International Gender and Language Association

International Gender and Language Group (IGALA)

Formation	1999
Purpose	An international interdisciplinary academic group that promotes research on language, gender, and sexuality
President	Michelle M. Lazar

The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA), is an international interdisciplinary academic organization that promotes research on language, gender, and sexuality.^[1] Michelle M. Lazar is its current president.^[2]

History

The association was formed in 1999, and developed out of the graduate-student-run Berkeley Women and Language Group.^[3] IGALA holds a biannual conference and publishes the academic journal Gender and Language.

Conferences

• IGALA 1 - Stanford University, Stanford, California, May 5–7, 2000
• IGALA 2 - Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, April 12–14, 2002
• IGALA 3 - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States, June 5–7, 2004
• IGALA 4 - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, November 8–10, 2006
• IGALA 5 - Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, July 3–5, 2008
• IGALA 6 - Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan, September 18–20, 2010
• IGALA 7 - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil, June 20–22, 2012
• IGALA 8 - Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, June 5–7, 2014
• IGALA 9 - City University of Hong Kong, May 19–21, 2016^[4][5]

References

1. "Become a Member". equinoxpub.com. Equinox. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
2. "Gender and sexuality: plenary speakers". University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
3. "Berkeley Women and Language Group Home Page". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
4. "LinguistList". Retrieved January 22, 2016.
5. Leung, Chris. "IGALA 9 | City University of Hong Kong". www.english.cityu.edu.hk. Retrieved 2016-01-23.

External links

• IGALA home page
• Facebook page
• Twitter: @IGALAssoc