Deconstructing Sexism Day Conference

The British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

8^th BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality Special Interest Group Annual Event

(Previously GaLSIG)

Deconstructing Sexism:

What can we learn from different approaches and disciplines?

Date: Friday 8th May 2015, 10am-6pm

Place: City University London, room AG07, College Building, St John Street, EC1V 4PB London, UK. Directions to room here

Confirmed speakers so far:

PAUL BAKER (Lancaster University): ‘A woman who knows her place’: Heterosexual Men Seeking Relationships and Sexist Discourse

STEPHANIE DAVIES-ARAI (No More Page 3, http://nomorepage3.org/, and author of ‘Communicating with Kids’): Page 3: Sexual Harassment and the Myth of Empowerment

ELISABETH KELAN (Cranfield University): ‘I’ve never encountered that’ – Accounting for Sexism in Modern Workplaces

JULIA LONG (Anglia Ruskin University) and JODIE WOODWARD (nia, http://www.niaendingviolence.org.uk/): Consent or Dissent? Reinforcing Heterosexuality in Programmes Addressing Men’s Violence Against Women

SARA MILLS (Sheffield Hallam University): Background Sexism and Political Correctness

LYNNE SEGAL (Birkbeck College, University of London): Feminist Mutations: Dutiful and Monstrous

Chairs: Lia Litosseliti and Rosalind Gill (City University London)

Organisers: Lia Litosseliti, Gabriella Caminotto and Laura García-Favaro (City University London)

This event has two interrelated general aims: a) to bring into dialogue discourse analysis paradigms and methodologies across disciplines; and b) to explore the operation of sexism in the current conjuncture. The event is particularly interested in building bridges – both theoretically and methodologically speaking – between gender and language studies, and feminist cultural studies, sociology and social psychology, while also considering activism in this area. How might we learn from each other to better deconstruct, comprehend and resist contemporary gender ideologies and permutations of sexism?

During the day, we hope to provide a stimulating encounter to collaboratively advance innovative interdisciplinary approaches to the complex workings of power and ideology in discourse, as well as to reinvigorate intersectional feminist politics. The invited speakers will be addressing these questions theoretically, empirically, and/or drawing on their feminist practice/activism, and there will be opportunities for discussion.

Fees and registration:

Non-BAAL members: £45. Please register here

BAAL members: £40. Please register here

Full-time students: £35. Please register here

*Fee includes lunch, refreshments and the event programme

** Please note that proof of BAAL membership/ FT student status will be required

Join BAAL or renew your membership here: http://www.baal.org.uk/join.html

*** You are advised to register early as there are only a limited number of places

Full event programme and abstracts:

Available soon on the Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG website:

http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/organisations/galsig/events.htm

This event is organised in association with the Gender & Sexualities Research Forum, City University London (E: genderforum.city@gmail.com)