This year’s recipients for the New Millennium Book Award, given by the Society of Medical Anthropology, were Charles L. Briggs & Clara Mantini-Briggs. They received the… Read More »Charles Briggs Receives Society of Medical Anthropology Book Award
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is pleased to announce, through a very generous gift from Jenny Cook-Gumperz, the establishment of an endowment fund in honor… Read More »SLA Endowment for John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize
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
The submission deadline HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 15, 2017. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014, this award honors an SLA… Read More »SLA Public Outreach Award Deadline Extension to 10/15
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
The AAA Working Group on Non-Tenure Track Employment in Anthropology is setting up an online community to address issues of precarious faculty employment in anthropology.… Read More »New initiative by AAA for non-tenure track faculty
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 AAA announcement for the spring balloting is now open. I write to remind everyone of the importance of voting. In addition to the AAA ballots… Read More »Update from SLA President, Bonnie Urciuoli
The Catalan Sociolinguistics Society, under the aegis of the Institute for Catalan Studies, has announced that the 15th annual Modest Reixach Prize will be awarded… Read More »Congratulations to SLA Member, Ignasi Clemente!
The deadline for submitting nominations is October 1, 2017. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014, this award honors an SLA member… Read More »SLA Award for Public Outreach & Community Service: Call for Nominations
Rick Parmentier, Anna Babel and Ilana Gershon January 24, 2017 SLA interview with Rick Parmentier Rick Parmentier What article or book that you wrote are… Read More »Rick Parmentier’s Reflection upon Retirement
Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund Call for Proposals Deadline: October 1, 2018 for 2019 conferences SLA announces an initiative to fund conference submissions promoting the… Read More »2018 SLA Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund CFP Application