SLA Board is happy to announce an opportunity for members with recently published books that they would like to display to the membership at large. A table will be available for members to display new books and share information about them at the 2016 AAAs on Saturday night (11/19).
Please see below a list of events that the Language and Social Justice Task Force is sponsoring and/or participating in at this year’s AAAs in… Read More »Language and Social Justice Task Force events at #AAA2016
SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations The submission deadline is October 15, 2016. Created and awarded for the first time by… Read More »Last Call: Nominations for Public Outreach Award (Oct 15)
Bernard Bate died peacefully in his sleep in March of this year. There will be a memorial session for Barney Bate on Friday, November 18th at 7:45.
Paul Friedrich passed away on August 11. Below please find links to two very moving obituaries. William Beeman has arranged a remembrance session to be held at AAA on Friday November 18.
The SLA board has concluded its search and is pleased to announce that Paul Kockelman will be the next Editor of the Journal of Linguistic… Read More »Announcement of new JLA Editor
SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service The submission deadline is October 15, 2016. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014,… Read More »SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations
Just a quick reminder to the SLA membership that the AAA election deadline is May 31st. So if you haven’t already voted, please do so… Read More »AAA/SLA election reminder
Society for Linguistic Anthropology 2016 Undergraduate Student Essay Contest Deadline: June 30, 2016 Calling all linguistic anthropology undergraduates! Do you have a stellar research paper… Read More »SLA 2016 Undergraduate Essay Contest
The Executive Board of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. The editorship is a three year term, beginning September 1, 2016.
Dear SLA Colleagues, Greetings! We are writing to encourage you to consider nominating yourself for one of two open SLA positions in the 2016 AAA… Read More »Call for Nominations — Open until February 10, 2016
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites submissions of graduate student papers for the 2016 Graduate Student Essay Prize.
Papers should be submitted by the deadline, Friday March 11, 2016.
Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund Call for Proposals Deadline: October 1, 2016 for 2017 Conferences SLA announces an initiative to fund conference submissions promoting the… Read More »SLA Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund CFP & Application
Volume 25, Issue 3 Pages 239–364 Articles Inscribing the Miraculous Place: Writing and Ritual Communication in the Chapel of a Guatemalan Popular Saint (pages 239–255)… Read More »New Issue Alert: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (December 2015)
Core Committee Established The SLA Committee for Language and Social Justice has now established its core committee, and is proud to welcome the new core committee… Read More »Update on the SLA Committee for Language and Social Justice
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology was proud to award the following prizes at the 114th AAA Annual Meeting in Denver: ♦ Sapir Award Kristina Wirtz… Read More »2015 SLA Prize Winners
[Edit 9 December 2015] The SLA Committee for Language and Social Justice has now established its core committee. Individuals who are interested in participating in… Read More »SLA Committee on Language and Social Justice Call for Volunteers (open through November 25)
The Edward Sapir Book Prize was established in 2001 and is awarded to a book that makes the most significant contribution to our understanding of… Read More »Announcing the 2015 Sapir Prize Entries
Don’t forget to vote in AAA and SLA elections by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on May 31st.
The annual business meeting of the SLA in Washington DC was attended by about 150 people, and proved to be a lively and informative event.… Read More »AN News: “Report on the 2014 SLA Business Meeting” by Aaron Ansell (Virginia Tech)