Linguistic Anthropology is the comparative study of the ways in which language shapes social life.
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The 2027 Society for Linguistic Anthropology Conference (SLA27) is thrilled to welcome you to New York City!
For more information, please visit the conference website: slaconference.org – at New York, NY
ALT The 2027 Society for Linguistic Anthropology Conference (SLA27) is thrilled to welcome you to New York City! Conference is in NYC at the CUNY Graduate Center on June 3-5, 2027. For more information and for the call for papers visit slaconference.org
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The Language and Social Justice Committee (LSJ) of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) will hold its Fall General Meeting on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) / 10:00 AM Pacific Time (PT).
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The Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites nominations for seven positions this fall.
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Call for applications: Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology – Deadline October 15, 2026
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University of Michigan Ann Arbor invite applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to build and direct a new Mellon-funded interdisciplinary program promoting Environmental Justice and the Humanities.
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ALT University of Michigan Ann Arbor invite applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to build and direct a new Mellon-funded interdisciplinary program promoting Environmental Justice and the Humanities, to begin August 25, 2027.
The Anthropology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the anthropology of China.
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ALT The Anthropology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the anthropology of China.
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The Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor in Language and Wellbeing, expected to start on September 1, 2027.
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Congratulations to the Anthropological Association’s 2026 Award Recipients! 🎉
Special congratulations to Alejandro Paz and Michael Min-Torresdey, two linguistic anthropologists recognized among this year’s award recipients.
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Interested in publishing on the SLA Blog? We are currently accepting pitches on any topic relevant to linguistic anthropology! Learn more about SLA, our blog, and how to submit here: linguisticanthropology.org/s…
The SLA Blog is excited to announce our return from hiatus with a piece titled "There are Ghosts in this Machine: AI Anonymization and the Identification of Self" by María José Peláez, Kai Blevins, and Joel Kuipers
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Remembering Dr. Marcyliena Morgan
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The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is excited to announce that our 2027 conference will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, June 3–5, 2027.
Additional information will be shared in the coming months.
SLA AWARD FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
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The submission deadline is June 15, 2026.
Abortion, incommunicability, and semiotic labor: Policing disciplinary boundaries through language ideological work among emergency nurses in a post-Roe environment
Lynnette Arnold, Hannah Noblewolf, Lisa Wolf
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Collective grief, liminality, and redressive action in Black fans' embodied engagement with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Marissa Smith Morgan
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