Research and desiderata conference

Conference 2:
“Language and Gender: Research and Desiderata”

Friday 31st May 2024

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.

Programme, presentation files, and recordings

08:00 – 08:15
Falco PFALZGRAF (QMUL)
"Event Opening & Introduction"
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08:15 – 08:45
Sofie DECOCK (Ghent) & Sarah VAN HOOF (Ghent)
"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Dutch"
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08:45 – 09:15
Sofia LAMPROPOULOU (Lancaster) & Marianthi GEORGALIDOU (Aegean) & Nteniz SARRI-CHASAN (Aegean)
"Four decades of Greek feminist linguistics: reform, uptake and public attitudes"
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09:155 – 09:25   BREAK

09:25 – 09:55
Gabriele DIEWALD (Hannover)
"Language and Gender: Research and Desiderata in German"
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09:55 – 10:25
Ute GABRIEL (NTNU)
"How to (not) encode Referential Gender in Norwegian Bokmål"
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10:25 – 10:55
Emma RENSTRÖM (Kristianstad)
"Effects of gender-inclusive pronouns on gender conceptualizations: Current research and future directions"
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10:55 – 11:10   BREAK

11:10 – 11:40
Daniel ELMIGER (Geneva)
"Three wishes for French"
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11:40 – 12:10
Federica FORMATO (Brighton)
"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Italian"
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12:10 – 13:10   LUNCH BREAK

13:10 – 13:40
María MUELAS GIL (Madrid)
"GIL in Spanish: Where we are and where we’re headed"
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13:40 – 14:10
Ruxandra VIȘAN (Bucharest)
"An overview of gender-inclusive aspects concerning Romanian"
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14:10 – 14:20   BREAK

14:20 – 14:50
Małgorzata SZAJBEL-KECK (Viadrina)
"Language and Gender- Research and Desiderata: Polish"
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14:50 – 15:20
Michela BALDO (Birmingham)
"Translation and gender inclusive language. English-Italian"
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15:20 – 15:50
Laura HEKANAHO (Helsinki)
"Gender exclusive and inclusive language in Finnish: Explaining use of masculine job titles"
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15:50 – 16:05   BREAK

16:05 – 16:45
Falco PFALZGRAF (QMUL)
"Discussion & Event Closing"
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16:45   END

 

If you have any questions or comments, please email the research project 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