It's time to share your research on the IGALA blog!
Ciao IGALA community!
My name is Angela Zottola and I have recently been elected Ordinary Member on the IGALA Advisory Board. As part of my duties, I will be taking over from Ben Rowlett the role of blog coordinator! I’m very excited to take on this role and continue to take care of this precious space where we can discuss all things language, gender and sexuality-related in a more informal setting.
In thanking Ben for the amazing work he has done in the past years, I will begin where he left off, by getting in touch with those who responded to the blog survey (read here) last year.
We have many ideas on how to continue the IGALA blog, including not only traditional blog entries, but also:
· Commentary pieces
· Research nibs from on-going work
· Tributes to language, gender and sexuality scholars
· Media analysis
· Interviews with experts in the field
· Video presentations
Whether you are an experienced academic starting a new project, a graduate or PhD student working on your dissertation or thesis or an Early Career Researcher, if you’d like to share your research about language, gender and sexuality with the wonderful IGALA community don’t hesitate to get in touch with me at: angela.zottola@unito.it.





















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