By Steven Black Working at the intersection of anthropological subfields often involves thinking laterally, connecting parallel threads of scholarship in distinct subdisciplines. For me, these… Read More »“Transposition Across Subfields”
Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two… Read More »Ask an Editor: Press Editor or Series Editor — What’s the Difference?
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is pleased to announce its second spring conference, to be held April 2-5, 2020 at the Hiltons on Canyon in Boulder, Colorado. SLA 2020… Read More »2020 Spring Conference of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology
Above photo: Interview with Former Headmaster of Boro School, 2018. Fieldwork for Archive for Northeast Indian Languages. By Christina Wasson The United Nations declared 2019 the… Read More »“Creating Online Resources for Language Revitalization”
Society for Linguistic Anthropology Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Award Deadline: October 1, 2019 for conferences in 2020 SLA announces an initiative to fund conference… Read More »SLA Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Award
Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two… Read More »Ask an Editor: Previously Published Articles as Book Chapters
By Coleman Donaldson Linguistic anthropologists pass hours transcribing and translating recordings of public and not-so-public figures from across the world. We do so, in… Read More »“Making Transcripts Public in Manding”
Ask an Editor Ilana Gershon May 23, 2019 Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press… Read More »Ask an Editor: The Pros and Cons of Advance Contracts
By Sarah Benor I teach a freshman seminar at the University of Southern California called “Language, Race, and Identity in the United States Today.” Students… Read More »“Students’ open letters to Disney”
—- The Program in Linguistics at Emory University is now accepting applications for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics, starting August 2019. PhD in… Read More »Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics
Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two… Read More »Ask an Editor: What Should You Ask an Editor
Initiating Contact Ask an Editor Ilana Gershon February 24, 2018 Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five… Read More »Ask an Editor: When Should You First Contact an Editor
Edward Sapir Book Prize 2019 Submission Deadline: May 15, 2019 The Edward Sapir Book Prize was established in 2001 and is awarded to… Read More »Edward Sapir Book Prize 2019, Reminder
IMAGE CREDIT: JAMES PROVOST (CC BY-ND) Kids in the middle: Recognizing the important role of children as cultural translators By Kendall Powell, Knowable Magazine Linguistic anthropologist… Read More »Kids in the Middle, Q&A with Inmaculada García-Sánchez
Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two… Read More »Ask an Editor: Good Questions?
Society for Linguistic Anthropology 2019 Undergraduate Student Essay Contest Deadline: June 24, 2019 Calling all linguistic anthropology undergraduates! Do you have a stellar research paper that… Read More »Society for Linguistic Anthropology 2019 Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
[Photo Credit: Mike Lovett/Brandeis University] by Michael Prentice In my fall course, “Language in American Life,” we explored a range of topics focusing on linguistic… Read More »“Comedy in the Archives”
SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations The submission deadline is October 1, 2019. Created and awarded for the first time… Read More »Call for Nominations! SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service
Edward Sapir Book Prize 2019 Submission Deadline: May 15, 2019 The Edward Sapir Book Prize was established in 2001 and is awarded to… Read More »Edward Sapir Book Prize 2019
Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two… Read More »Ask an Editor: Dissertations versus Books