American Philosophical Society Grants & Fellowships

The American Philosophical Society (APS) offers a number of grants and fellowships of potential interest to SSILA members. Details about individual programs are below. Information and application instructions for all APS programs can be found on the APS website by clicking Grants at the top of the page.

General Information

Purpose & Scope

Awards are made for noncommercial research only. The Society makes no grants for academic study or classroom presentation, for travel to conferences, for non-scholarly projects, for assistance with translation, or for the preparation of materials for use by students. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution or costs of publication.

Eligibility

Applicants may be citizens or residents of the United States or American citizens resident abroad. Foreign nationals whose research can only be carried out in the United States are eligible, although applicants to the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology must be U.S. citizens, U.S. residents, or foreign nationals formally affiliated with a U.S. institution. Grants are made to individuals; institutions are not eligible to apply. Requirements for each program vary.

Tax Information

Grants and fellowships are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant and fellowship recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors. Grant funds are not to be used to pay income taxes on the award.

Contact Information

Questions concerning the Franklin, Lewis & Clark, and Phillips programs should be directed to Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants & Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or (215) 440-3429.

Questions concerning all Library Fellowships should be directed to libfellows@amphilsoc.org or (215) 440-3443.

Programs

The American Philosophical Society offers the following individual programs:

Franklin Research Grants

Scope

This program of small grants to scholars is intended to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the cost of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Eligibility

Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is especially interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate.

Award

From $1,000 to $6,000.

Deadlines

October 1, December 3; notification in January and March.

Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

Scope

The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.

Eligibility

Grants will be available to doctoral students who wish to participate in field studies for their dissertations or for other purposes. Master’s candidates, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible. 

Award

Grants will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars to about $5,000.

Deadline

November 1 (letters of support due October 30); notification in early April.

Library Long-Term Pre-Doctoral Fellowships

Scope

The American Philosophical Society Library seeks applicants for one-year residential fellowships to assist in the completion of doctoral dissertation research in three areas of study. One fellowship will be awarded in each of these programs: the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Fellowship, the Friends of the APS Fellowship in Early American History (to 1840), and the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Fellowship.

Eligibility

The program is designed for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. Applicants whose research overlaps any of the three available categories may submit applications to all pertinent programs.

Stipend

$25,000

Deadline

February 1; notification by April 15.

Library Digital Humanities Fellowship

Scope

This two-month fellowship is open to scholars who are comfortable creating tools and visualizations, as well as those interested in working collaboratively with the APS technology team.

Eligibility

Scholars, including graduate students, at any stage of their career may apply. Special consideration will be given to proposals that present APS Library holdings in new and engaging ways.

Stipend

$6,000 for two months upon arrival at the APS Library.

Deadline

February 1; notification by April 15.

Library Resident Research Fellowships

Scope

The Library Resident Research Fellowships support research in the Society's collections.

Eligibility

Applicants must demonstrate a need to work in the Society's collections for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. Applicants in any relevant field of scholarship may apply. Candidates whose normal place of residence is farther away than a 75-mile radius of Philadelphia will be given some preference. Applicants do not need to hold the doctorate, although Ph.D. candidates must have passed their preliminary examinations.

Stipend

$3,000 per month.

Deadline

March 1; notification in May.

Phillips Fund Grants for Native American Research

Scope

For research in Native American linguistics and ethnohistory, focusing on the continental United States and Canada. Given for a maximum of one year from date of award to cover travel, tapes, and consultants’ fees.

Eligibility

Applicants may be graduate students pursuing either a master’s or a doctoral degree; postdoctoral applicants are also eligible.

Award

From $1,000 to $3,500.

Deadline

March 1; notification in May.

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Recent publications from SIL Mexico (Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.)

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Solicitation: NSF Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program

A revised solicitation, NSF 18-850, has just been published for the Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program, the joint funding initiative between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For this year only (2018), the deadline will be November 19, 2018.

Read the solicitation here.

This newly published, revised solicitation only applies to senior research grants, fellowships, and conference proposals. (DEL DDRIG 16-617, for dissertation grant proposals, may still be submitted anytime. See that solicitation for guidance only as regards dissertation submissions.)

Important Information & Revision Notes

  • Fellowship amounts have increased to $5,000/mo.
  • Clarification on limits on how many proposals per PI or co-PI can be submitted
  • Clarification on maximum award levels per year
  • Clarification of the reporting requirement that the final project report requires archiving and execution of the Data Management Plan (DMP)
  • Specific award language for acknowledging the award

Please direct questions to:

Colleen M. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Program Director, Documenting Endangered Languages
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
T: 703.292.4381
F: 703.292.9068
cfitzger@nsf.gov

The DEL solicition is here. Note that the DEL Dissertation grants solicitation is out. Proposals may be submitted at any time.

CoLang 2020 Announced!

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The Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) is please to announce that its next institute will be held at the University of Montana from June 15th – July 17th, 2020, and will be co-hosted by the Universty of Montana (UM) and Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC), a two-year tribal college of the Northern Cheyenne in Montana. The institute is designed to provide an opportunity for community language activists and linguists to receive training in community-based language documentation and revitalization.

CoLang 2020 will consist of two parts:

  • The first two weeks are devoted to focused workshops and organized discussions, providing hands-on training in the latest linguistic technology, interdisciplinary methods, and best practices in ethical community collaborations. Workshops are facilitated by established experts.
  • The following three weeks are dedicated to practica, where students will work directly with speakers of selected endangered languages to learn documentation methods and applications first-hand, integrating the skills acquired during the preceding workshops. CoLang 2020 will have multilateral themes including Language Reclamation, Indigenous Perspectives, Technology, and Interdisciplinarity.

Visit the CoLang 2020 website for more details.

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SSILA Newsletter & Bulletin Archives

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SSILA is thrilled to announce the launch of the SSILA Newsletter and Bulletin archives on the SSILA website! SSILA issued its quarterly newsletter from 1981–2012, and the electronic bulletin from 1993–2012. Both were edited primarily by Victor Golla. The archives contain copies of nearly every one of the newsletters and bulletins, serving as a rich and valuable insight into SSILA's history. We hope you enjoy perusing the archive!

Note: The Newsletter and Bulletin archives are available to SSILA members only. If you are already a member, simply log into the website here. If you would like to purchase a SSILA membership, you can do so on the memberships page.

Beginning with the founding of the organization in 1981, SSILA issued a quarterly newsletter under the Editorship of Victor Golla (initially Ken Whistler, and later also Karen Sue Rolph), first in physical form, and later in digital format. In its first year in particular, the newsletter was intended to "serve as an important forum for discussion of the goals of the Society". It then evolved into a forum for announcements of interest to members, and discussion of issues in the field.

In 1993, with the advent of the internet, email, and listservs, the Society also began issuing an electronic bulletin, which was sent to all SSILA members at approximately monthly intervals, and edited by Victor Golla. It carried announcements of upcoming meetings, job announcements, and other late-breaking news.

The Society launched a new website with the ability to make blog posts in 2012, around which time both the newsletter and bulletin were discontinued. However, these communiques provide a valuable insight into SSILA's history, and contain much useful information. As such, in 2017 the SSILA Executive Committee undertook an initiative to create an archive of the newsletters and bulletins. Carolyn MacKay (former Executive Secretary) headed the effort, while Randa Marhenke and Willem de Reuse were instrumental in providing copies of the majority of the bulletins from their archives. Frank Treschel and Marianne Mithun also provided numerous issues of the newsletters. The documents were then organized into an online digital archive by Daniel W. Hieber (the SSILA Webmaster).

The archives are accessible to SSILA members only, so you will need to log into the SSILA.org website in order to view them. If you would like to sign up for a SSILA membership, you can do so here.

Call for Session Proposals: 6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC)

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6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Connecting Communities, Language, & Technology

February 28 – March 3, 2019

Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center

Honolulu, Hawai'i USA

http://icldc6.icldc-hawaii.org/

2nd Call for Proposals: Papers, Posters, & Technology Showcase

Proposal Deadline: August 31, 2018

While we especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, Connecting Communities, Languages & Technology, we also welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to:

  • Connecting communities, languages & technology
  • Archiving matters
  • Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies
  • Community experiences of revitalization
  • Data management
  • Ethical issues
  • Language planning
  • Lexicography and grammar design
  • Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality
  • Orthography design
  • Teaching/learning small languages
  • Topics in areal language documentation
  • Training in documentation methods – beyond the university

Presentation Formats

  1. Papers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time.
  2. Posters will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the lunch period. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics or descriptions of particular projects.
  3. Technology Showcase is a new feature to be introduced at ICLDC 2019 is the Technology Showcase, which is a networking event for developers, linguists, and community members involved in creating, repurposing, or otherwise utilizing a wide variety of technologies for language work to interact in an informal, hands-on session. The Technology Showcase will provide an opportunity for face-to-face contact and hopefully lead to productive collaborations—both between developers and communities, and also between developers and between communities who might not be aware of others working on similar efforts. We are soliciting developers (broadly defined) to submit proposals that outline the tool that they have developed, which include but are not limited to software, apps, web technologies, repurposed uses of software, novel scripts.

For more information including abstract guidelines, online submission form and scholarship opportunities, please see the conference website.

Job: Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego

The Office of Research Affairs (http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/index.html), at the University of California, San Diego, (https://ucsd.edu/) in support of the campus, multidisciplinary Organized Research Units (http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/orus/roster.html) is conducting an open search for Research Scientists (non-tenured, Assistant, Associate or Full level) in various academic disciplines. At UC San Diego, Research Scientists (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-310.pdf ) are academic researchers who carry out independent research and creative programs, equivalent to that required for the Professor series, develop an independent research reputation, and independently publish. Research Scientists should serve as a Principal Investigator and have the major responsibility and leadership for their research programs. University and public service are required, such as service on research review boards, but they do not have formal teaching responsibilities. An appointee in this series must demonstrate continuous and effective engagement in independent and creative research activity of high quality and significance. Appointment durations vary depending on the length of the research project and availability of funding.

Required Qualifications: Doctorate degree or its equivalent. Appointment level is dependent on academic experience, scholarly achievements, funding record, and needs of the ORU.

Preferred Qualifications: Postdoctoral or equivalent experience and commitment to independent research and funding, mentoring/training, university and community service, and to building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.

Review of applications will commence on August 13, 2018 and will be ongoing. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on published University of California pay scales. Applications (CV, Research Statement, and Cover letter, at minimum) must be submitted to the UCSD on-line application collection system, AP-On-Line Recruit, at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01842. The Office of Research Affairs at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the academic, staff, and student body. UCSD is an AA/EOE/M/F/D/V or EOE/AA/M/F/VET/DISABILITY.

Job: Project Scientists, University of California, San Diego

The Office of Research Affairs (http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/index.html), at the University of California, San Diego, (https://ucsd.edu/) in conjunction with its various Organized Research Units (for ORUs see http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/orus/roster.html) is conducting an open search for Project Scientists (non-tenured, Assistant, Associate or Full level) in any academic discipline. At UCSD, Project Scientists (for full position description, go to https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-311.pdf) are those appointees who make significant and creative contributions to a research or creative project. They may be ongoing members of a research team or may be employed for a limited period of time to contribute high-level skills to a specific research or creative program. They are not required to carry out independent research or develop an independent research reputation but, ordinarily, will publish and carry out research or creative programs with supervision by a member of the Professor or Professional Research series. Project Scientists may not serve as a Principal Investigator but may serve as Co-Principal Investigators with members of the Professor or Research Scientist series. University and public service are encouraged but not required, and they do not have formal teaching responsibilities. Project Scientists normally will be provided use of research laboratory space by the faculty member(s) or Research Scientists with whom they are working.

Required Qualification: The candidate for a title in this series must have earned a doctorate or its equivalent.

Preferred Qualification: completion of some years of Postdoctoral experience and experience and a willingness to participate in mentoring, research or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.

Review of applications will commence on July 2, 2018 and will be ongoing. [Note: Applications are still open and review is ongoing.] Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on published University of California pay scales. Applications (CV, Research Statement, and Cover letter, at minimum) must be submitted to the UCSD on-line application collection system, AP-On-Line Recruit, at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01804 . The Office of Research Affairs at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. UCSD is an AA/EOE/M/F/D/V or EOE/AA/M/F/VET/DISABILITY.

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SSILA Archiving Award

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The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) is very pleased to announce a new award, the SSILA Archiving Award.

This award highlights the importance of creating long-term archival materials that are accessible to all communities concerned, including heritage and language communities as well as scholarly communities. It is meant to encourage others in academia to value such work as more comparable to analytic research.

The award is presented to one or more researchers (from any community) who have created an accessible documentary collection of materials relating to an indigenous language of the Americas. Taking each collection's context and ethical protocols into account, each collection so honored will be assessed on the following characteristics:

  • It should be linguistically and/or ethnographically rich.
  • It should be diverse in content, including some annotated or transcribed material.
  • It should be housed in a long-term preservation archive.
  • Its content should be accessible to heritage and language communities as well as scholarly communities.
  • It should be well described through collection-level metadata, item-level metadata, and a finding aid or descriptive overview which includes how the language community's priorities have been met.
  • Its content should be potentially impactful for language learners, language maintenance, language teaching, and scholarly research.

This award may be shared by multiple creators of a single collection (including, for example, academic and non-academic researchers, primary language consultants, and collection curators).

Nominations may be made by anyone and should include:

  • a letter of nomination identifying the nominee(s) (with curriculum vitae as appropriate), describing the background of their work on the language in question, and the archival collection (with links to online content and metadata, and a finding aid or descriptive overview), and explaining its significance
  • one supporting letter also explaining the significance of the archival collection

Self-nominations are permitted.

If you have questions about the award, please direct them to Andrew Garrett (garrett@berkeley.edu), Chair of the Archiving Award Committee. Nominations should be submitted to Andrew Garrett (garrett@berkeley.edu) by September 15.

Deadline for AILLA Archiving Support

August 29, 2018 is the deadline to request an archiving support letter from AILLA for grant proposals.

The deadline to request a support letter from AILLA for an NSF (or any other) grant proposal is Wednesday, August 29, 2018. After this date, we will not be able to supply letters of support until November 2018. Please plan accordingly. If you plan to request a letter of support from AILLA, please read the information for researchers before requesting a letter.

[View this announcement on AILLA's website.]

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Cherokee narratives: A linguistic study (Feeling, Pulte & Pulte)

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Book cover for Cherokee narratives: A linguistic study (Feeling, Pulte & Pulte)
Cherokee narratives: A linguistic study (Feeling, Pulte & Pulte)

The stories of the Cherokee people presented here capture in written form tales of history, myth, and legend for readers, speakers, and scholars of the Cherokee language. Assembled by noted authorities on Cherokee, this volume marks an unparalleled contribution to the linguistic analysis, understanding, and preservation of Cherokee language and culture.

Cherokee Narratives spans the spectrum of genres, including humor, religion, origin myths, trickster tales, historical accounts, and stories about the Eastern Cherokee language. These stories capture the voices of tribal elders and form a living record of the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' oral tradition. Each narrative appears in four different formats: the first is interlinear, with each line shown in the Cherokee syllabary, a corresponding roman orthography, and a free English translation; the second format consists of a morpheme-by-morpheme analysis of each word; and the third and fourth formats present the entire narrative in the Cherokee syllabary and in a free English translation.

The narratives and their linguistic analysis are a rich source of information for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of the Cherokee syllabary, as well as for students of Cherokee history and culture. By enabling readers at all skill levels to use and reconstruct the Cherokee language, this collection of tales will sustain the life and promote the survival of Cherokee for generations to come.

For details and purchasing options, visit this link.

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Mobilian Trade Language phrasebook and lexicon (Kaufman)

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The Mobilian Trade Language (aka Mobilian Jargon) is a Native American pidgin, primarily based on Muskogean languages, that was spoken in the North American Southeast until the 1950s. For centuries, Mobilian Trade Language served as a lingua franca for various indigenous groups (and later Europeans and Africans) that came together for trade and ritual. As a pidgin, the language is grammatically streamlined and easy to learn. This book is a phrasebook with bidirectional lexicon that can help reawaken this now dormant language by providing a handy lexical reference and common phrases.

https://www.amazon.com/Mobilian-Trade-Language-Phrasebook-Lexicon-ebook/dp/B0785PSKKF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533422365&sr=8-1&keywords=mobilian+trade+language

Call for Funded Participants - Workshop

Please find below a call for participants (in English followed by Spanish and Portuguese) for a workshop on community-based approaches to linguistic work across the Americas. We have limited funding to support Indigenous community members conducting language related activities in their community. The workshop will be the day before the annual LSA/SSILA meetings in January. If you are already attending the LSA/SSILA meeting and wish to participate in the workshop do not hesitate to contact the organizers at cblraa2019@gmail.com.CALL FOR FUNDED PARTICIPANT APPLICATIONSApplications must be submitted no later than August 20, 2018English Funded Participant ApplicationSpanish Funded Participant ApplicationPortuguese Funded Participant ApplicationWe invite applicants interested in participating in a workshop to improve communication among community members, researchers, and institutions who engage in community-based language work across the Americas. At the workshop we will discuss differences and similarities among the community-based approaches being applied, ethical and practical issues that arise, what we can learn from one another, and how we can maintain channels of communication and collaboration in the future. We especially want to hear from Indigenous and Latin American researchers and community members about these themes. The workshop will involve short presentations by invited speakers as well as small and large-group activities meant to generate discussion. The workshop will be multilingual with support for speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, and English. If support in another language is needed, please contact us (cblraa2019@gmail.com) and we will do our best to provide it.The workshop will take place in New York City on January 2 and 3, 2019 before the start of the annual meetings of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA). Funded workshop participants will also be asked to prepare and present a poster at the SSILA 2019 meeting. We will help guide participants on the preparation of their posters. This will be an opportunity for participants to share their experiences and ideas with a wider audience of linguistics researchers.Funded participants will receive financial support for travel, lodging, and meals to attend the workshop. If you need visa support to travel to the U.S., we will help to arrange this. You are eligible to apply (or be nominated) to be a funded participant if 1) you are actively involved in documentation, revitalization, reclamation or other type of project involving an Indigenous language or languages of the Americas; 2) you have some formal or informal training in linguistics; and 3) you are from an Indigenous community of the Americas.Preference will be given to applicants 1) whose participation is most likely to lead U.S.-based researchers to reflect on and reevaluate their own practices, 2) whose participation in the workshop is most likely to lead to new collaborations to document, revitalize, and maintain an Indigenous language or languages of the Americas, and 3) who are from regions or communities otherwise not represented at the workshop or SSILA meeting.This project is supported by the National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program (BCS-1833155).CONVOCATORIA DE SOLICITUDES para PARTICIPANTES CON GASTOS CUBIERTOSLas solicitudes de participantes con gastos cubiertos deben completarse antes del 20 de agosto de 2018.Solicitud para participantes con gastos cubiertos (español)Solicitud para participantes con gastos cubiertos (portugués)Solicitud para participantes con gastos cubiertos (inglés)Se invitan postulantes para un taller con el objetivo demejorar la comunicación entre los miembros de comunidades, investigadores e instituciones que forman parte de investigaciones de base comunitaria sobre lenguas indígenas en el continente americano. Durante el taller se debatirán las diferencias y similitudes entre los enfoques de base comunitaria que se utilizan, cuestiones éticas y prácticas que surgen, lecciones que se pueden aprender unos de otros, y formas en que se pueden mantener canales de comunicación y colaboraciones en el futuro. Queremos especialmente abrir un espacio para investigadores indígenas y de Latinoamérica, y miembros de comunidades indígenas sobre estos temas. El taller constará de cortas presentaciones por invitados además de actividades en pequeños y grandes grupos para generar debates. El taller será multilingüe con apoyo para hablantes de español, portugués e inglés. Si se necesita apoyo en otro idioma, por favor contáctenos (cblraa2019@gmail.com) y haremos lo posible para proporcionarlo.El taller se llevara a cabo en la ciudad de Nueva York del 2 al 3 de enero de 2019 antes del comienzo de la reunión anual de Linguistic Society of America (LSA) y Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA). A los participantes con gastos cubiertos también se les pedirá que preparen y presenten un cartel durante la reunión de SSILA 2019. Les prestaremos ayuda en la preparación de los mismos. Esta será una oportunidad para que los participantes compartan sus experiencias e ideas con un público más amplio de investigadores de la lingüística.Los participantes con gastos cubiertos recibirán fondos para viaje, alojamiento y comida durante el taller. Si se necesita visa para viajar a los EE. UU., también ayudaremos con esto. Ud. puede postularse (o ser postulado) para ser financiado si 1) está activamente participando en la documentación, revitalización, recuperación u otro tipo de proyecto de una lengua amerindia; 2) tiene formación formal o informal en lingüística; 3) es de una comunidad amerindia.Tendrán prioridad aquellos postulantes 1) cuya participación sea más probable que lleve a investigadores basados en EEUU a reflexionar y re-evaluar sus propias prácticas, 2) cuya participación en el taller sea más probable que lleve a establecer nuevas colaboraciones para documentar, revitalizar y mantener una lengua o lenguas amerindia(s), y 3) que sean de regiones o comunidades que de otra forma no sean representadas en el taller o la reunión de SSILA.Este proyecto es financiado por la National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program (BCS-1833155).CHAMADA PARA APLICAÇÕES DE PARTICIPANTES FINANCIADOSAs inscrições para participantes financiados devem ser entregues até 20 de agosto de 2018.Aplicação de Participantes Financiados (português)Aplicação de Participantes Financiados (espanhol)Aplicação de Participantes Financiados (inglês)Convidamos os candidatos que gostariam de participar de um workshop para melhorar a comunicação entre os membros da comunidade, pesquisadores e instituições que se envolvem em trabalhos e pesquisas linguísticas realizados pelas próprias comunidades nas Américas. No workshop discutiremos as diferenças e semelhanças entre as abordagens baseadas nas experiências que estão sendo desenvolvidas e aplicadas pelas comunidades. As questões éticas e práticas que surgem, o que podemos aprender umas com as outras e como podemos manter canais de comunicação e colaboração no futuro. Queremos ouvir especialmente membros da comunidade indígena e pesquisadores latino-americanos sobre esses temas. O workshop envolverá apresentações curtas de palestrantes convidados, bem como atividades para pequenos e grandes grupos destinadas a gerar discussões. O workshop será multilíngue, com suporte para falantes de espanhol, português e inglês. Se for necessário suporte em outro idioma, por favor entre em contato e faremos o melhor para fornecê-lo.O workshop será realizado em Nova York, nos dias 2 e 3 de janeiro de 2019, antes do início das reuniões anuais da Sociedade Linguística das Américas (LSA) e a Sociedade para o Estudo das Línguas Indígenas das Américas (SSILA). Os participantes financiados do workshop também serão solicitados a preparar e apresentar um pôster na reunião da SSILA 2019. Ajudaremos os participantes na preparação dos seus cartazes. Esta será uma oportunidade para os participantes compartilharem suas experiências e ideias com um público mais amplo de pesquisadores em Lingüística.Os participantes financiados receberão apoio financeiro para viagens, hospedagem e refeições para participar do workshop. Se você precisar de suporte aquisição do visto para viajar aos EUA, ajudaremos a organizar isso. Você é elegível para se candidatar (ou ser indicado) para ser um participante financiado se: 1) estiver ativamente envolvido em projetos de documentação, revitalização ou outro tipo de projeto envolvendo uma língua ou línguas indígenas das Américas; 2) você tem algum treinamento formal ou informal em lingüística; e 3) você é membro de uma comunidade indígena das Américas.Será dada preferência aos candidatos: 1) Cuja participação possa contribuir com a reflexão dos pesquisadores dos EUA levando-os a reavaliar suas próprias práticas: 2) Cuja participação no workshop possa contribuir com novas colaborações para documentar, revitalizar e manter uma língua ou línguas indígenas das Américas e 3) de regiões ou comunidades que não estejam representadas no seminário ou na reunião da SSILA.Este projeto é apoiado pela Fundação Nacional de Ciências através do Programa de Documentação de Línguas em Perigo (BCS-1833155).

PhD scholarships at the language and culture research centre

Applications are invited, from suitably qualified students, to enter the PhD program of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University Australia. Supervision will be provided by Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Professor R. M. W. Dixon, Professor Rosita Henry, Dr Alexander Walker, Dr Luca Ciucci, and Dr Michael Wood.Our PhD candidates generally undertake extensive fieldwork on a previously undescribed (or scarcely described) language and write a comprehensive grammar of it for their dissertation. They are expected to work on a language which is still actively spoken, and to establish a field situation within a community in which it is the first language. Their first fieldtrip lasts for six to nine months. After completing a first draft of the grammar, back in Cairns, they undertake a second fieldtrip of two to three months. Fieldwork methodology centres on the collection, transcription and analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and — at a later stage — judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under description (not through the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority areas are the Papuan and Austronesian languages of New Guinea and surrounding areas, and the languages of tropical Amazonia. However, we do not exclude applicants who have an established interest in languages from other areas (which need not necessarily lie within the tropics).PhDs in Australian universities involve some coursework and a substantial dissertation. Candidates must thus have had thorough coursework training before embarking on this PhD program. This should have included courses on morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology/phonetics, taught from a non-formalist perspective. We place emphasis on work that has a sound empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of general typological theory, or what has recently come to be called basic linguistic theory).Distinguished Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald is Australian Laureate Fellow and Research Leader for People and Societies of the Tropics. Together with Professor R. M. W. Dixon, she heads the Language and Culture Research Centre, which includes Research Fellows and a growing number of doctoral students. In addition, senior scholars from across the world opt to spend their sabbatical at the Language and Culture Research Centre.The LCRC has strong links with anthropologists, archaeologists and educationalists, with scholars working on environmental issues, all within James Cook University. Further information is available at http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/The scholarship will be at the standard James Cook University rate, Australian $27.082 pa. Students coming from overseas are liable for a tuition fee; but this will be waived if scholarship is awarded. A small relocation allowance may be provided on taking up the scholarship. In addition, an adequate allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses and conference attendance.The scholarship is for three and a half years. The deadline for application (starting in 2019) is 30 September 2018.Successful applicants would take up their PhD scholarships between January and June 2019. (The academic year in Australia runs from February to November.)Application form and procedures for international students can be found at: https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/postgraduate-research-scholarships (JCUPRS scholarships).Prospective applicants are invited, in the first place, to get in touch with Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au, providing details of their background, qualifications and interests (including a curriculum vitae). Applicants are advised to send samples of their written work in linguistics (at least some of this should be in English). Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA, FQAASDistinguished Professor and Australian Laureate FellowDirector of the Language and Culture Research CentreJames Cook UniversityPO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australiahttp://www.jcu.edu.au/faess/JCUPRD_043649.htmlmobile 0400 305315, office 61-7-42321117fax 61-7-4042 1880  http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.auhttp://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/

New Executive Secretary / Treasurer

SSILA is happy to announce that Mary S. Linn (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage) will be SSILA’s new Executive Secretary / Treasurer!

She will be coordinating with Keren Rice, Tania Granadillo and the Executive Committee. Her three-year term will begin at the end of the SSILA 2019 meeting in New York City.

We would like to thank Mary for her participation in SSILA and for her willingness to take on this important position.