[IGALA] IGALA seeks host for IGALA13 (2025) Conference

[Claire Maree]

Mon 2023/05/29 9:07

IGALA seeks host for IGALA13 (2025) Conference



IGALA members interested in organizing the IGALA 13 (2025) Conference are invited to present their proposal to the IGALA Board at a meeting ahead of IGALA 12.



IGALA is a non-profit organization and welcomes bids to host IGALA conferences from academic institutions active in researching and teaching language, gender and sexuality issues.



Timeline

  *   May 29th, 2023: Call for proposals to organize IGALA13 opened
  *   May 29th – June 25th, 2023: Register of interest, fielding of questions etc
  *   June 26th, 2023: Call for proposals to organize IGALA13 closed
  *   July 1st – July 3rd, 2023: Presentation of Proposals to IGALA Executive Council & announcement of IGALA13 (Specific date/time TBC).

(Please note all dates are AEST)



Register of interest

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please contact Claire Maree, IGALA President, at <cmaree at unimelb.edu.au>, and/or Denise Troutman, IGALA President-Elect <troutma1 at msu.edu> to officially register your interest. We would be delighted to field any questions. Dates of the final Presentation at IGALA12 will be announced closer to the conference itself.



Proposals

Your proposal should include the following information:



  *   Name and affiliation of: Organizing Team Members & Conference Chair
  *   Proposed dates (2 at least)
  *   Proposed location: country, city, specific venue
  *   General information about the region
  *   Access to the venue (plane, train, bus & distances)
  *   Info and pictures of the venue and city
  *   List of the infrastructure/facilities of the venue
  *   List of reasons why this would be a good venue to host an IGALA conference (e.g. if the conference facilities can be available for free, as this reduces the registration fees, not been held there before, with a good 'catchment area', famous willing plenary speakers in the area already, etc)
  *   Accommodation around the area
  *   Visa info
  *   Possibilities on themes for the conference
  *   Estimation of the registration fees (range of prices)
  *   What would be included in the registration fees
  *   Possibilities of funding (funding agencies, sponsors)
  *   Ability to act as treasurer for IGALA and the conference in the two years prior to the conference, i.e. to open a bank account and handle the disbursement of conference travel grants
  *   Liaison with other associations
  *   Other items you might like to add to show why this would be a perfect place to host an IGALA conference





Details are also available on the IGALA website:

https://www.genderandlanguage.com/conference





Kind regards,

Claire Maree

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Dr Claire Maree
Professor in Japanese | Asia Institute | Faculty of Arts

[I am on SSP Research leave until 22nd July 2023]

President International Gender and Language Association (IGALA)

Co-coordinator: International Network for Gender and Sexuality in Japanese language education (INGS-J)


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