<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, San
Francisco, CA</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 7-10, 2021</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 in the coming weeks.  This call is only for organized session
proposals.</span></i></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">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, 2020</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
annual winter meeting jointly with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in San
Francisco, CA on January 7-10, 2021. 
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 a symposium (several presentations focused on a specific
theme), a workshop (presentations with invited discussants), a tutorial, a
datablitz, and other types of sessions with a clear, specific, and coherent
rationale.<span style="color:black"></span></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 2021 Annual Meeting, see the LSA website (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/call-organized-session-proposals-2021-annual-meeting" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/call-organized-session-proposals-2021-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 only, and should include:</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">(1) a session title;</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">(2) the type of session (e.g. symposium, workshop, tutorial,
datablitz, etc.);</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">(3) the name, affiliation and e-mail addresses of organizers;</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) the session length (either 1.5 hours or 3 hours);</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">(5) a session abstract of up
to 1000 words outlining the purpose and motivation </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for the
session, as well as the social impacts (e.g. contribution to community goals, broader
outcomes);</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">(6)
the names and affiliations of all participants, their role (paper presenter,
introducer, moderator, discussant, etc.)<span style="color:black">, and the
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">(7) a complete timetable (note that organized sessions do not have
to follow the 20-minute paper + 10-minute discussion format, but the presentation format should be
clearly described);</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">(8) 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" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All
organizers and presenters must be members of SSILA in order for their proposal
to be accepted (</span><a href="http://ssila.org/memberships/">http://ssila.org/memberships/</a>)<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 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 (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:secretary@ssila.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">secretary@ssila.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).</span></p></div>