The International Gender and Language Association was established in 1999. A development of the graduate-student-run Berkeley Women and Language Group, IGALA is an international interdisciplinary organization that is committed to the promotion and support of research on language, gender, and sexuality. To fulfil such a commitment, IGALA aims:

- To encourage communication of the results of such research, in particular through the Association's journal, Gender and Language (henceforth 'the Journal'), and through the Association's biennial conferences

 

- To create and support international and national research networks

 

- To encourage research across disciplinary boundaries

 

- To speak authoritatively to the wider world about gender, sexuality and language issues, through appropriate media

The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is associated with the Gender & Language Journal (Equinox). You can join IGALA as a regular member from the Equinox website by going to the subscription pages and chosing IGALA membership. Regular Membership includes a subscription to the journal. Click here for information about the journal and IGALA membership.

IGALA organizes a biennial conference, the next one will be held in 2010 at Tsuda College of Tokyo, JAPAN. IGALA also launched its journal, Gender and Language, in 2006.

 

Note: The Proceedings of the IGALA5 Conference held at Victoria University of  Wellington in July 2008 are now available. The cost for the DVD and postage is NZ$20 (Order form available from IGALA Publications page).