<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">THE
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Annual Winter Meeting, New
Orleans, LA</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">January 2-5, 2020</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call for Organized Session Proposals*</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Please
note that there will be a call for regular papers and posters in the coming
weeks.  This call is only for organized
session proposals.</span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deadline for Organized Session
Proposals:</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">May 1^st, 2019</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Society for
the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) will hold its </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">annual
winter meeting jointly with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> New
Orleans, LA on January 2-5, 2020.  SSILA meetings
allow scholars to present on a wide range of topics centered on any aspect of
Indigenous American languages.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Organized Session Proposals</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SSILA
welcomes proposals for organized sessions. 
This is an opportunity for researchers to present a series of
presentations that revolve around a single typological, methodological or areal
theme.  The presentations must be based
on original research focusing on the linguistic study of the Indigenous
languages of the Americas. <span style="color:red"></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Organized sessions involve
more than one scholar and are expected to make a distinctive and creative
contribution to the meeting. Proposals for organized sessions are NOT reviewed
anonymously. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These sessions may include several
presentations focused on a specific theme, a major presentation with invited
discussants, and other types of sessions with a clear, specific, and coherent
rationale.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

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<h1 style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black;font-style:italic"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal">Abstract
Submission</span></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The <b>deadline</b> for receipt of organized
session proposals is on <b>May 1^st
at 11:59PM (Hawaii-Aleutian time).</b> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors
of successful SSILA session proposals may wish to submit their proposals to the
LSA for co-sponsorship.  Please note that
the LSA deadline for organized sessions is on May 15^th.  The SSILA committee will make a decision
about these proposals before the LSA submission deadline.  For more information on submitting organized
session proposals to the LSA 2020 Annual Meeting, see the LSA website (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-2020-annual-meeting" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-2020-annual-meeting</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All organized session proposals
should be submitted electronically by e-mail to SSILA Program Committee Administrator
Martin Kohlberger (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:conferences@ssila.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">conferences@ssila.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">). <span style="color:black">Any queries prior to the submission deadline can also be
sent to this e-mail address.  Proposals
should be submitted in English.</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
proposal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> must indicate whether it is intended to be a joint SSILA/LSA
session or a SSILA session, and should include: </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(1) a session abstract approximately 1000 words in length
outlining the purpose, motivation, length (either 1.5 hours or</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 3 hours), and
justification for the session, as well as the broader impacts (e.g., contribution
to community goals, social outcomes), as relevant.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(2) names and
affiliations of all participants, their role (paper presenter, introducer,
moderator, discussant, etc.)<span style="color:black">, and titles of papers; </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(3) a complete
timetable (Note that organized sessions do not have to follow the 20-minute
paper + 10-minute discussion format. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">However, the presentation format should be clearly described.)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(4) 200-500
word abstracts for each paper or poster presentation</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US">All organizers
and presenters must be members of SSILA in order for their proposal to be
accepted. (<a href="https://ssila.org/join" style="color:blue">Join SSILA here!</a>) The
membership requirement may be waived for co-authors, or for participants in
organized sessions, who are from disciplines other than those ordinarily
represented by SSILA (linguistics and linguistic anthropology). Requests for
waivers of membership must be made by a member of the Society to the SSILA
Secretary Mary Linn (<a href="mailto:secretary@ssila.org" style="color:blue">secretary@ssila.org</a>).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div>