<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39853"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39854">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39855"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39856">This is a first brief announcement of the 27th annual SEALS (Southeast Asian Linguistics Society) meeting, which will be held at the Hotel Bumiminang (Padang, Sumatra) 11-13 May 2017.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39857"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39858">A website has is now up at </span><a href="http://jakarta.shh.mpg.de/seals27/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://jakarta.shh.mpg.de/seals27/&source=gmail&ust=1476765491402000&usg=AFQjCNGeOou8PCYjJ9ro8Jm_2zpocGAMIg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39859"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39860">http://jakarta.shh.mpg.de/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39861">seals27</span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39862"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39863">More details concerning accommodation, travel, and meeting plans will be posted to the website in several weeks. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39864"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39865">For general information on SEALS meetings see: </span><a href="http://jseals.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://jseals.org&source=gmail&ust=1476765491402000&usg=AFQjCNEFCYDoX15Xi-3WavxVQ4vV671oVA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39866"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39867">http://jseals.org</span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39868"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39869">You are invited to submit abstracts between December 1 and January 31. Acceptances will be posted 28 February (or earlier on request). A template for abstracts (docx/odt), with instructions, will be made available before then. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39870"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39871">Sincerely</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39872"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39873">Paul Sidwell, David Gil (Organisers)</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39773"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39802"><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39878"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dr. Paul Sidwell </span><br><span style="font-style:italic;">ARC Future Fellow </span>Australian National University</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:12.72px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39801"><span style="line-height:1.22;font-size:13px;">Phone: +61(0)438 626621 (Australia); +44 7937 338861 (roaming)</span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476668218460_39803"><span style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;">Other email: <span style="font-style:italic;">paulsidwell@gmail.com, paul.sidwell@anu.edu.au</span></span><br></div></div></div></body></html>