William Leap August 13, 2018 William Leap is retiring after being a professor of anthropology at American University for 46 years. Ilana Gershon asks him… Read More »William Leap’s Reflections upon Retirement
Ilana Gershon and Zizi Papacharissi August 13, 2018 Linguistic anthropologists sometimes think about applying for jobs in communication departments, which have their own sets of… Read More »Applying for Jobs in Communication Departments
May 2, 2018 Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors of books commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago,… Read More »Editors Edit
Society for Linguistic Anthropology Susan Hill April 2, 2018 In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary shortlisted the noun-turned-verb-turned-gerund “adulting” for its Word of the Year designation. Oxford defined adulting as “the… Read More »#Adulting and the Disordered State of American Adulthood
Society for Linguistic Anthropology Alexandra Jaffe March 7, 2018 Kit Woolard received the 2017 Edward Sapir Book Prize for Singular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority… Read More »Reflections on Kit Woolard’s Singular and Plural
Was #MeToo washed away in baptismal waters? Jon Bialecki January 26, 2018 There is a clip that has been circulating through both conventional broadcast and cable news… Read More »The Highpoint Church Standing Ovation
Society for Linguistic Anthropology Ilana Gershon and Susan Lepselter January 19, 2018 Susan Lepselter won the 2017 Gregory Bateson Book Prize for her book, The Resonance… Read More »Susan Lepselter on Winning the Bateson Book Prize
Society for Linguistic Anthropology Business Meeting Ilana Gershon December 2nd, 2017 President’s Report SLA Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Award This funds conference submissions beyond the AAA… Read More »SLA Business Meeting Report
Stavroula Pipyrou November 21, 2017 In 1999, the implementation of act no. 482 finally created the opportunity to link linguistic minorities in Italy directly with… Read More »Endangered minorities and linguistic pluralism in Italy
Shalini Shankar October 18, 2017 The latest rendition of “sorry, not sorry” is not just topping the Billboard charts. It is also a public relations… Read More »Here’s the Rub on the Dove Skincare Ad
Registration for the inaugural SLA conference is now available here When you register for the meeting you’ll receive information on how to submit an abstract proposal.… Read More »SLA Conference Registration Open
SLA Invited & Co-Sponsored Sessions & Meetings Thursday, November 30 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM – SLA graduate student paper contest: Semiotic processes across scale media, and voice –… Read More »SLA at the AAAs
The SLA Executive Board invites applications from anthropology students interested in serving as the SLA Graduate Student Representative on the leadership body of the organization. … Read More »Call for applications for SLA graduate student representative
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is excited to announce that our association will soon be open to receive submissions to our inaugural conference. The conference… Read More »Preview for Inaugural SLA Spring 2017 Conference
As of the December AAA meetings, Anna Babel will be wrapping up her 3-year term as co-editor for the AN-SLA section news, and Ilana Gershon… Read More »Opening for Anthropology News/SLA Section News Co-editor
SLA Interview with Bonnie Uriciuoli Bonnie Urciuoli. Nancy L. Ford What article or book that you wrote are you most pleased with? Could you talk about… Read More »Bonnie Urciuoli’s Reflections upon Retirement
Anthropology News Column by Aaron Ansell In late 2016, I noticed a peculiar convergence between Brazilian and US politics. In both countries, the political right… Read More »AN News: Right-wing Politics in Brazil: Iconization and Accusations of Corruption
March 7, 2017 Richard Bauman chatted with Ilana Gershon over coffee about his career upon receiving the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology. … Read More »Interview with Richard Bauman, part 2
Richard Bauman chatted with Ilana Gershon over coffee about his career upon receiving the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology. Below is the… Read More »Interview with Richard Bauman, part 1
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) panels and other events at the upcoming AAA Annual Meeting (November 16-20 in Minneapolis,MN) promise to be exciting ones.… Read More »AN News: “SLA at the 2016 AAA Meeting” by Aaron Ansell and Anna Babel