Internationa Conference on Language and Gender in African Contexts - CFP Extension
Extended Date: 19 February 2010
DATE: 13 - 15 APRIL, 2010
VENUE: CONFERENCE CENTRE, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
We are pleased to invite you to attend the International Conference on Language and Gender in African Contexts scheduled to take place at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, from 13-15 April, 2010.
Similar events on this general theme have taken place at the University of Leeds, U.K., City University, London, U.K., University of Botswana, Botswana, and the University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. The Obafemi Awolowo University conference is planned to be the final in the series.
The main purpose of the conference is to provide an opportunity for those researching and teaching in the area of language and gender, directly or indirectly, to share their ideas and experiences, and to build up a focus on Africa in the field of language and gender study. We hope to enhance participants' understanding of language and gender issues in general in terms of language and language use in Africa. We also plan to collect some data for a research project that may be of interest to us all. Lastly, we hope to stimulate interdisciplinary work among linguists and other colleagues in the social sciences.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for papers (which has been extended by one week) is 19th February, 2009, and these are to be sent to both of the following email addresses:
<yyusuf@oauife.edu.ng>, <magbaje@oauife.edu.ng>.
The registration fee has yet to be fixed but is expected to be affordable for African scholars working in Africa.
The organisers of the conference are:
Professor Yisa K. Yusuf,
Department of English,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 803 402 8057
Email: yyusuf@oauife.edu.ng
Dr Jane Sunderland,
Department of Linguistics
and English Language,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YT,
United Kingdom.
Email: j.sunderland@lancaster.ac.uk
Dr Lem Lilian Atanga,
Department of African Studies,
University of Dschang,
Dschang, Cameroon.
Tel: 00237 74 15 04 85.
Email: l.l.atanga@yahoo.com
Dr. Sibonile Ellece,
Department of English,
University of Botswana,
Gaborone, Botswana.
Email: elleces@mopipi.ub.bw
Some small within-Africa travel bursaries will be available for presenters coming from outside Nigeria. These will be allocated on a competitive basis.
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IGALA6 CFP Extension
Call for Papers
Extended Deadline: 14/2/ 2010
Abstracts for paper presentations (individual and panel), posters and workshop sessions are invited on any aspects of gender and language analysis from a variety of fields, including bilingualism, communication studies, conversation analysis, cultural studies, discourse analysis, language acquisition, linguistic anthropology, media studies, multicultural studies, multilingualism, queer studies, second language teaching, sociolinguistics, and other related fields and disciplines.
Please follow the site instructions to create an account and login to submit your proposal abstract between 1/11/09 - 14/2/10.
Sixth International Gender and Language Association Conference @ Tsuda College, Tokyo, 18-20 September, 2010
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GaL Reading Meeting Text
For access to the text from Language and Sexism by Sara Mills click here. We will discuss it on our meeting on Friday 16 Oct. 2009 in B99.
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IGALA6 Announcement
Dear Colleagues,
The International Language and Gender Association (IGALA) announces IGALA 6 to be held 18-20 September, 2010. The venue is Kodaira Campus of Tsuda College in Tokyo, Japan.
Please watch this space for forthcoming announcements regarding call for papers, registration and other conference information.
The call for papers will be announced in a few weeks. See also <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/Index.html>.
We look forward to welcoming you to IGALA 6, 2010 in Tokyo.
Sincerely,
Claire Maree
Assoc.Professor, Tsuda College
(Chair, IGALA 6 Organising Committee)
IGALA6.info"at"gmail.com (Replace "at" with @ when emailing)
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