Conferences
ASFLA holds annual conferences presenting research into and applications of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Below are links which outline presentations, venues, dates and other details of past and upcoming conferences, organised by ASFLA as well as other associations working with Systemic Functional Linguistics.
ISFC 2008 Congress
Venue: Macquarie University
The theme of the 35th ISFC is Voices Around the World, emphasizing the rich multi-faceted nature of contributions to systemic functional linguistics around the world and the centrality of all the regions that make up the global systemic functional community and promoting regional resonances and complementarities. Like the theme of previous ISFCs, this theme is intended to be broad and inclusive. It is intended to be multiply interpretable, promoting regional contributions in terms of languages, metalanguages (different “dialects” and “registers” of systemic functional linguistics), contexts of research and application, institutional environments. Congress website.
Pre-ISFC2008 Winter Institute
Venue: Macquarie University
The Theme of the Pre-International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress 2008 Winter Institute is Enabling researchers and teachers. The Institute will offer courses aimed at enabling participants to carry out their research and practice teaching by offering new insights into language studies to advance ongoing projects and new skills to shed new light on teaching, and obtaining new materials such as reference documents. Institute website.
Disciplinarity, Knowledge and Language
Venue: University of Sydney
A symposium on Disciplinarity, Knowledge and Language is to be held at the University of Sydney, December 8-10, 2008, sponsored by ASFLA, the School of Letters, Art and Media and the School of Social and Political Studies.
The symposium builds on and extends the highly successful Reclaiming Knowledge symposium held at the University of Sydney in December 2004 that gave rise to Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy (Christie & Martin, eds 2007). This brought together systemic linguists and Bernsteinian sociologists to explore forms of discourse. The next step is to explore different forms of knowledge - the focus of the proposed symposium. Symposium website.
Notes for Conference Organisers (revised)
Terms and Conditions
Refunds for cancellations are payable at the discretion of the ASFLA executive or conference committee as appropriate. Refunds may be subject to an administration fee (minimum 10%) to cover any costs the association may have incurred. In the event of a conference being cancelled by the association all monies will be refunded in full.