Past Systemic Conferences

ISFCs

Year	Number	Place	Website	CFP	Abstracts	Photos
2023	48th	Sousse, Tunisia	web		Conf Programme Institute Programme
2022	47th	Shenzhen University, China	web		Programme
2019	46th	Santiago, Chile	web	CFP	Programme
2018	45th	Boston College, Boston, U.S.A.	web		Abstracts Programme
2017	44rd	Wollongong, NSW, Australia	web		Plenaries, abstracts
2016	43rd	Bandung, Indonesia	web	CFP
2015	42th	Aachen, Germany	web	CFP	Programme, Abstracts
2014	41th	Mendoza, Argentina	web	CFP	Plenary Abstracts
2013	40th	Guangzhou, China	web		Paper Abstracts
2012	39th	Sydney	web		Proceedings Paper Abstracts Plenary videos
2011	38th	Lisbon	web		Abstracts Plenary videos	Photos
2010	37th	Vancouver	web		Abstracts Some presentations	Photos
2009	36th	Beijing	web		Abstracts Plenary PDFs
2008	35th	Sydney	web		Abstracts Proceedings
2007	34th	Odense, Denmark				Photos
2006	33th	São Paulo, Brazil	web		Proceedings	Photos
2005	32nd	Sydney	web		Abstracts	Photos
2004	31st	Kyoto, Japan	web	cfp		Photos
2003	30th	Lucknow, India	web		Abstracts 1 Abstracts 2 Abstracts 3	Photos
2002	29th	Liverpool, England			Abstracts	Photos
1997	24th	Toronto, Canada			Abstracts	Photos

2023

March 16-17	Pre-Congress Institute before ISFC	Sousse, Tunisia
March 18-21	International SFL Conference	Sousse, Tunisia	Abstracts by: November 19th, 2022
March	North American SFL Association meeting	Within the AAAL meeting, Portland, Oregon
June 15-17	European SFL Conference	Vigo, Spain	Abstracts by: 20-01-2023
September 25-29	Latin American SFL Conference	Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
November 13-16	2nd International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group (SFLIG) Conference.	Online	Abstracts by: 30 April 2023
November 21	Pre-conference Institute before ASFLA Conference	University of Wollongong, NSW
November 22-24	Australian SFL Association Conference	University of Wollongong, NSW

2022

March 19-22	North American SFL Association meeting	Within the AAAL meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 21-23	Pre-Congress Institute before International SFL Conference	Shenzhen University, China
July 25-29	International SFL Conference	Shenzhen University, China	Abstracts by 15 January, 2022
August 24-26	European SFL Conference	Odense, Denmark	Abstracts by: 1st March, 2022
September 23-25	Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference	Macquarie University, Sydney	Abstracts by: 17th April 2022
September 30-October 2	Graduate Student North America Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (GRADNASFLA) Symposium	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA	Abstracts by: July 17.
November 23-25	17th ALSFAL conference	Universidad Nacional de La Pampa & Universidad Nacional de Cuyo	Videoconferencing only. Abstracts due by 7th May, 2022.
November 30-Dec. 2	Forum on Sound Semiotics and Systemic Phonology	Australian Catholic University, North Sydney

2019

July 1-5	Third International Legitimation Code Theory Conference	Johannesburg, South Africa
July 1,2	Pre-Conference Institute before ESFLC	School of Education and Social Sciences, Leiria, Portugal
July 3-5	European SFL Conference (ESFLC)	Polytechnic Institute, Leiria, Portugal	January 25, 2019
July 17-19	Pre-conference institute before ISFC	Santiago, Chile
July 22-26	International SFL Conference (ISFC)	Santiago, Chile	December 17, 2018
Sept 30-Oct. 1	Australian SFL Association Pre-conference Institute	University of Sydney
Oct. 2-4	Australian SFL Association Conference	University of Sydney
Oct 19-20	Japanese SFL Association Conference	Hiroshima

2018

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
June 25-26	The Nottingham Workshop 2018	Nottingham, U.K.
July 5-7	European SFL Conference	Pavia, Italy
July 19-21	Pre-conference workshops before ISFLA	Boston College, Boston, USA
September 3-7	5th LinC-Summer School and Workshop on SFL and Register & Context	Aachen, Germany
September 26-28	Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference	Adelaide, South Australia	2nd March, 2018
October 20-21	International Forum of Systemic Functional Linguistics	Peking University, China	July 15, 2018
October 8-12	XIV Latin American SFL Conference	Puebla, Mexico

2017

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
June 29-July 1	European SFL Conference	Salamanca, Spain
November 10-16	XIII Latin American SFL Conference	Cordoba, Argentina
November 20-22	International Colloquium on Systemic Functional Language Typology	Santiago, Chile
December 1-3	2nd Halliday-Hasan International Forum on Language	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), Guangzhou, China

2016

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
February 17,18	Ruqaiya Hasan A Life in Linguistics	Macquarie University, Sydney
April 10	NASFLA (North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association) Meeting within AAAL	Fairmont Royal York, Main Mezzanine, Territories (Room 19), 12:45pm to 1:55pm.
July 13-15	European SFL Conference	Salzburg	January 7
August 31-Sept. 2	LINC Summer School in SFL	Cardiff, UK
September 5-10	XII Latin-American SFL Conference	Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia
September 26	Pre-conference institutes before ASFLA	North Sydney campus of The Australian Catholic University
September 27-29	Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ASFLA) Conference	North Sydney campus of The Australian Catholic University	April 1, 2016
December 3-4	1st Halliday-Hasan International Forum on Language and Inaugural Lecture Series	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China	31 October, 2016

2015

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
Feb. 18, 19	2nd Appraisal Symposium	University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia	November 30.
March 26-28	Tunisian SFL Conference and Workshop	Hammamet, Tunisia	November 30, 2014
April 10	North American SFL Association meeting	within the AAAL Conference, Hilton Orlando, Lake Highland B., Orlando Florida (12:45-1:55pm)
April 13-15	1st Korean SFL Conference	Pusan National University
September 28	Pre-conference institute before Australian SFL Association conference	St Lucia campus, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
September 29-Oct. 1	Australian SFL Association conference (ASFLA)	St Lucia campus, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
October 26-30	XI Congreso ALSFAL	Federal University at Santa Maria (UFSM) and Centro Universitário Franciscano (UNIFRA), Brazil
Nov. 6	Change and diachrony in language and text: a conference in honour of David Banks	Université Paris Diderot
Dec. 12-16	International Conference on Functional Language Typology	Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dec. 18-20	International Conference on the Language of Evaluation	Jinan, Shandong Province, P. R. China.	October 10

2014

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
July 10-12	European SFL Conference (ESFLC)	Paris, France	February 15
September 8-10	3rd LinC Summer School and Workshop in Systemic Functional Linguistics	Cardiff, Wales
September 29-October 2	ASFLA 2014 Conference (Australian SFL)	University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia	March 31
October 9-10	10th Nordic workshop on SFL	Stockholm	May 15
October	Chinese Discourse Analysis Conference	Xi'an, China

2013

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
May 30	4th PolySystemic Language and Education Symposium	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
June 5-8	Applied Linguistics Perspectives on Content and Language Integrated Learning (ALP-CLIL)	Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain
July 1-3	24th European SFL Conference and Worshop (ESFLCW)	Coventry, U.K.
July 8-12	Pre-congress Institute before ISFC	SUN YAT-SEN University, Guangzhou, China	February 15, 2013
July 15-19	40th ISFC	SUN YAT-SEN University, Guangzhou, China	February 15, 2013
July 21-22	MUST 5 - Multisystemiotic Talks	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	April 15, 2013
October 1-3	Australian SFL Association meeting	Melbourne	April 1, 2013.
October 8-11	IX Congreso ALSFAL (Latin American SFL Association)	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	June 15, 2013
October 12, 13	JASFL 2013 Autumn Conference	Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan
Nov. 30-Dec. 1	OTF Workshop	Oita, Japan	October 31, 2013

2012

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
February 6-8	2nd Register and Context symposium	Macquarie University	Nov. 1, 2011
July 9-12	European SFL Conference and Workshop	Bertinoro, Italy	January 15, 2012
September 24-27	Institute before VIII Congreso ALSFAL	Montevideo, Uruguay
September 27-29	VIII Congreso ALSFAL (Asociación Latinoamericana de Lingüística Sistémico-Funcional)	Montevideo, Uruguay

2011

April 16	JASFL Spring Meeting	Aichi Gakuin University, Sakae Satellite Center, Sakae, Nagoya
June 10	AFLSF Séminaire National (SFL Association of France)	Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France	Contact David Banks
July 18-22	Institute before ISFC 2011	University of Lisbon, Portugal
September 20	ASFLA pre-conference day on linguistics in education	Armidale, NSW
September 21-23	Australian SFL Association conference	Armidale, NSW	April 15
October 8, 9	JASFL Autumn Conference	Sophia University, Tokyo
October 19-22	VII International Congress of the Latin American Systemic Functional Linguistic Association	Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina	September 10
November 10-12	12th Chinese Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference	Communication University of PLA and the Nanjing Normal University	April 30
November 17-18	7th Nordic SFL workshop	Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden

2010

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
April 7-10	Ninth China Systemics Week	Huazhong Normal University at Huhan, China
May 8	JASFL 2010 Spring Meeting	Doshisha University (Imadegawa Campus), Kyoto
July 5-7	Summer School before 22nd European SFL Conference and Workshop	University of Koper, Slovenia
July 9-12	22nd European SFL Conference and Workshop	University of Koper, Slovenia	February 15 2010
July 12-16	ISFC Pre-conference Intitute	University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 18-23	37th International Systemic-Functional Congress	University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada	29 January, 2010
Sept. 27-28	ASFLA Preconference Institute	Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Australia
Sept. 29-Oct. 1	Australian SFL Association (ASFLA) Annual Conference	Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Australia
October 5,6	Pre-conference Institute, ALSFAL Annual Conference	Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
October 7-9	ALSFAL Annual Conference (Association of SFL in Latin American)	Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil	18 July, 2010
October 9, 10	JASFL 2010 Autumn Conference	Niigata University, Niigata
November 5	12th Discourse Analysis Conference, China	Tongji University at Shanghai, China
December 5	Oita Text Forum	Oita, Japan	31st October

2009

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
July 8-10	21st European SFL Conference and Workshop	Cardiff, Wales, UK	1st February 2009
July 10-12	ISFC pre-conference institute	Beijing Normal University, China
July 14-18	ISFC 2009	Tsinghua University, Beijing, China	March 31st, 2009
August 26-28	MUST-3: 3d Finnish Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Multisemiotics	Helsinki, Finland	26 June 2009
Sept. 28,29	ASFLA Pre-Conference Institite	Queensland University of Technology (Kelvin Grove campus), Australia
Sept. 30-Oct 2	Australian SFL Association (ASFLA) Annual Conference	Queensland University of Technology (Kelvin Grove campus), Australia	30 April 2009
November 2-7	ALSFAL Annual Conference (Association of SFL in Latin American)	Mar del Plata, Argentina	July 30
December 5-7	Indonesian Systemics Society International Conference 2009	Malang, East Java, Indonesia	(Registration form)

2008

Date	Conference	Location	Deadline
March 10-14	8th Chinese Systemics Week	University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China
April 19	JASFL 2008 Spring Meeting	Kyorin University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
June 9, 10	2nd Finnish Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Multisemiotic Discourse Analysis (MUST-2)	University of Helsinki, Helsinki
June 11-13	European SFL Conference & Workshop	Helsinki, Finland	29 February
June 30-July 5	Summer School in Critical Discourse Analysis & Social Research	Lancaster University, UK	10 March 2008
July 4-6	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia	University of Sydney, Australia
July 7-11	Australian Linguistics Institute	University of Sydney
July 10-11	Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines '08	University of Hertfordshire	November 30
July 14-18	Pre-ISFC Winter Institute	Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia	Registration open
July 21-26	ISFC 2008	Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
July 30-Aug 1	4th International Conference on Multimodality	Singapore
Aug 13-15	2nd HCLS Conference - "Translation, Language Contact, and Multilingual Communication"	The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong	18 April 2008
Aug 14-15	University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society	Petaling Jaya, Malaya	15 May 2008
August 18-22	11th Chinese National Conference on Discourse	Xiamen University, China

2007

Date	Conference	Location	Submission Deadline
June 16	JASFL Spring Workshop	Mukogawa Women's University
June 29-July 1	Australian SFL Conference	University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia	31 March 2007
July 4-6	1st Finnish Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Multisemiotic Discourse Analysis	University of Helsinki, Helsinki	April 15, 2007.
July 10-14	Summer school before ISFC 2007	Odense, Denmark
July 16-20	ISFC 2007	Odense, Denmark	May 1, 2007
July 23-25	19th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop	Saarbrücken, Germany	Jan 31 2007
Oct. 6-7	1st Int.Sydney Free Linguistics Conference (FreeLing 2007)	Sydney, Australia	30 March 2007
October 20-21	JASFL Autumn Conference	Ritsumeikan University, Biwako Kusatsu Campus, Shiga	Aug 31
November 26-30	3th Congress of the SFL Association of Latin America (ALSFAL)	Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Mexico	July 31, 2007
Nov. 29-Dec. 1	Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference	University of Technology, Sydney	July 30
Dec. 5-7	1st HCLS Conference on "Becoming a World Language: the growth of Chinese, English and Spanish"	City University of Hong Kong	25 August
Dec. 6-7	SYNLAC Workshop 2007: Language & Culture	University of Sydney	October 31
December 10-12	Semiotic margins: Reclaiming Meaning	University of Sydney	25 August

2006

Date	Conference	Location	Submission Deadline
September 27-29	Australian SFL Association Conference	University of New England, Armidale, NSW	April 7 2006
November 9-10	1st Meeting of the Indonsesian SFL Association	Jakarta State University
November 9-10	2nd Nordic SFL Workshop	Göteborg, Sweden
December 5-7	International TEFLIN seminar	Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga, Central Java
December 14	Meeting on Application of Systemics to Japanese Grammar and Discourse	Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 311, University of Sydney

International Systemic-Functional Congress (ISFC)

Past Conferences:

33rd ISFC 2006 (São Paulo, Brazil) Congress: 10-15 July; Pre-conference institute: 6-8 July; Post-conference institute: 17-19 July. Venue: Catholic University, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Theme: SFL and Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Convenor: Lelia Barbara.

32nd International Systemic-Functional Linguistics Congress, July 17-22, 2005 University of Sydney, Australia.
31st International Systemic-Functional Linguistics Congress, August 30-Sept 4, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.
30th IFSC 2003 (Lucknow, India), December 2003.
29th IFSC 2002 (Liverpool University, UK), 15th - 19th July 2002. Convener Geoff Thompson. Conference Theme: Systemic Linguistics and the Corpus.
28th IFSC 2001 (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada): Congress Theme: Systemic Functional Grammar and Critical Discourse Analysis. Congress dates: July 22-28, 2001. Inquiries: isfc28@carleton.ca Web: www.carleton.ca/isfc28/.
In conjunction with the Systemic Functional Linguistics Summer Institute, July 8-21, 2001. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Inquiries: isfc28@carleton.ca and Web: www.carleton.ca/isfc28/. Institute Directors: Young, Benson and Greaves. Institute Staff: Fahey, Spinks, Benson, Greaves, Fries, Mohan, Downes. .
27th ISFC 2000 (University of Melbourne): Congress Theme: Traversing Boundaries: SF Theory in New Contexts. 9th - 14th July, 2000. Organisers: Fran Christie, Graeme Baker & Kristina Love.

26th ISFC 1999(Singapore): 20th-30th July. Contact Joe Foley ellfoley@leonis.nus.sg.

25th ISFC 1998 (Cardiff, Wales): 13-18th July. Conference Theme: "Modelling language in Use". Pre-congress institute: 6-10 July 1998. Micharl Cummings describes the conference here.

24th ISFC 1997 (Toronto): July 21-25, 1997. Toronto, Canada. Theme: 'Learning How to Mean: transdisciplinary perspectives on language in context'. [Abstracts, CFP]

Euro-International Systemic Functional Workshop (ISW)

Past Conferences:

18th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference & Workshop, July 20-22 2006, Gorizia (Trieste), Italy
17th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference & Workshop, Aug 1-4, 2005, Kings College London, England.
16th Euro-International Systemic Workshop, July 28-31, 2004, Miraflores del la Sierra, Madrid, Spain.

2003 Leeds: The 15th Euro-International Systemic Functional Linguistics Workshop July 20-23rd 2003 School of Modern Language and Cultures, University of Leeds, UK. Theme: "Contrast".
EISFW 2002. University Of Lisbon, Portugal. 24-27 July 2002. Organisers: Carlos A. M. Gouveia, Cecília Lopes da Costa, Emília Ribeiro Pedro, Luísa Azuaga, Sandra Barcelos. Topic: "Issues in Language Description: Rethinking Systemic Functional Theory?".
Web: http://www.fl.ul.pt/DEA/14eisflw/Index.htm
EISFW 2001: July 16-19, 2001: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France. Conference Theme: "Text and Texture". Organisers: David Banks, Simon Eason, Janet Ormrod. Email: David.Banks@univ-brest.fr
EISFW2000 (Glasgow University, Scotland). July 19-22, 2000. Conference Theme: Systemic Functional Linguistics, Computing and Corpus Studies. Organising Chair: Florence Davies. For more details see: the conference homepage.

EISFW 99 (University of Gent, Belgium): 14-17 July 1999. Theme: Metaphor In Systemic-Functional Perspectives. For more information, see: http://bank.rug.ac.be/mt/workshop/

EISFW 98 (Liverpool, UK): Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 July 1998. Organiser: Geoff Thompson. Theme: Interpersonal Meanings and Systems. For more information, see: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~geoff9/workshop.html .

EISFW 97 (Halle, Germany): July 2-6, 1997. Organiser: Eija Ventola. To see attendee address list, click here. To see photos taken at the conference, click here.

Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ASFLA)

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Past Meetings:

2002 Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 5-7 July, 2002. Send abstracts of up to 300 words to naomicarter@ozemail.com.au by March 31st, 2002. For more info, contact alukin@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au. See the brochure. ASFLA 99 Spring School and Conference: Spring School: (Tue pm) 28 September - (Fri pm) 1 October 1999. Conference: (Fri am) 1 October - (Sun pm) 3 October 1999. Location: St Leo's College, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Organisers: Margaret Albury (margaret.albury@qed.qld.gov.au) and Lenore Ferguson (lenore.ferguson@qed.qld.gov.au). Web Site: http://www.adelaide.net.au/~asfla/ASFLA/info99.html.
Children's Language: Conversations across disciplines, December 15, 16 17, 1999 Sydney University.
ASFLA-98: 28th - 30th September, The Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of South Australia. Organisers: John Polias (jpolias@nexus.edu.au); Brian Dare; John Walsh. Conference Theme: Consolidation, Connection, Exploration.
ASFLA-97: 3rd October - 5th October, University Of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia. Organiser: bill_winser@uow.edu.au
Held in conjunction with: ASFLA Spring School, 29th September - 3rd October, University Of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia. Organiser: Kim Roser (Kim_Roser@uow.edu.au).
Reading Images Summer School: An interactive course focusing on the description and analysis of the relation between language and alternative modes of representation. December 8-12, 1997. University of Sydney. For more information, email: Jim Martin (jmartin@mail.usyd.edu.au) or RickIedema (r.iedema@unsw.edu.au).
Multimodal Workshop: A workshop focusing on the relation between language and alternative modalities of representation. December 15-17, 1997. University of Sydney. For more information, email: Jim Martin (jmartin@mail.usyd.edu.au) or RickIedema (r.iedema@unsw.edu.au).

Chinese Systemic Workshop

Past Conferences:

9th Chinese National Conference on Discourse Analysis, October 22-24, Shandong University, China.
5th National Systemic-Functional Conference: Chongqing, China July 15-17, 1997.

Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics

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Past Meetings:

1999 Fall Conference of the Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics. November 13th and 14th, 1999, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Yokohama).
1997 Fall Conference Of The Japan Association Of Systemic Functional Linguistics: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Japan. Saturday and Sunday 25 & 26 October. Jissen Women's University, Hino City, Tokyo.

Misc.

International Conference on "Research and Practice in Professional Discourse", 15 - 19 Nov 2000, City University of Hong Kong. Hosted by Centre for English Language Education & Communication Research. [Call for Papers] [Workshop Schedule] website: http://Prof.Discourse2000.cityu.edu.hk
International Congress on World Languages In Multilingual Contexts, January 3-7, 2001. Hosted By: Central Institute Of English And Foreign Languages (CIEFL) Alumni Association, Hyderabad, South India.