Selected academics presented papers covering 12 European languages. An overlook of the discipline – past and present – was provided, and research desiderata were discussed. Embedded was contemporary research conducted by the respective speaker/s.
Others people who were interested in the subject were invited to join as “attending only”, and were given the opportunity to participate in the discussions and Q&As. To ensure fair access for all, no charges/fees were raised to attend this conference.
In total, 126 participants registered for the conference. They were based in in 30 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, DR Congo, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, and the USA.
There will be no printed conference proceedings, but most presentations were recorded and are available below, together with the related presentation files.
08:00 – 08:15Falco PFALZGRAF (QMUL)"Event Opening & Introduction"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 272KB] Download MP4 Recording
08:15 – 08:45Sofie DECOCK (Ghent) & Sarah VAN HOOF (Ghent)"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Dutch"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 604KB] Download MP4 Recording
08:45 – 09:15Sofia LAMPROPOULOU (Lancaster) & Marianthi GEORGALIDOU (Aegean) & Nteniz SARRI-CHASAN (Aegean)"Four decades of Greek feminist linguistics: reform, uptake and public attitudes"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 205KB] Download MP4 Recording
09:155 – 09:25 BREAK
09:25 – 09:55Gabriele DIEWALD (Hannover)"Language and Gender: Research and Desiderata in German"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 1,126KB] Download MP4 Recording
09:55 – 10:25Ute GABRIEL (NTNU)"How to (not) encode Referential Gender in Norwegian Bokmål"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 517KB] Download MP4 Recording
10:25 – 10:55Emma RENSTRÖM (Kristianstad)"Effects of gender-inclusive pronouns on gender conceptualizations: Current research and future directions"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 3,123KB] Download MP4 Recording
10:55 – 11:10 BREAK
11:10 – 11:40Daniel ELMIGER (Geneva)"Three wishes for French"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 412KB]
11:40 – 12:10Federica FORMATO (Brighton)"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Italian"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 1,628KB] Download MP4 Recording
12:10 – 13:10 LUNCH BREAK
13:10 – 13:40María MUELAS GIL (Madrid)"GIL in Spanish: Where we are and where we’re headed"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 2,564KB] Download MP4 Recording
13:40 – 14:10Ruxandra VIȘAN (Bucharest)"An overview of gender-inclusive aspects concerning Romanian"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 1,576KB] Download MP4 Recording
14:10 – 14:20 BREAK
14:20 – 14:50Małgorzata SZAJBEL-KECK (Viadrina)"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Polish"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 544KB] Download MP4 Recording
14:50 – 15:20Michela BALDO (Birmingham)"Translation and gender inclusive language. English-Italian"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 3,485KB] Download MP4 Recording
15:20 – 15:50Laura HEKANAHO (Helsinki)"Gender exclusive and inclusive language in Finnish: Explaining use of masculine job titles"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 706KB] Download MP4 Recording
15:50 – 16:05 BREAK
16:05 – 16:45Falco PFALZGRAF (QMUL)"Discussion & Event Closing"Download MP4 Recording
16:45 END
If you have any questions or comments, please email the research project organiser:
Dr Falco Pfalzgraff.pfalzgraf@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Languages, Linguistics and FilmMile End CampusLondon E1 4NSUnited Kingdom