February - 2023

IGALA Blog

Sharing research about language, gender and sexuality

Welcome to the IGALA blog!

The IGALA blog is a free and open space in which scholars interested in the field of language, gender and sexuality can introduce, discuss and display their research.

People who contribute to the IGALA blog can be at any stage of their career, from any part of the world and write in the language of their choice (providing a translation in English to allow the widest access).

If you carry out research within the field of language, gender and sexuality and you’d like to share it with the IGALA community don’t hesitate to get in touch with the blog coordinator at: angela.zottola@unito.it.

The IGALA blog, in addition to traditional blog entries, also welcomes contributions in the form of:

Commentary pieces
Research nibs from on-going work
Tributes to language, gender and sexuality scholars
Media analysis
Interviews with experts in the field
Video presentations

Muslim Women and Multilingualism: When Religion and Gender Converge

Dear IGALA community, We are very happy to be back again this month with a new blog post on language, gender and sexuality-related research. Below you can read about multilingualism and gendered immigrant identity in the context of Catalonia, a post written by Farah Ali. Farah is Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at DePauw University, in the USA. Her research interests include media discourse, language ideologies, migration and diaspora, multilingualism, language policy