[Linganth] Leila Monaghan

[Chaise LaDousa]

Leila really helped me out when something really tricky loomed. She was so
generous and kind and I was very grateful.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 2:18 PM Alexander King <aking at koryaks.net> wrote:

> Leila was a wonderful human being. She was always cheery and one of my
> favorite people to talk to at conferences. I will miss her.
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> -Alex King
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> On Feb 25, 2022, at 7:50 AM, Shana Walton <shana.walton at nicholls.edu>
> wrote:
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> With everyone's permission, I will collect these posts and forward them to
> Claire (her sister) and Bob, her husband.
>
> Please let me know if you don't want your post shared.
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> Like most of us, Leila's family was only peripherally aware of her
> academic family. They are so touched, and perhaps surprised, by how much
> love there is in this academic community. Leila told me so often that
> Linganth was a type of family for her. A home. I think Leila had a sort of
> power to create community with the force of her affection - and her
> persistence. I remember those early Linganth gatherings she would organize
> back in the mid 90s. The first year or two only a handful of people showed
> up. But it didn't matter. She looked out at an SLA gathering and saw a
> community of people trying to talk about something they found important.
> She loved this community.
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Chaise LaDousa

Professor
Department of Anthropology
Hamilton College
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