[Linganth] Announcement: 2017 Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund

[SLA Online]

*Call for proposals: *

*Society for Linguistic Anthropology *
*Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund*
*(Deadline: October 1, 2017 for 2018 conferences)*

LINK TO APPLICATION
<http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2017/04/13/2017-sla-interdisciplinary-public-engagement-conference-fund-cfp-application/>

SLA announces an initiative to fund conference submissions promoting the
dissemination of activist linguistic anthropology work at venues beyond the
AAA meetings, in order to promote collaboration across sub-disciplinary and
disciplinary boundaries. For example, SLA has supported special colloquia
on linguistic anthropology and social justice in previous years at the
American Association of Applied Linguistics conferences, and this year at
LSA and elsewhere, although support is not limited to AAAL or
Linguistics-specific conferences.

Up to *$500 per presenter for up to eight presenters,* for reimbursement of
conference travel expenses is available, with a *cap of $4,000 per year*.
Conference travel expenses include any combination of conference
registration, air or ground travel, hotel, and meals, and receipts are
required for reimbursement. While the session chair must be a current SLA
member, presenters do not all need to be SLA members. However, only current
SLA members can receive the travel reimbursement.

We encourage theoretically sophisticated, methodologically innovative
proposals that enhance public understanding of language in relation to
social equality, challenging problematic “common sense” language
assumptions and ideologies. We particularly encourage proposals that extend
work pursued by the joint CfHR (Committee for Human Rights) and SLA
Committee on Language and Social Justice (e.g. on pejorative naming
practices, language policies, and typifications of language forms and
practices that naturalize inequalities) as well as AAA initiatives. We
would prioritize accordingly, assessing proposals as part of a general SLA
initiative promoting public outreach and education.

The *deadline for applications* is *October 1, 2017* to fund conference
participation during 2018. This initiative is offered as a 2-3 year trial,
pending current budget exigencies and unknowns regarding SLA’s future
journal revenues and costs. Send completed applications & supporting
materials to SLA Secretary-Treasurer Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway (
erhoffma at oberlin.edu) for consideration by the SLA board.

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