Articles

Unlocking with the Rosetta

How Pierre-François Bouchard and his men shaped language, past and present.

45 Clicks

Clicking in Northern South Africa. A language without language, and without diversion.

Chinese Esperanto, dying?

Battling the Mandarin language, to find social commonness throughout China.

Deciphering Minoan

Back to Crete and its prehistoric past, to find the origins of modern literacy.

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Tibetan in Digital Communication

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Australia

ELAR
United Kingdom

AILF
Australia

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About GLOCAL

The SOAS GLOCAL, The SOAS Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics, at SOAS, University of London is a committee steering annual conferences, publications, and media, as well as research on Linguistic Anthropology for respective regions globally.

The GLOCAL supports Linguistic Anthropology in academic and social sectors and provides grants for students with exceptional work, as well as assistance for research on multiple levels. GLOCAL was initially developed in 2010 through efforts to increase knowledge of Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology, and Language and Society.

Updates

Official member of World Council on Anthropological Associations

JALA Journal Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023, pulished

AFALA conference to behosted at The University of Nairobi, September 2023

CALA 2023 conference to be hosted at University of the Philippines Dilliman.

CALA 2023 conference to be hosted at University of the Philippines Dilliman.

CALA 2023 conference to be hosted at University of the Philippines Dilliman.

Upcoming Conferences

THE CALA 2023

May 16-19, 2023
University of the Philippines Diliman
Diliman, The Philippines

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THE COMELA 2023

2023
Cambridge University
Cambridge, England

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THE AFALA 2023

October 16-19, 2023
The University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya

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Past Conferences

THE CALA 2019

January 23-26, 2019
Paññāsāstra University
Siem Reap, Cambodia

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THE CALA 2020

February 5-8, 2020
University Putra Malaysia
Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

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THE COMELA 2020

September2–5, 2020
American College in Greece
Athens, Greece

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