Systemic Conferences by Organisation
International Systemic-Functional Congress (ISFC)
The Major Systemic Conference, held since the Seventies.
Future Conferences:
- 35th
ISFC 2008
(Macquarie
University, Sydney, Australia). Main conference: July 21-26. Preceded
by the Winter Institute at the University of New South Wales, 14-18
July, details here.
- 36th ISFC 2009 (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China). July
14-18 (provisional).
Organised by Professors Luo Lisheng and Fang Yan. Preceded by a
pre-conference institute at Beijing Normal University July 11-13
(provisional dates).
- 37th
ISFC 2010 (University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Canada. July 18-23. Pre-conference Institute July 12-16
- 38th ISFC 2011 University of Lisbon, Portugal
European Systemic
Functional Linguistics Conference & Workshop
(ESFLCW)
A European branch of the school. Initially known as the
Nottingham
Systemic Workshop, and then changed to the Euro-Internalional
Systemic-Functional Workshop. As of 2005, it is known as the European
SFL Conference and Workshop. In recent years, conferences have been in
Nottingham (1992), Madrid (1993), Antwerp (1994), Valencia (1995),
Nottingham (1996), Halle (1997), Liverpool (1998), Gent (1999), Glasgow
(2000). Brest (2001), Lisbon (2002), Leeds (2003), Miraflores, Spain
(2004) London (2005), Gorizia, Italy (2006), Saarbrucken, Germany
(2007).
Future Conferences:
- 2008 Helsinki, Finland. 20th ESFLCW.
June
11-13. Conference theme: Linguistic and multisemiotic challenges in
Europe and the World. Convenors:
Eija Ventola, Susanna Shore
Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics
Association (ASFLA)
The Australian branch of the school. See their web-site here. Recent
meetings have
been in Adelaide (??), Brisbane (1994), Sydney (??), Wollongong
(1997), Adelaide (1998), Sydney (2002), Adelaide (2003), Brisbane
(2004).
Future Meetings:
The Chinese branch of the school. Alternates between the Chinese
Systemic Conference, and a conference on discourse analysis.
- 8th Chinese Systemics Week, March 10-14, 2008,
University of Science and Technology Beijing. Main speakers include
Robin Fawcett (Cardiff), Hu Zhuanglin (Peking), Fang Yan (Tsinghua) and
Huang Guowen (Sun Yat-sen). Convenor: Dr. HE Wei
(francesweihe@yahoo.com.cn).
- 11th Chinese National Conference on Discourse, August
18-22, 2008. Xiamen University. Invited speakers include M.A.K.
Halliday (confirmed), Ruqaiya Hasan (confirmed). Convenor: Professor
YANG Xinzhang (xzyang@xmu.edu.cn).
Japan Association of Systemic Functional
Linguistics
The Japanese branch of the school. Click here
to visit
their web-page.
Future Meetings:
- JASFL
Spring Meeting 2008, Venue: Kyorin University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo,
Japan
Saturday, 19 April, 2008. Theme: Systemic Application and Future
Directions in Text Analysis
Latin American Systemic Functional
Association
The Latin American association. See association website here.