Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC25 Language and Society

Program Coordinators: Frida PETERSSON, PhD (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Keiji FUJIYOSHI (Otemon Gakuin University, Japan) and Rika YAMASHITA (Kanto Gakuin University, Japan)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Discourses of/on Social Inequalities Part 1
Session Organizers: Anna ODROWAZ-COATES and Laura ODASSO

11:00-12:45

Discourses of/on Social Inequalities Part 2
Session Organizers: Dr. Gatitu KIGURU, PhD and Frida PETERSSON, PhD

13:00-14:45

Language, Discourse and Interaction: Exploring Social (in)Justice and Resistance in Institutional Practices
Session Organizer: Frida PETERSSON, PhD

15:00-16:45

Mindsets and Conducts Shaped By Language
Session Organizer: Everlyn KISEMBE

19:00-20:30

Heritage Nexus: Bridging Society, Politics, and Language
Session Organizer: Magdalena LEMAŃCZYK

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Exploring Fluidity and Intersectionality: Language, Gender, and Sexuality in Discourse - Part 1
Session Organizers: Rika YAMASHITA and Johan LINDWALL
Chair: Johan LINDWALL

11:00-12:45

Exploring Fluidity and Intersectionality: Language, Gender, and Sexuality in Discourse - Part 2
Session Organizers: Phyllis MWANGI and Rika YAMASHITA

13:00-14:45

Bridging Critically Oriented Linguistic Research and Welfare Practices: Addressing Contemporary Challenges and Social Injustices
Session Organizers: Annelie DE CABO Y MOREDA and Johan LINDWALL
Chairs: Annelie DE CABO Y MOREDA and Johan LINDWALL

15:00-16:45

Environmental Languages in Traditional and New Media: Actors, Audiences and Discourses in the Face of a Global Threat
Session Organizer: Beatriz XAVIER

19:00-20:30

Language, Identity and Social Relationships
Session Organizer: Frida PETERSSON, PhD

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Understanding Language through Sociological Lens: Power, Ideologies, and Social Impact
Session Organizer: Rika YAMASHITA

11:00-12:45

Language on Environment in Education
Session Organizers: Anna ODROWAZ-COATES and Laura ODASSO

13:00-14:45

Interconnected Challenges, Interdisciplinary Solutions: The Language Barrier
Session Organizers: Beatriz XAVIER and Annelie DE CABO Y MOREDA

15:00-16:45

RC25 Business Meeting

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Language, AI and Stratification
Session Organizer: Amado ALARCON ALARCON

11:00-12:45

Language on Health, Disease and Treatment after COVID-19 Pandemic
Session Organizers: Keiji FUJIYOSHI and Miwako HOSODA

13:00-14:45

Language of Health
Session Organizers: Phyllis MWANGI and Dr. Gatitu KIGURU, PhD

15:00-16:45

Language, Discourse, and Narratives in Religion and Mental Health
Session Organizer: Anna ODROWAZ-COATES

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Language Used in Several Social Spheres
Session Organizer: Everlyn KISEMBE

11:00-12:45

Discourses of Prohibition and Surveillance
Session Organizer: Beatriz XAVIER