[Linganth] SLA events at the upcoming AAA Meeting

[Carruthers, Andrew M.]

Dear colleagues,

It was good seeing many of you at yesterday’s SLA online business meeting. With the AAA Annual Meeting less than a week away, Georgia Ennis (2027-2028 Program Chair) and I have prepared a separate, SLA event-focused schedule for you to have on hand in advance of the conference, which you’ll find attached. Please note the following events (e.g., business meeting, mentorship events, sponsored panels) of special interest to SLA members:


  1.
Business Meeting, Awards, and Reception
     *
Thursday, November 19, 8:00 PM-10:30 PM, CC, Room 220
  2.
Sponsored Panel: The aesthetics of form beyond language
     *
Friday, November 20, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM, CC, Room 231
  3.
Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) Mentoring Luncheon
     *
Friday, November 20, 11:45 AM -12:45 PM, CC, Room 220
     *
Contacts: Dominika Baran and Jane Meador
  4.
Sponsored Panel: On the verge of belonging: Language, precarity, and institutional thresholds
     *
Friday, November 20, 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM, CC, Room 267
  5.
SLA Gumperz Graduate Student Essay Prize
     *
Friday, November 20, 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM, CC, Room 280
  6.
Sponsored Panel: Metaculture: Revisiting Greg Urban’s Theories of Cultural Motion.
     *
Saturday, November 21, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM, CC, 263
     *
Note: This is part II of a special double panel, part I of which, Metaphysical Community: Revisiting Greg Urban’s Discourse-Centered Approach to Culture, will be held in the same room, CC 263, starting at 2:30 PM.

Special thanks to the 2026 ad hoc Program Committee for evaluating this year’s excellent submissions! In addition to the attached PDF, we also include access to a google doc here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10URMF_eau73glN46K-f-GEPtpxMyrBrFklmQjjal4MI/edit?usp=sharing>, where you may add any other AAA events that you think would be of particular interest to SLA members.

We look forward to seeing you at next week’s conference!

Safe travels to St. Louis and all best,

Andrew Carruthers and Georgia Ennis

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