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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues in linguistic anthropology,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope each of you is having a good semester, despite the challenges of our current moment.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I write you in my capacity as the new Programming Chair for the SLA. I also wish to add a note of appreciation for the work of our outgoing Programming Chair, Professor Sandhya Narayanan, who has so ably mediated
our comings-together at the AAA over these past few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Though significant time remains to pull together our regular panels, I wanted to remind you that
<u>the call for executive panels will be closed tonight, February 27 at 11:59 EST<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Notes related to Executive Panel Submissions:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Executive submissions are directly related to the 2025 Annual Meeting theme,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/theme/">Ghosts</a>.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please remain attentive to the number of roles that you might play over the course of the conference</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eligible submissions will provide statement about how the submission has incorporated the goals of equity, diversity of session participants, such as organizational/institutional affiliation, career stage, race, ethnicity, disability,
sexuality, class, religion, national identity, and gender.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals for Executive Sessions that demonstrated a commitment to equity and inclusion and/or a clear analysis of power (i.e. anti-imperialist, anti-white supremacist, decolonial, anti-ableist, feminist, anti-transphobic, anti-xenophobic,
etc.) are given priority.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Selection for Executive submissions is highly competitive and only a limited number of submissions will be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The accept/decline notifications will be sent<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>the week of March 31st</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">If the executive submission is not accepted, submitters have the option to resubmit their session to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">General Call for Participation</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">You may find additional information here: <a href="https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/executive-call/">
https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/executive-call/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222">I will be in touch with additional information as the general call for AAA submissions is announced in the coming weeks.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222">All very best, and take care,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222">Andrew Carruthers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers" title="https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty Fellow; Wolf Humanities Center <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers" title="https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty Advisor; Southeast Asia Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.upennseag.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.upennseag.com</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Graduate Faculty; Lauder Institute, The Wharton School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty Affiliate; Perry World House <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">University of Pennsylvania <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Room 426, 3260 South St. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Philadelphia, PA 19104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">P. 215-746-8158 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">F. 215-898-7462<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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