[Lingtyp] Call for Organized Sessions: SSILA 2022

[Martin Kohlberger]

*THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS*



*Annual Winter Meeting, Washington, DC*

*January 6-9, 2022*



*Call for Organized Session Proposals**



**Please note that there will be a call for regular papers in May. This
call is only for organized session proposals.*



*Deadline for Organized Session Proposals:*

*May 5th, 2021*





The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
(SSILA) is planning to hold its next annual winter meeting jointly with the
Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in Washington, DC on January 6-9, 2022.
SSILA meetings allow scholars to present on a wide range of topics centered
on any aspect of Indigenous American languages.



It should be noted that depending on the progression of the global pandemic
over the next few months, the SSILA executive committee may decide to hold
the meeting in an online or hybrid (in-person *and* online) format instead.



*Call for Organized Session Proposals*



SSILA welcomes proposals for organized sessions. This is an opportunity for
researchers to present a series of presentations that revolve around a
single typological, methodological or areal theme. These sessions may be in
the form of a symposium (several presentations focused on a specific
theme), a workshop (presentations with invited discussants), a tutorial
(intensive instruction on a specific topic), a datablitz (a session
composed of many very short presentations), and other types of sessions
with a clear, specific, and coherent rationale. The presentations must be
based on original research focusing on the linguistic study of the
Indigenous languages of the Americas.



Organized sessions involve more than one scholar and are expected to make a
distinctive and creative contribution to the meeting. Proposals for
organized sessions are NOT reviewed anonymously.


Abstract Submission



The *deadline* for receipt of organized session proposals is on *May 5th at
11:59PM (Hawaii-Aleutian time).*



Authors of successful SSILA session proposals may wish to submit their
proposals to the LSA for co-sponsorship. Please note that the LSA deadline
for organized sessions is on May 17th. The SSILA committee will make a
decision about these proposals before the LSA submission deadline. For more
information on submitting organized session proposals to the LSA 2022
Annual Meeting, see the LSA website (
https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-2022-annual-meeting).



All organized session proposals should be submitted electronically by
e-mail to SSILA Program Committee Administrator Martin Kohlberger (
conferences at ssila.org). Any queries prior to the submission deadline can
also be sent to this e-mail address. Proposals should be submitted in
English.



The proposal must indicate whether it is intended to be a joint SSILA/LSA
session or a SSILA session only, and should include:

(1) a session title;

(2) the type of session (e.g. symposium, workshop, tutorial, datablitz,
etc.);

(3) the name, affiliation and e-mail addresses of organizers;

(4) the session length (either 1.5 hours or 3 hours);

(5) a session abstract of up to 1000 words outlining the purpose and
motivation for the session, as well as the social impacts (e.g.
contribution to community goals, broader outcomes);

(6) the names and affiliations of all participants, their role (paper
presenter, introducer, moderator, discussant, etc.), and the titles of
papers;

(7) a complete timetable (note that organized sessions do not have to
follow the 20-minute paper + 10-minute discussion format, but the
presentation format should be clearly described);

(8) 200-500 word abstracts for each paper or poster presentation



All organizers and presenters must be members of SSILA (
https://www.ssila.org/en/membership-information) in order for their
proposal to be accepted. The membership requirement may be waived for
Indigenous community scholars and language practitioners. It may also be
waived for co-authors or for participants in organized sessions who are
from disciplines other than those ordinarily represented by SSILA
(linguistics and linguistic anthropology). Waivers can be requested by
contacting the SSILA Secretary, Mary Linn (secretary at ssila.org).
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