Systemic Conferences by Organisation

NOTE: this page is phasing out. Please refer to the Conferences by Date page here.

International Systemic-Functional Congress (ISFC)

The Major Systemic Conference, held since the Seventies.

Future Conferences: 

  • 39th ISFC 2012 Sydney, 16-20 July, UTS, Sydney. Chair: Sue Hood. Preceded by a pre-Congress Institute: 9-13 July at University of Sydney
  • 40th ISFC 2013 Guangzhou, China
    • Convenors: HUANG Guowen and CHANG Chenguang.
  • 41st ISFC 2014 Mendoza, Argentina

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), Helsinki (2008), Cardiff (2009), Koper (2010):

Future Conferences:

  • 2011 No Meeting due to ISFC being in Lisbon this year.
  • 2012 Bertinoro, Italy. Convenor: Donna Miller. 9-11 July. Abstracts due by: 15 January, 2012.
  • 2013 Coventry, England. Convenor: Sheena Gardner

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), Armidale (2006), Sydney (2007), Kelvin Grove(2009), Adelaide (2010).

Future Meetings:

  • 2011 ASFLA 2011: Armidale. September 21-23. Deadline for papers: April 15. Preconference Day (20th) on Language and Education. Convenors: Mary Macken-Horarik, Di Hansford.

Chinese Systemic Workshop

The Chinese branch of the school. Alternates between the Chinese Systemic Conference, and a conference on discourse analysis.
  • 12th Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference: November 10-12, 2011. Location: Communication University of PLA and the Nanjing Normal University in Nanjin. Plenaries include: Halliday, Hasan, Martin and Matthiessen. Conference fee:700 RMB (students:350RMB). Abstracts due: April 30th. Working languages: Chinese and English. Contact: sfg2011@126.com.

Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics

The Japanese branch of the school. Click here to visit their web-page.

 Future Meetings:

  • JASFL 2011 Spring Meeting: April 16 2pm-5pm, Aichi Gakuin University, Sakae Satellite Center, Sakae, Nagoya. Contact: Makoto Sasaki.
  • JASFL 2011 Autumn Conference: October 8, 9, Sophia University, Tokyo. Contact: Makoto Sasaki.

Latin American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association

The Latin American association. See association website here. 		October 19-22, 2011. Theme: "FROM GENRE TO CLAUSE: SFL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY". Convenor: Elsa Ghio