SIGN10 announcement and Call for Papers
iSLanDS is excited to report that the next SIGN conference, SIGN10, will take place in Trinidad & Tobago from Monday 9 to Friday 12 December 2024.
More information about the conference, including the keynote presenters and the Scientific Committee, can be found at the SIGN10 website: https://sites.google.com/view/sign10/home. Information about SIGN10 is also available in French and Spanish.
The SIGN10 conference covers topics related to sign languages and deaf communities, such as
- sign language rights, recognition and laws
- sign languages in education
- sign languages and linguistics
- deaf studies and deaf anthropology
- deaf researchers and academics
- deaf advocacy and policy
As usual, signed abstracts can be submitted instead of written ones, and the deadline for submitting abstracts is Wednesday 31 January 2024. These should be submitted by email to signconference10 [at] gmail [dot] com.
In recent years, SIGN conferences have taken place in Turkey, India, China, Brazil and Poland, and have proven popular with researchers and community members alike, thanks in part to the delivery of all presentations in sign language only (International Sign or a local sign language).
iSLanDS co-Director Nick Palfreyman explained: “Originally SIGN10 was due to take place in Nijmegen, but due to the Covid pandemic the arrangements had to be cancelled. We remain hugely grateful to the team that planned to deliver SIGN10 in Nijmegen, and we are delighted that the SIGN conference series will resume again”.
If you need some tips of how to write an abstract, you can use this template.
Prior to SIGN10, there will be a training event for deaf people from across the Caribbean on topics such as research skills, sign language teaching, curriculum design and policy/advocacy. Further details about this will be shared soon.
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