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Gender inclusive language

Opening event

Opening Event

Friday 17th November 2023

This was the opening event of the International Research Network “Language and Gender: Academic Research and Practical Implementation”. The key participants in the network – academics and practitioners – met for the first time, to briefly introduce themselves and the work they do in their organisation/s. The day concluded with a group brainstorming session, where participants reflected on their motivation, expectations, and aims with regard to the network. This will inform the future project events with regard to the academics’ and practitioners’ questions, needs, and sharing of information and good practice.

Directly contributing were 31 presenters, residing in 14 countries, working on 15 languages - and well beyond. In addition, there were another 51 attendees from 21 countries. The total number of 82 participants shows that the interest in this subject area is considerable, and that cooperation between practitioners and academics is indeed what people are missing.

Event Programme & Archive

1. Welcome & Introduction

[Recording]

08:00 – 08:20 Welcome / Research Network Overview / Self-Introduction (Falco PFALZGRAF, QMUL)
Presentation [PDF 235KB]

2. Self-Introductions

 

Block 1: Academics
[Recording]

08:20 – 08:35 [Dutch]
Sofie DECOCK (University of Ghent) & Sarah VAN HOOF (University of Ghent)
Presentation [PDF 1,738KB]

08:35 – 08:45 [Dutch]
Tanja MORTELMANS (University of Antwerp)
Presentation [PDF 212KB]

08:45 – 08:55 [English]
Michela BALDO (University of Birmingham)
Presentation [PDF 1,115KB]

08:55 – 09:10
15-minute break

Block 2: Academics
[Recording]

09:10 – 09:20 [French] (no recording)
Daniel ELMIGER (University of Geneva)
Presentation [PDF 967KB]

09:20 – 09:30 [Spanish]
María MUELAS GIL (Autonomous University of Madrid)
Presentation [PDF 2,392KB]

09:30 – 09:40 [German]
Gabriele DIEWALD (University of Hannover)

09:40 – 09:50 [German]
Sascha STOLLHANS (University of Leeds)
Presentation [PDF 212KB]

09:50 – 10:05
15-minute break

Block 3: Academics
[Recording]

10:05 – 10:15 [Greek]
Angeliki ALVANOUDI (University of Thessaloniki)
Presentation [PDF 331KB]

10:15 – 10:25 [Greek]
Sofia LAMPROPOULOU (University of Liverpool)
Presentation [PDF 128KB]

10:25 – 10:35 [Italian]
Federica FORMATO (University of Brighton)
Presentation [PDF 1,351KB]

10:35 – 10:45 [Norwegian]
Ute GABRIEL (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Presentation [PDF 1,093KB]

10:45 – 11:00
15-minute break

Block 4: Academics
[Recording]

11:00 – 11:10 [Polish]
Małgorzata SZAJBEL-KECK (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder)

11:10 – 11:20 [Romanian]
Ruxandra VIȘAN (University of Bucharest)
Presentation [PDF 523KB]

11:20 – 11:30 [Finnish]
Laura HEKANAHO (University of Helsinki)
Presentation [PDF 469KB]

11:30 – 11:40 [Swedish]
Emma RENSTRÖM (Kristianstad University)

11:40 – 12:40
60-minute break

Block 5: Practitioners
[Recording]

12:40 – 12:50 [Various]
Karoline OAKES (UK Civil Service)

12:50 – 13:00 [German]
Andrea PFEIL (Goethe Institute London)

13:00 – 13:20
20-minute break

Block 6: Practitioners
[Recording]

13:20 – 13:30 [Danish]
Marianne RATHJE (Danish Language Council)
Presentation [PDF 325KB]

13:30 – 13:40 [Icelandic]
Helga HILMISDÓTTIR (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies / Icelandic Language Council)

13:40 – 13:50 [Swedish]
Lena Lind Palicki (Swedish Language Council)

13:50 – 14:00
10-minute break

Block 7: Practitioners & Academics
[Recording]

14:00 – 14:10 [Various]
Hilary HUME-SMITH (The Carbon Trust)

14:10 – 14:25 [Various]
Allyson NOLDE & Glenda LEUNG & Rebecca ISRAEL & Chryso HADJIDEMETRIOU
(RWS - language, content & intellectual property services)
Presentation [PDF 1,048KB]

14:25 – 14:35 [Hebrew]
Dafna EISENREICH (Dabru Eleynu - Gender-Inclusive Hebrew)
Presentation [PDF 1,284KB]

14:35 – 14:45 [English]
Evan BRADLEY (Pennsylvania State University)

14:45 – 15:00
15-minute break

3. Brainstorming sessions

[Recording]

15:00 – 15:30
Group Sessions

15:30 – 16:00
Group Results

4. Event Closing

[For recording, see: 3. Brainstorming]

17:15 – 17:30
Falco PFALZGRAF (QMUL)
Concluding remarks / conference closure

 

If you have any questions or comments, please email the research network organiser:

Dr Falco Pfalzgraf
f.pfalzgraf@qmul.ac.uk
Queen Mary University of London
School of Languages, Linguistics and Film
Mile End Campus
London E1 4NS
United Kingdom

QMUL Mile End Campus
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