CFP: Amazônicas VIII

Amazônicas VIII will take place at the Federal University of Goiás (Goiânia, Brazil) from June 29th, 2020 through July 3rd, 2020. The symposia include "Nominal Classification: grammar, discourse, typology"; "The interplay between phonology and morphology"; and "Verbal art in indigenous languages of Amazonia: tradition and innovation." There will also be a symposium focused specifically on the Macro-Jê stock, and a general session. This is the first time that Amazônicas will host a general session in addition to the more specific symposia.

Calls for each of the symposia can be found in Portuguese, English, and Spanish at the Amazônicas website. Click on the tab AMAZONICAS VIII, in the upper right, for more information about the 2020 conference.

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Reminder: SSILA abstracts due Wednesday, July 17

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This is a reminder that abstracts for the Winter 2020 meeting of SSILA are due this upcoming Wednesday, July 17. This year's meeting is being held from January 2–5 in New Orleans, Louisiana, concurrently with the Linguistic Society of America.

Click here to view the complete abstract and submission guidelines.

SSILA looks forward to receiving your abstract submissions!

Letter from the President, concerning SSILA abstract requirement changes

As you might recall, the call for papers for the 2019 SSILA meeting suggested that submitters include in their abstract a brief discussion of broader impacts of their work. There was extensive discussion of this at the 2019 business meeting, and an ad hoc committee was struck to produce a proposal to be voted on by the membership. The statement from the ad hoc committee is included in this year’s call. It will be voted on after there has been an opportunity for submitters to try this out and there has been some discussion. The ad-hoc committee interrogated the current issues of what should be required for abstracts and how to evaluate those abstracts from not only an academic perspective but also the lenses of the Indigenous communities whose languages are the focus of SSILA. This has not been the norm of SSILA.

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Call for Papers: SSILA Winter 2020 Meeting

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Deadline for Abstracts: July 17, 2019

Location: New Orleans, LA

Dates: January 2–5, 2020

Please note the two significant changes in this call for papers that are different from previous years:

  1. The submission deadline has been moved back to July 17. This change comes as a consequence of the LSA having moved their deadline as well. Please keep this in mind as this is earlier than in previous years.

  2. The abstract requirements now include a description of the social outcomes / impacts / implications of the work presented. Details about this and a request for feedback on this trial will be addressed in a separate email.

View the complete abstract guidelines here.

Call for Papers

The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) will hold its annual winter meeting jointly with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in New Orleans, LA on January 2–5, 2020. SSILA meetings allow scholars to present on a wide range of topics centered on any aspect of Indigenous languages of the Americas.

Information about the hotel and location can be found at the LSA website. Participants will be able to register for the meeting on the LSA website and reserve hotel rooms at reduced rates between September 1st, 2019 and December 11th, 2019.

SSILA welcomes abstracts for papers that present original research focusing on the linguistic study of the Indigenous languages of the Americas. Submitters must be members of SSILA.

Not yet a member of SSILA? Join here!

Abstract Submission

The deadline for receipt of all abstracts is on July 17th at 11:59 PM (Hawaii-Aleutian time). Please note that the deadline this year is two weeks earlier than in previous years. This is because the LSA submission deadline was changed to an earlier date this year, and SSILA endeavors to make acceptance decisions at the same time as the main LSA conference.

Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the electronic submission website EasyChair. Consult the SSILA website for detailed instructions. Also, e-mail or hard-copy submissions will be accepted if arrangements are made in advance with the SSILA Program Committee Administrator, Martin Kohlberger (conferences@ssila.org). Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Click here to view the complete abstract guidelines.

Click here to go to the EasyChair submission page.

New Series from Syracuse University Press: Haudenosaunee and Indigenous Worlds

Syracuse University Press is pleased to announce its new Haudenosaunee and Indigenous Worlds series. This series will expand the Press’s historical emphasis in “Iroquois” and Native American publications to better reflect current scholarship regarding oral tradition, de-colonial and Indigenous studies—writ large. We welcome submissions from diverse authors across disciplines, traditions, and orientations, but with special emphasis on the Haudenosaunee. The series will be led by Philip P. Arnold and Scott Manning Stevens.

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FEL XXIII (2019) Causes of language endangerment: Looking for answers and finding solutions to the global decline in linguistic diversity

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Deadline for abstract submission: 1st July 2019 Notification of acceptance: 31st July 2019 Deadline for submission of full papers: 30th October 2019 Early bird registration starts: TBA Early bird registration ends: TBA Registration deadline: TBA Conference 14–16th December 2019

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Call for proposals June 15–26, 2020, CoLang Workshops

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We are seeking workshop proposals for topics related to language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization for the seventh Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) in 2020. CoLang 2020 will be held on the campus of the University of Montana, co-hosted by the University of Montana and Chief Dull Knife College, a tribal college in Lame Deer, Montana. The two weeks of workshops will be followed by three weeks of intensive language documentation practica.

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Job: Specialists, University of California, San Diego

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The Office of Research Affairs, at the University of California, San Diego, in support of the campus, multidisciplinary Organized Research Units (ORUs) is conducting an open search for various Specialists (non-tenured, Assistant, Associate or Full level) in various academic disciplines. At UC San Diego, Specialists are academic appointees who provide expertise in a specialized area, engage in professional activities, and University and/or public service, do not have formal teaching responsibilities, and normally work as a member of a research team lead by a Principal Investigator.