Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 July 2008
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Don Kulick (New York University)
- Anne Pauwels (University of Western Australia)
- 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.
Note that this conference is immediately preceded at the same venue by the Laboratory Phonology 11 conference (LabPhon11), 30 June-2 July 2008
The IGALA5 Conference will include :
- plenaries on gender and language change, multimodalities, transversal subjects, and lesbian humour
- a workshop on teaching Language & Gender courses, facilitated by Jane Sunderland
- a workshop focussed on postgraduate interests & concerns, facilitated by Jo Angouri
- a symposium on indigenous languages and gender issues, opened by Aroha Yates-Smith
- a phonetics and gender symposium, chaired by Jen Hay
- a “beyond binaries” stream [language use outside the female/male/heterosexual/homosexual square], opened by Mani Bruce Mitchell
- a symposium on Language & Gender in African Contexts, chaired by Jane Sunderland
Conference organisers:
Janet Holmes & Meredith Marra
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Victoria University
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
For enquiries please e-mail igala5@vuw.ac.nz
IGALA Feedback Form
We would greatly appreciate your feedback on the IGALA5 conference 2008.
Conference T-Shirts for sale: NZD$20 (+NZD$5 for international postage)
To purchase a conference t-shirt please contact Sarah Dunstan, for more information please click here.
NEWS
NZSO Concert 8pm on Saturday 5 July
If you would like to attend a concert by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at 8pm on Saturday 5 July in the Michael Fowler Centre, please let Janet Holmes know by 26 June. We can get a block of ten B reserve tickets for the reduced price of $52 each (normally $65).
Conductor is Yoel Levi with soloist Simon Trpčeski (piano) and programme Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Kenneth Young – Remembering for Violin and Orchestra (performed by Vesa-Matti Leppänen) and Shostakovich – Symphony No 12 The Year 1917.
http://www.nzlive.com/en/new-zealand-symphony-orchestra-nzso/nzso-tour-3-simon-trpceski-series-2-wellington
