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I write with some updates regarding the 2026 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting — “<a href="https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/theme/" data-outlook-id="ed7ca4e4-0d7c-45d8-b746-1539164d7557">On the Verge</a>” — to be held from 18-22 November
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Though submission dates and details have yet to be formally announced by the AAA, we expect that submissions will be due in May. Please note that this year, in response to input from members, the AAA has amended the submission process to, as they put it, "reduce
complexity, increase transparency, and create more accessible pathways for participation." To this end, the AAA has done away multiple submission rounds, and is implementing a single, association-wide unified call for submissions. This means that all presentation
types — be they individual papers, oral presentation sessions, discussions, workshops, installations, coordinated section special events, etc. — are to be submitted under one unified process with the same submission deadline.</div>
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Also, as SLA Program Chair, one of my responsibilities is to assemble an ad hoc Program Review Committee, whose task is to review SLA-related submissions and select “Invited” (formerly “Executive”) panels.
<u>If you’re keen on serving on the ad hoc Committee, do please reach out to me to express your interest!</u> We hope to populate the Committee with a widely representative cross-section of our membership (i.e., graduate students, post-docs, lecturers and standing
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I will follow up with additional details as they emerge. </div>
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Thank you and take care, </div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Andrew M. Carruthers, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers" data-outlook-id="af00faf7-0b6a-424e-a9b6-8cc05b982d88" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers</a></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Faculty Fellow; Wolf Humanities Center</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers" data-outlook-id="aa53383a-2a7c-45c4-933d-b0dedd727816" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers</a></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Faculty Advisor; Southeast Asia Working Group</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.upennseag.com" data-outlook-id="68ec1697-d5a1-4c80-8f5b-5e3bb146ee8e" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.upennseag.com</a></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Graduate Faculty; Lauder Institute, The Wharton School</span></p>
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Program Chair, Society for Linguistic Anthropology </div>
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