This conference was led by practitioners in the International Research Network “Language and Gender: Academic Research and Practical Implementation.” Focusing on questions related to the implementation of gender-inclusive language, they presented achievements and challenges within their organisations and companies. Furthermore, individuals interested in the subject were invited to join as “attending only” and were given the opportunity to participate in discussions and Q&As.
Over 130 people participated in the conference. Excluding the presenters, 119 attendees registered for the event. They were based in 35 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malta, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United Kingdom (UK), Ukraine, and the United States of America (USA).
The presenters were enthusiastic about the subject area and are eager to push the initiative further.
There will be no printed conference proceedings, but most presentations were recorded and are available below, together with the related presentation files.
Falco PFALZGRAFQueen Mary University of London"Event Opening & Introduction"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 362KB] Download PPT Presentation [PDF 362KB]
Dafna EISENREICHDabru Eleynu"Dabru Eleynu (Talk to Us) - A Gender-Inclusive Hebrew Initiative"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 2,576KB] Download MP4 Recording
Michal SHOMERMulti-Gender Hebrew"Creating a New Space in the Hebrew Language"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 824KB] Download MP4 Recording
Karoline OAKESUK Civil Service"UK Civil Service"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 272KB] Download MP4 Recording
Beth HANLEYUniversité libre de Bruxelles"Gender-inclusive language in interpreting & translation"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 3,327KB] Download MP4 Recording
Melanie BHENDUniversity of Nottingham"'Words We Live By': Foreign Language Teachers and Gender-Inclusive Language (GIL) in UK Higher Education"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 739KB] Download MP4 Recording
Marianne RATHJEDanish Language Council / Dansk Sprognævn"Gender-inclusive language in Denmark and The Danish Language Council"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 739KB] Download MP4 Recording
Helga HILMISDÓTTIR & Ágústa ÞORBERGSDÓTTIRIcelandic Language Council / Árnastofnun"Gender-inclusive language in Iceland"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 1,432KB] Download MP4 Recording
Allyson NOLDE & Rebecca ISRAEL & Tim POEPSELRWS language, content & intellectual property services"Research on Gender-Neutral Language in Translation Science"Download PPT Presentation [PDF 2,984KB] Download MP4 Recording
Falco PFALZGRAFQueen Mary University of London"Summary & future plans / event closing"Download MP4 Recording
If you have any questions or comments, please email the research network organiser:
Dr Falco Pfalzgraff.pfalzgraf@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Languages, Linguistics and FilmMile End CampusLondon E1 4NSUnited Kingdom