk> by Friday 26 January 2024 with a Word document containing the following:
o    Your project's working title
o    Your name, email address, the university where you are a graduate student, name of degree and program as well as your current year of study (1st year, 3rd year, etc.)
o    A 150-word (max.) abstract detailing:
o    The intended aims and objectives of your project
o    Your likely/actual methodological approach
o    The likely stage of your research by the time of the conference (e.g. if you will be establishing your methodology, beginning data collection, starting your analysis, etc.)

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT VIA THE ROUTE ADVERTISED IN THE MAIN CFP

Participation will be confirmed by email during March 2024.

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