ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
OPENING & CLOSING REMARKS:
Professor Deborah Cameron (University of Oxford)
Professor David Parkin (University of Oxford)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr Erez Levon (Queen Mary University of London)
Parodying Whiteness: Die Antwoord and the politics of race in South Africa
Professor Norma Mendoza-Denton (University of California, Los Angeles)
By boys for boys: The entanglement of designers, objects, and players in videogame interactions
Dr Catherine Miller (Aix-Marseille Universite)
Language and ethnic Ideologies in Sudan. In Whose words?
Professor Michael Silverstein (University of Chicago)
Voicing, indexical defaults, and the tropology of identity
* Click on the titles in order to view the abstracts
SOMERVILLE COLLEGE
Somerville College was one of the first women's colleges at the University of Oxford, and has since then been renowned for its progressive environment, outstanding academic achievements, and a host of famous alumni.
Located in the heart of Jericho, northern Oxford, the college is a few blocks away from the historic city centre, and in close walking distance to the main bus and train station.
The conference will be held in Somerville's large Flora Anderson Hall just off of the main quad. Find a site map here, to help you find your way around.
If you are travelling to Oxford via the London Airports, an easy way to go is by bus. All airports offer bus services directly from the airport to Oxford's main bus station, Gloucester Green.
Click here to access links to the airport and bus service websites.
If you are arriving by train, Somerville college is only a 10 minute walk away. You can find a map and directions from the train station as well as from the central bus station, here.
*The Language, Indexicality and Belonging Conference is an organisation which contracts with the College for the use/hire of facilities, but which has no formal connection with Somerville College.