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13 Apr 2023
Pleased to announce that Rethinking Zapotec Time has received another recognition: Honorable Mention, 2023 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Best Book in the Social Sciences, México Section. Thanks, @LASAMEXICO @LASACONGRESS and @UTexasPress!
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May 18
Two events in Paris: This Thursday, May 21, at the Musée du Quai Branly, an invited lecture for the Société des Américanistes, followed by a presentation of my book at Valentina Vapnarsky's seminar on Friday, with Danièle Dehouve. See you there!
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Jan 11
An invigorating panel on language, hegemony, and archives at the AHAs in Chicago, followed by a mandatory excursion to the historic jazz club The Green Mill, and Birriería Zaragoza (not pictured!).
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If you are @ the American History Association conference in Chicago, stop by our Friday morning session, 8:30-10am, to learn about recent work on Indigenous/non-European records in early modern archives in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. (I’m in excellent company). See you there!
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8 Dec 2025
Gracias a LASA Colonial, mañana (martes 9 de dic., 5 PM EST/4pm hora CDMX) daré una charla sobre "Rethinking Zapotec Time." ¡Esperamos su presencia! smu.zoom.us/j/753622138
Tomorrow, informal LASA Colonial talk: "Rethinking Zapotec Time" (Dec. 9, 5pm EST / 4pm CDMX). Join us!
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22 Nov 2025
Celebrating 66 years of the journal Anthropological Linguistics, and a few other things, at the American Anthropological Association meeting in New Orleans.
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18 Nov 2025
f you are attending the AAA meetings in New Orleans, please join us on Friday, 12-2pm, at the U. Nebraska Press booth (Exhibit Hall) to celebrate 66 years of the journal Anthropological Linguistics, meet the editors, and enjoy refreshments. See you there!
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15 Oct 2025
Ya inicia el coloquio y escuela doctoral “Translatio: Adaptaciones, transformaciones y traducciones en las Américas y Asia, s.XVII-XVIII”, organizado por Sonia Rose (U Toulouse), con el apoyo de Iván Escamilla (UNAM) y Jean-Noël Sanchez (U Strasbourg). ¡Nos vemos en Toulouse!
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21 Sep 2025
The new issue of Anthropological Linguistics, 64:4, is out! You may use the Project Muse link below to read exciting new scholarship by Andrew Garrett, Julie Marsault, Morgan Siewert, and Tony Webster:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55603
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9 Sep 2025
Honored to discuss my work with former student Alberto Wilson, Assistant Professor of History @TCU (Vassar '16) in a Latine Heritage Month Conversation featuring the award-winning Rethinking Zapotec Time:
□ Sunday, Sept 14, 1pm EST
□ Register here: lnkd.in/ekuUZ-gZ
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27 Aug 2025
Here is a book review (my 43rd, and counting), of a recent work in my field: On "Aztec Antichrist," by Ben Leeming, Journal of Religion 105 (3): 403-404.
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4 Jun 2025
A few images from our panel at the Society for Linguistic Anthropology meeting in Chicago (thanks, Kristina, Jennifer, Margaret, Sean, and Morgan!). 350 participants show the growth and reach if the field!
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28 May 2025
One more conference before summer begins: A Society for Linguistic Anthropology panel with presentations drawn from my recent edited volume, The Oxford Handbook of Ritual Language (2024), by an amazing group of colleagues. Come see us in Chicago, if you are around!
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26 May 2025
At LASA San Francisco: Rubén Sánchez-Godoy announces Best Colonial Book Prize (Rethinking Zapotec Time); session expertly organized by Amber Brien; photos w/Bancroft Library curator José Barragán-Álvarez and w/Beatriz Herrera (Vassar ‘07) Senior Trainer, UC Berkeley Labor Center.
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21 May 2025
Come hear some wonderful new work on Indigenous Humanism in the colonial Americas! Our LASA panel will be on Saturday at 12pm (Marriott Marquis, Foothill B), and, as shown below, I am in very good company!
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10 Apr 2025
🏆 Honored to announce that "Rethinking Zapotec Time" has received a FOURTH prize: the 2025 Latin American Studies Association Best Book in Colonial Latin American Studies, awarded by LASA Colonial! Interested in buying/adopting it? U Texas Press may print a paperback edition.
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30 Mar 2025
The new issue of Anthropological Linguistics is out! As always, its articles provide a deep exploration of languages and sociocultural domains—this time, North America, North Africa, and Indonesia. And it is on open access, so feel free to read and share. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53757
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David Tavárez retweeted
18 Mar 2025
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at @Columbia & academic career... 1/🧵
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17 Feb 2025
My new edited volume, The Oxford Handbook of Ritual Language, is now out in the US and Europe! It features case studies from language groups and societies in the Americas, the Middle East, the Pacific & S Asia. If interested, use the discount code-or ask your library to order it!
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