[Linganth] AAA 2026 Updates

[Carruthers, Andrew M.]

Dear colleagues,

I write with some updates regarding the 2026 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting — “On the Verge<https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/theme/>” — to be held from 18-22 November in St. Louis.

Though submission dates and details have yet to be formally announced by the AAA, we expect that submissions will be due in May. Please note that this year, in response to input from members, the AAA has amended the submission process to, as they put it, "reduce complexity, increase transparency, and create more accessible pathways for participation." To this end, the AAA has done away multiple submission rounds, and is implementing a single, association-wide unified call for submissions. This means that all presentation types — be they individual papers, oral presentation sessions, discussions, workshops, installations, coordinated section special events, etc. — are to be submitted under one unified process with the same submission deadline.

Also, as SLA Program Chair, one of my responsibilities is to assemble an ad hoc Program Review Committee, whose task is to review SLA-related submissions and select “Invited” (formerly “Executive”) panels. If you’re keen on serving on the ad hoc Committee, do please reach out to me to express your interest! We hope to populate the Committee with a widely representative cross-section of our membership (i.e., graduate students, post-docs, lecturers and standing faculty, practicing anthropologists, etc.).

I will follow up with additional details as they emerge.

Thank you and take care,

Andrew


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Andrew M. Carruthers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology

https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers

Faculty Fellow; Wolf Humanities Center

https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/andrew-carruthers

Faculty Advisor; Southeast Asia Working Group

https://www.upennseag.com

Graduate Faculty; Lauder Institute, The Wharton School

Faculty Affiliate; Perry World House

University of Pennsylvania

Program Chair, Society for Linguistic Anthropology



University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Room 426, 3260 South St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

T. 215-746-8158

F. 215-898-7462


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