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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Dear graduate students and recent PhDs in linguistic anthropology,</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We hope to see many of you at SLA 2020 in Boulder! Thanks to advocacy and a generous funding contribution by the CLASP program at CU Boulder, the SLA has been able to keep graduate student
registration fees down to $50. The CLASP program is also preparing a number of special events tailored to graduate students, including workshops, roundtables, and a graduate student reception. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This message has
<b class="">two reminders</b> for those of you preparing submissions for SLA 2020 (April 2-5, Boulder, CO), due Monday, December 16.</span></div>
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</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">First, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">please remember to submit your nomination <b class="">TODAY (Friday, December 13)</b> for a book publication in linguistic
anthropology that you would like to see featured in the Presidential Session. Here is the information you need, in case you missed it the first time around: </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The Society for Linguistic Anthropology
is organizing presidential sessions at the SLA 2020 Spring Meeting that feature recently published authors in linguistic anthropology. The sessions are limited to books published in 2017 or 2018. We would </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">very
much value graduate student input on who you would like to hear from in these sessions! Please fill out the survey at the link below (1 question only) to </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">nominate a book author. (Only author
and book title are required.) For your nomination to be considered, you will need to submit your response by <b class="">December 13</b>. </span><a href="https://forms.gle/DpSguHd1SxTvTKoH7" class="">https://forms.gle/DpSguHd1SxTvTKoH7</a></div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Second, a reminder about the </span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(14, 72, 129);" class="">CLASP Graduate Student Paper Competition. </strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">As
part of the SLA 2020 Spring Conference, the </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/program/clasp/" style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(238, 70, 80); text-decoration: none;" class="">CLASP program</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> at
the University of Colorado Boulder is hosting a graduate student paper competition. The winner of the competition will be recognized and granted a plenary spot on the SLA 2020 conference program. Submissions of up to 8,000 words (excluding references) should
be sent by</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> </span><strong style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" class="">December 16, 2019</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> to </span><a href="mailto:clasp@colorado.edu" style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(238, 70, 80); text-decoration: none;" class="">clasp@colorado.edu</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">.
Please see the </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/program/clasp/conference/graduate-student-paper-competition" style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(238, 70, 80); text-decoration: none;" class="">Graduate
Student Paper Competition</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> webpage for more information on submission requirements.</span></div>
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<div class=""><font class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">Kira Hall (on behalf of the SLA Executive Committee and the SLA 2020 Conference organizers)</span></font></div>
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Kira Hall, Professor<br class="">
Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology<br class="">
Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Linguistics<br class="">
Director, <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/program/clasp/" target="_blank" class="">Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice</a> (CLASP)</font></div>
<div class=""><font size="1" class="">Director, <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/literacy-practicum" target="_blank" class="">The Literacy Practicum</a><br class="">
University of Colorado Boulder</font></div>
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