<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6f0a216d-7fff-27e6-52b3-ac04f57c355f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We’re just under a month from the submission deadline for proposals to the Society for Linguistic Anthropology’s 2025 Conference: </span><a href="https://2025slaconference.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Imagination, Creation, Critique</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. As you work to prepare your proposals, I’m excited to share some resources and updates on behalf of the SLA Conference’s Program Committee.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Consider submitting a Poster Plenary Presentation</font></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Showcase your research synchronously during our plenary Research Salon and asynchronously by displaying your poster throughout the meeting. The Research Salon will include refreshments and be scheduled as a marquee event, without competing concurrent sessions.</font></span></p></span></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p></span></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The 2025 SLA Conference will have significantly less space for panels than in past years, but beyond the logistical advantage of proposing a poster, the medium offers opportunities to play with modalities that other session types do not! Among other advantages, poster presentations can creatively use nonlinear presentational formats, multimedia, and three-dimensional elements using URLs or QR codes. Learn more about </span><a href="https://www.2025slaconference.org/call-for-proposals" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">all our session types and submission components here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Program Committee Office Hours</font></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have questions, concerns, or points of clarification, or if you would like to discuss your idea with Program Committee members, we will hold an “Office Hours†event for you to chat with us synchronously. The meeting will happen on </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 4 pm EST</span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. You can </span><a href="https://calendly.com/joshbabcock/2025-sla-program-committee-office-hours" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">sign up here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Connect with other members to collaborate on a session proposal</font></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Because oral presentation sessions (panels) must be submitted as a group, we have created our </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Panel Matchmaker Forum</span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to help potential session organizers locate panelists beyond their current networks. Interested presenters can also find panels seeking additional members. </span><a href="https://2025slaconference.freeforums.net/board/1/general-discussion" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Check it out here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">!</span></font></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submissions are due December 6</span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">! Visit the conference website for full details: </span><a href="https://2025slaconference.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://2025slaconference.org</span></a>.<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We hope to see you in Chicago next May!</font></span></p></span><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="106"><col width="317"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:1pt dotted rgb(237,27,37);vertical-align:middle;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:77px;height:90px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aNuLgDaNNKUapttQQOtrG_zy4fdbrvvnn5Gxsqm2fFmfU5eK4vCnu8aRgQrvxlgMrZuBe3G2edKWAX_-tZjjFDfTHgGA4PXM45vFnpGUm2eObnzfJoThGRArEwxV8yKYi_So3SFlXcnFDS887me7VHs" width="77" height="90" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-left:1pt dotted rgb(237,27,37);vertical-align:top;padding:3.6pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Joshua Babcock </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(he/him/his)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Brown University, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Box 1921, Providence, RI 02912</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:joshua_babcock@brown.edu" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">joshua_babcock@brown.edu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:9pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://joshuababcock.com/" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">joshuababcock.com</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>