The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at both undergraduate and graduate levels. In order to be eligible for one of… Read More »Reminder: Annual Student Essay Prizes (Undergrad & Grad)
Dear all, We hope you have had a good holiday time. We would like to share with you the poster for the event “Reclaiming New Speakers, Revising Old Authenticities:… Read More »October 6 Event, 12-2pm EST: Reclaiming New Speakers, Revising Old Authenticities: Basque, Catalan, and Galician in 2022
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at both undergraduate and graduate levels. In order to be eligible for one of… Read More »Annual Student Essay Prizes: Call for Papers
This award honors an SLA member or members for work that effectively impacts public awareness of social issues involving language and communication and/or represents a… Read More »SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations
Hi all, Friendly reminder that the deadline to register for AAA and complete all Speaker- Portal tasks has been extended next Monday, September 26th, 2022.… Read More »Reminder about AAA Registration/Speaker Portal
Lynnette Arnold and Anna Corwin Lynnette Arnold is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She has served… Read More »Strengthening Social Justice Pedagogies: Creating Space(s) for Dialogue
Dear SLA members: SLA 2022 is only a few weeks away! Our dedicated team of 7 faculty and 55 student volunteers is looking forward to… Read More »SLA Equitable Access Fund
Do you want feedback on your latest writing project? Would you like to meet collegial peers from other institutions? Would a friendly deadline help you… Read More »Junior Scholars Workshop at SLA Boulder 2022
The upcoming SLA Boulder 2022 conference (Apr. 7-9) will have 450+ presentations taking place in-person and on Gather. You won’t want to miss it! Today… Read More »SLA Boulder 2022- Important Deadlines Today! (Mon. Feb. 14)
[This is an excerpt from Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta which won the SLA New Voices 2021 Book Prize] This book is… Read More »Book Excerpt: “Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta”
Today marks the one-week countdown to the SLA 2022 Updates and New Submissions deadline of Monday, February 14. Please join our keynotes Letícia Cesarino, Michel DeGraff, Angela Reyes, and Virginia Zavala in Boulder on April 7-9 and/or… Read More »One-Week Countdown for SLA 2022 Updates & Submissions (due Feb. 14)
Dear SLA 2022 attendees and potential attendees, We’re excited to let you know that the virtual track of SLA 2022 will be hosted in Gather.town.… Read More »SLA 2022 Virtual Track Email Announcement
SLA 2022, to be held in Boulder, Colorado on April 7-9, is now accepting new submissions for panels, roundtables, workshops, papers, and posters at the New… Read More »New Submissions for Spring 2022 SLA Boulder Conference (due Feb. 14)
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) announces the John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize competition. Each year the Society for Linguistic Anthropology confers an… Read More »SLA 2022 John Gumperz Graduate Student Essay Prize
Every year the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) confers an award for a distinguished undergraduate research paper. The selected winner will be given a cash… Read More »SLA Undergraduate Essay Contest
Congratulations to 2021 Awardees (2021 Prizes & Awards) Congratulations to 2021 awardees for the New Voices Book Prize, Edward Sapir Book Prize, Public Outreach and… Read More »Congratulations to 2021 Awardees & Welcome to New Incoming Officers!
In addition to curating the Society for Linguistic Anthropology’s Facebook page, I have my own account for connecting with friends. Recently I’ve seen several posts… Read More »Presupposition and “Occupy facebook with art”
Compiled by Lynnette Arnold from recommendations on LingAnth listserv Oct 2021 -Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce,… Read More »Recommended Readings Methods for Online Research in Linguistic Anthropology
By Eva Rothenberg One of the first ambitious proposals put forth by the Biden administration has caused a linguistic schism between Democrats and Republicans, the… Read More »An Unconventional Plan
The submission deadline is October 1, 2021. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014, this award honors an SLA member or members… Read More »SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations