Conference info

[Rachel McKee]

Want to see beautiful New Zealand? Come to the  International Gender  
& Language Association Conference in July 2008.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS    - - - -


igala5 in Wellington, New Zealand in 2008



The International Gender & Language Association 5th Biennial Conference

Thursday 3 July – Saturday 5 July 2008

at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/igala5/



Keynote Speakers

Dale Spender (Australian author & feminist)

Anne Pauwels (University of Western Australia)

Rachel McKee (Victoria University of Wellington)

Surinderpal Kaur (University of Malaya)

Carmen Caldas-Coulthard (University of Birmingham)


The 5th International Gender and Language Association biennial  
conference will provide researchers worldwide with an opportunity to  
present their work and share ideas in the fields of language, gender,  
and sexuality.

Submissions are invited for abstracts for oral or poster  
presentations on any topic related to language, gender, and sexuality.

The Conference will include :
§     plenaries on gender and language change, multimodalities,  
transversal subjects, and sign language

§     a workshop on teaching Language & Gender courses

§     a workshop focussed on postgraduate interests & concerns

§     a symposium on indigenous languages and gender issues

§     a phonetics and gender symposium

§     a “beyond binaries” stream [language use outside the  female/ 
male/heterosexual/homosexual square]


Some important dates for your diaries
§     Abstract submission by 30 November 2007

§     Notification of acceptance by 15 February 2008

§     Deadline for conference registration: 30 May 2008


Please note that presenters are expected to be or to become members  
of IGALA.   See http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/ 
index.html

Conference organisers:
Janet Holmes & Meredith Marra
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Note that this conference is immediately preceded at the same venue  
by the
Laboratory Phonology 11 conference (LabPhon11), 30 June-2 July 2008
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/labphon11/

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