CFP: 23rd Annual Lavender Languages & Linguistics Conference

Mon, 04 May 2015 09:41:24 -0400
anthropological, cfp, language, lavender-languages, linguistics, queer-theory, sexuality, sociolinguistics

The Lavender Languages Conference. February 12-14, 2016

American University, Washington, D.C

The Lavender Languages Conference is accepting paper submissions for the sessions that will take place on February 12-14, 2016. Lav 23 offers discussions of language and sexuality that draw on current debates in anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, sexuality studies, and queer theory to examine diverse voices and experiences.

The 2016 Sessions (under development) include:

(Anti)Homophobic Discourse Analysis [David J. Peterson]

Language and Sexuality Studies in Francophone Cultures [Denis Provencher**]

Lavender Languages, Queer Ecologies [William Leap]

Language, Sexuality, and National Belonging [Robert Phillips]

Porno-Metaphor and Metaphors of Porn [Brian Adams-Thies]

Contact the session organizer to submit a presentation for one of these sessions, (details on Lav 23’s website)

Please note also:

Interest in a session on QUEERNESS /QUEER CHARACTERS/ QUEER LANGUAGE IN COMICS is emerging. Want to join? Send ideas to wlm@american.edu for more details.

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** Dr. Dennis Provencher is the director of the Intercultural Communication Master Program at UMBC. He is also an LLC affiliate faculty member.

For more information, please visit the Lavender Languages Conference website