37.3127, Calls: Panel at IPC20 - The Pragmatics of Microaggressions: Conceptual, Analytical, and Pedagogical Perspectives (Finland)

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Subject: 37.3127, Calls: Panel at IPC20 - The Pragmatics of Microaggressions: Conceptual, Analytical, and Pedagogical Perspectives (Finland)

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Date: 29-Sep-2026
From: Noriko Ishihara [n-ishihara at hosei.ac.jp]
Subject: Panel at IPC20 - The Pragmatics of Microaggressions: Conceptual, Analytical, and Pedagogical Perspectives

Full Title: Panel at IPC20 - The Pragmatics of Microaggressions:
Conceptual, Analytical, and Pedagogical Perspectives
Short Title: ICP 20 (IPrA)

Date: 27-Jun-2027 - 02-Jul-2027
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Web Site: https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP2027

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2026

Call for Papers
In an era of heightened attention to issues surrounding social
justice, marginalization, and inequality, the role of language in
reproducing and perpetuating social inequities has received increasing
scrutiny. One salient example is the phenomenon of microaggressions
(Sue & Spanierman, 2020), in which members of dominant groups may
convey subtle messages that invalidate or insult the experiences,
identities, or social positioning of marginalized individuals and
communities. While initiators of microaggressions may not intend to
offend their interactants, they may derive different meanings and feel
alienated or insulted. When such smaller incidents accumulate, they
can trigger serious consequences such as anxiety, depression,
posttraumatic stress disorder, and adverse physical conditions
(Glasgow & Kim, 2025; Williams et al., 2021). Although
microaggressions have been extensively examined within social and
clinical psychology, they have only recently begun to receive
sustained attention from applied linguists. Yet, because
microaggressions are fundamentally communicative acts in which
illocutionary force, implicature, interpretation, and perlocutionary
effects are central, their examination through the lens of pragmatics
is further warranted and offers significant analytical and pedagogical
possibilities (Ishihara, 2025).
The primary aim of this panel is to highlight current contributions
that pragmatics researchers are making to the conceptualization,
analysis, and pedagogy of microaggressions. Presentations draw on a
range of approaches, including but not limited to: sociopragmatics,
metapragmatics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, speech act
theory, rapport management theory (RMT), and instructional pragmatics.
Collectively, the panel explores how pragmatics can contribute to a
more nuanced understanding of how microaggressions are interpreted,
negotiated, resisted, and addressed across institutional,
interpersonal, and pedagogical contexts. The organizers of the
proposed panel would invite contributions that empirically investigate
microaggressions in intercultural settings, either in-person or in
internet-based, as well as those that examine effects of relevant
critical interventions.
Abstract requirements as per IPC Conference:
Abstracts to be submitted through the conference website by October
15th, 2026 (https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP2027) should be
based on research that is (nearly) completed, with a well-formulated
research question, and with a good description of the types of data
used (if the work is empirical) and of the approach.
In all cases, the minimum size is 250 words, maximum 500 words
(including data and references, which means it is important to
concentrate on a convincing text and to keep references - which are
usually necessary for positioning your work in relation to the work of
others - to a minimum).
In the formulation of your abstract, please make sure to avoid
non-inclusive language.
IPrA membership is required for submitting an abstract and presenting
at the conference. For more information, see
https://pragmatics.international/page/IPC20Helsinki.
When submitting your abstract, you must add your co-authors, if any.
Co-authors do not have to be IPrA members at the time of submission,
but if they are, please make sure to identify them with the email
address that is associated with their IPrA membership. Otherwise they
will not be able to check and (if necessary) edit the submission; such
access is impossible for co-authors who are not IPrA members.
We look forward to having a fruitful dialogue regarding the potential
contribution of pragmatics to microaggressions research and RELEVANT
PEDAGOGY. The panel will consist of 30-minute talks (20 minutes for a
presentation and 10 for QAs) with an introduction and a closing
discussion.
Panel organisers: Noriko Ishihara (Hosei University) and Gregory Paul
Glasgow (Kanda University of International Studies)
Contact: n-ishihara at hosei.ac.jp; glasgow-g at kanda.kuis.ac.jp
References:
Glasgow, G. P., & Kim, M. (2025). Microaggressions in Japan:
Foreign-origin university students’ lived experiences and
metapragmatic reflections. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1–18.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2025.2598759
Ishihara, N. (2025). Criticality and creativity in L2 pragmatics:
Supporting linguistic justice through pragmatics instruction JALT
Journal, 47(2), 181–195.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTJJ47.2-3
Sue, D. W., & Spanierman, L. B. (2020). Microaggressions in everyday
life (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Williams, M. T., Skinta, M. D., & Martin-Willett, R. (2021). After
Pierce and Sue: A revised racial microaggressions taxonomy.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(5), 991–1007.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691621994247

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