Colleagues may be interested in the following annoucement of a Society for 
the History of Linguistics in the Pacific (posted on behalf of Bill 
McGregor):

We propose to establish a society for the study of the history of 
linguistics in the Pacific region, with the above title, abbreviated SHLP. 
The purpose of this society is to foster and advance the study of the 
history of linguistic research in the world’s most linguistically diverse 
region, the Pacific (embracing the region falling within the scope of 
Pacific Linguistics). SHLP is concerned with the history of all aspects of 
linguistics — documentary, descriptive, theoretical, and applications — and 
its relation to other disciplines. The aims of the society include:

∙	to awaken the interest and further the awareness of linguists in 
the history of their discipline, with a particular focus on the Pacific 
region;
∙	to give the history of linguistics both within the subject and 
outside it – in disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology – a 
higher profile in the Pacific region and internationally;
∙	to encourage the production of critical editions of important 
historical documents and historically aware metadocumentary resources;
∙	to stimulate the investigation of indigenous and post-colonial 
traditions in linguistics;
∙	to encourage awareness of the principles and practices of 
linguistic historiography;
∙	to serve as an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue within the 
international community of historians of linguistics.

The main activities of the society will be:

∙	organisation of biennial conferences, the first to be held in 
conjunction with ALS2008;
∙	establishment of a newsletter and electronic forum for exchange of 
ideas and information.

Membership of the society is open to those interested in Pacific region 
history, especially linguists, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, 
educators, and speakers of languages of the region. Please send expressions 
of interest to the planning committee (see below) at 
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The planning committee aims to establish an interim organisation by the end 
of 2007, and will communicate information directly to all those who have 
expressed interest.

Thanking you in advance, the Planning Committee:

	Hilary Carey (Newcastle, [log in to unmask])
	William B. McGregor (Aarhus, [log in to unmask])
	David Moore (Alice Springs, [log in to unmask])