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
Kids in the middle: Recognizing the important role of children as cultural translators By Kendall Powell, Knowable Magazine Linguistic anthropologist Inmaculada García-Sánchez of Temple University… 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
The Anthropology program at Western Illinois University is offering an online B.A. degree in Anthropology. They are a faculty-led program and one of the first… Read More »New Online BA Program in Anthropology: Western Illinois University!
ANNOUNCEMENT: SLA Blog! At the 2018 AAA meeting, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology’s Board decided to open a space on SLA’s website to begin a… Read More »New SLA Blog!
Ilana Gershon December 5, 2018 Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago,… Read More »Ask an Editor: Transforming Articles into Chapters
Deadline: February 10, 2019 The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) announces the John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize competition. Each year the Society for… Read More »The 2019 John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize