Systemic Conferences Past

Past Systemic Conferences

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.