7th International Gender and Language Association Conference

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Brazil

June 20, 2012 – June 22, 2012



Announcements

 

2nd IGALA 7 Bulletin News

  

(1) HOTEL RESERVATIONS, HOTEL TRANSFERS & DAY TRIPS

IGALA 7 is working in partnership with the travel agency SINOSTUR for hotel reservations and transfers, and for planning day trips. We strongly encourage IGALA 7 participants to make their reservations at their earliest convenience. For more information access <http://www.sinostur.com.br> and/or contact Franscisco Stürmer at <chico@sinostur.com.br>.

 

(2) CALL FOR FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR IGALA 7 BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS

The IGALA 7 Organizing Committee invites authors of accepted submissions for IGALA 7 Conference (in any presentation format) to submit full manuscripts for publication in the Book of Proceedings of IGALA 7. Full manuscripts will be accepted until April 15th, 2012. Guidelines for authors and other important information are available at: http://www.unisinos.br/eventos/igala/public/conferences/1/schedConfs/1/accommodation-13.doc

 For other questions contact <morgasell@yahoo.com>.

 

(3) VISAS TO BRAZIL

We would like to remind IGALA 7 participants who are not Brazilian citizens/residents to check the information we have made available at:  <http://www.unisinos.br/eventos/igala/public/conferences/1/schedConfs/1/accommodation-7.pdf> with regards to visa information.

  
Posted: 2012-03-06
 

Welcome to IGALA 7!

  

Welcome to the 7th International Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA 7) website!

IGALA 7 will be held at Universidade do Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil, on June 20-22, 2012.

Taking place for the first time in South America, the conference will provide researchers worldwide with an opportunity to present their work and share ideas in the fields of language, gender, and sexuality.

With the theme *Resignifying Gender and Sexuality in Language and Discourse*, IGALA 7 aims to bring together scholars from diverse fields of knowledge as well as geographical regions who are interested in broadening and deepening our understanding of the complex relationships among language, gender and sexuality. In so doing, we encourage new ways of signifying these concepts and their interrelationships, in the following thematic areas:

1. Gender, sexuality, body and identities
2. Gender, sexuality and health
3. Gendered performances as discourse
4. Gender and (dis)empowerment
5. Gender, class, ethnicity and age
6. Gender, sexuality and institutions
7. Gender, media and technology
8. Gender and violence
9. Gender studies in (applied) linguistics
10. Gender and sexuality in literature 

Guest Speakers

  • Celia Kitzinger (University of York, UK)
  • Guacira Lopes Louro (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira (Brazilian Minister for Women's Affairs) - to be confirmed
  • Jussara Reis Prá (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Kira Hall (University of Colorado, USA)
  • Lilian Krakowski Chazan (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro; Centro Latino-Americano em Sexualidade e Direitos Humanos, Brazil)
  • Liliana Cabral Bastos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Maria Izabel Magalhães (Universidade de Brasília; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil)
  • Mary Bucholtz (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

IGALA 7 will include the following presentation formats:

Plenaries (Guest Speakers), Special Forums (Guest Speakers), Oral Presentations, Round Tables, Workshops, and Posters.

Organizing Committee 

Conference Chair: Ana Cristina Ostermann, UNISINOS, Brazil

Alexandre do Nascimento Almeida, UFCSPA, Brazil
Aline Winter Sudbrack, UFCSPA, Brazil
Ana Maria de Mattos Guimarães, UNISINOS, Brazil
Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, University of Birmingham, UK
Cristiane Maria Schnack, UNISINOS, Brazil
Daniela Andrade, UNISINOS, Brazil
Janine Trevisan, PUCRS, Brazil
Joseane de Souza, UNISINOS, Brazil
Marcia del Corona, UNISINOS, Brazil
Mariléia Sell, UNISINOS, Brazil
Sílvio Cazella, UNISINOS/UFCSPA, Brazil

Submission process starts at: http://www.unisinos.br/eventos/igala/index.php/igala/IGALA7/schedConf/cfp

 

  
Posted: 2012-02-08
 

1st IGALA 7 News Bulletin

  
A) IMPORTANT DATES & REMINDERS

In order for your submission(s) to be included in the IGALA 7 Conference Final Program, all authors and co-authors *planning to be present* at conference should:

•       make their conference fee payment;
•       become/renew their membership to IGALA in 2012 (IGALA membership includes a subscription to the journal *Gender and Language*, published by Equinox).

The period for early bird registration fee payment ends on Jan 31, 2012, and the final deadline for conference registration payment ends on Feb 29, 2012. More information on registration fee payment at:
http://www.unisinos.br/eventos/igala/public/conferences/1/schedConfs/1/accommodation-6.pdf

The deadline for joining/renewing your membership of IGALA (International Gender and Language Association Conference) is April 1, 2012. Join/renew your IGALA membership at:
http://www.equinoxpub.com/GL/user/purchaseSubscription/membership

Only paid up participants are entitled to full participation at the IGALA 7 conference: presentation (of accepted submissions), publication of full papers (of accepted submissions) in the IGALA 7 Conference Proceedings, participation in the pre-conference workshop conducted by Celia Kitzinger (Department of Sociology, University of York, UK) on June 18, 2012, copy of the full Conference Program (including all abstracts), copy of the Conference Proceedings (CD ROM including full papers), certification, and conference dinner on June 21, 2012.

B) PROCEEDINGS

Full manuscripts of submissions accepted to be presented at IGALA 7 (in all presentation formats) will be published in the IGALA 7 Conference
Proceedings (CD ROM) and distributed to paid up participants during the event.

Guidelines for authors will be published in the beginning of March 2012.

Note that the publication of full manuscripts is not mandatory.

C) IGALA 7 TRAVEL GRANTS

A call for IGALA 7 Travel Grant Applications (eligibility and evaluation criteria) will be sent out in February 2012.		  
Posted: 2012-01-30
 

IMPORTANT DATES

  

Final deadline for conference registration payment (for your submission to be included in the conference program): April 1st, 2012

Final deadline for becoming an IGALA member: April 1st, 2012.

-> Join/renew your IGALA membership at: http://www.equinoxpub.com/GL/user/purchaseSubscription/membership

  
Posted: 2011-10-31
 

Welcome to IGALA 7!

  

Welcome to the 7th International Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA 7) website!

IGALA 7 will be held at Universidade do Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil, on June 20-22, 2012.

Taking place for the first time in South America, the conference will provide researchers worldwide with an opportunity to present their work and share ideas in the fields of language, gender, and sexuality.

With the theme *Resignifying Gender and Sexuality in Language and Discourse*, IGALA 7 aims to bring together scholars from diverse fields of knowledge as well as geographical regions who are interested in broadening and deepening our understanding of the complex relationships among language, gender and sexuality. In so doing, we encourage new ways of signifying these concepts and their interrelationships, in the following thematic areas:

1. Gender, sexuality, body and identities
2. Gender, sexuality and health
3. Gendered performances as discourse
4. Gender and (dis)empowerment
5. Gender, class, ethnicity and age
6. Gender, sexuality and institutions
7. Gender, media and technology
8. Gender and violence
9. Gender studies in (applied) linguistics
10. Gender and sexuality in literature 

Guest Speakers

  • Celia Kitzinger (University of York, UK)
  • Guacira Lopes Louro (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira (Brazilian Minister for Women's Affairs) - to be confirmed
  • Jussara Reis Prá (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Kira Hall (University of Colorado, USA)
  • Lilian Krakowski Chazan (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro; Centro Latino-Americano em Sexualidade e Direitos Humanos, Brazil)
  • Liliana Cabral Bastos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Maria Izabel Magalhães (Universidade de Brasília; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil)
  • Mary Bucholtz (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

IGALA 7 will include the following presentation formats:

Plenaries (Guest Speakers), Special Forums (Guest Speakers), Oral Presentations, Round Tables, Workshops, and Posters.

Organizing Committee 

Conference Chair: Ana Cristina Ostermann, UNISINOS, Brazil

Alexandre do Nascimento Almeida, UFCSPA, Brazil
Aline Winter Sudbrack, UFCSPA, Brazil
Ana Maria de Mattos Guimarães, UNISINOS, Brazil
Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, University of Birmingham, UK
Cristiane Maria Schnack, UNISINOS, Brazil
Daniela Andrade, UNISINOS, Brazil
Janine Trevisan, PUCRS, Brazil
Joseane de Souza, UNISINOS, Brazil
Marcia del Corona, UNISINOS, Brazil
Mariléia Sell, UNISINOS, Brazil
Sílvio Cazella, UNISINOS/UFCSPA, Brazil

Submission process starts at: http://www.unisinos.br/eventos/igala/index.php/igala/IGALA7/schedConf/cfp

 

  
Posted: 2011-10-18
 
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