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We're delighted to announce that Ramón Saldívar will receive the 11th MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. A renowned scholar of Chicano and Chicana studies and narrative form, Saldívar will accept the award at the #MLA26 Awards Ceremony in Toronto.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're delighted to announce that Ramón Saldívar will receive the 11th MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. A renowned scholar of Chicano and Chicana studies and narrative form, Saldívar will accept the award at the #MLA26 Awards Ceremony in Toronto.
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Reread this short guide to responding to fascism in higher ed this morning.
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
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I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Reread this short guide to responding to fascism in higher ed this morning.
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
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"It turns out that some very exciting things are happening for people who followed the humanities path, and where they landed might surprise you." bit.ly/3IboUMj
Where Can a PhD Take You?
From a CNN senior editor to a museum president, meet seven professionals making waves in the world who say they’ve succeeded thanks to their advanced humanities degrees.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"It turns out that some very exciting things are happening for people who followed the humanities path, and where they landed might surprise you." bit.ly/3IboUMj
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@historians.org The National Humanities Center welcomes applications for 2026–27 residential fellowships. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@historians.org The National Humanities Center welcomes applications for 2026–27 residential fellowships. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
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Here are NEH appropriations adjusted for inflation. In real dollars, the agency's highest funding levels were over $600 million (2024 dollars) in the late 1970s and have been flat for the past 30 years. NEH staff have been excellent stewards of public funds, doing so much with increasingly less.
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here are NEH appropriations adjusted for inflation. In real dollars, the agency's highest funding levels were over $600 million (2024 dollars) in the late 1970s and have been flat for the past 30 years. NEH staff have been excellent stewards of public funds, doing so much with increasingly less.
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A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
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This. Not only were appropriated grants terminated, but so were our salaries.
Staff who are being terminated from the National Endowment for the Humanities this coming week received their last full paycheck this weekend.
A reminder that appropriations for full staff salaries were made through September 30, 2025. Terminating us now was never necessary, just cruel. #NEH
A reminder that appropriations for full staff salaries were made through September 30, 2025. Terminating us now was never necessary, just cruel. #NEH
June 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This. Not only were appropriated grants terminated, but so were our salaries.
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Seeing lots of folks retiring from our beloved cultural agency. What a tremendous loss for us all. And what an amazing legacy of generosity, stewardship, and care they leave behind. Let's hope we can restore it.
June 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Seeing lots of folks retiring from our beloved cultural agency. What a tremendous loss for us all. And what an amazing legacy of generosity, stewardship, and care they leave behind. Let's hope we can restore it.
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In exactly one week, over 100 #NEH staff will be terminated, under the guise that our career federal service positions have been "abolished."
We're really without words. Yet we so appreciate the support of our community in the #humanities - it's been an honor to serve you.
We're really without words. Yet we so appreciate the support of our community in the #humanities - it's been an honor to serve you.
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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We are excited to announce 16 new ACLS Leading Edge Fellows! These early-career #humanities and social sciences PhDs will join nonprofit organizations in communities across the country: bit.ly/4dEcyrn
May 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We are excited to announce 16 new ACLS Leading Edge Fellows! These early-career #humanities and social sciences PhDs will join nonprofit organizations in communities across the country: bit.ly/4dEcyrn
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Opening this year’s @modernlanguage.bsky.social Summer Seminar w/ the “Advocating for the Humanities”Boot Camp for Leaders. Excited to welcome 130+ humanities leaders over the next few days.
May 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Opening this year’s @modernlanguage.bsky.social Summer Seminar w/ the “Advocating for the Humanities”Boot Camp for Leaders. Excited to welcome 130+ humanities leaders over the next few days.
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Today, ACLS announced the finalists for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards: bit.ly/3Fr4PA3
These $50,000 prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023.
These $50,000 prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023.
ACLS Announces Finalists for 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
Twenty books advance to final round of $50,000 prize for open access titles in the humanities
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May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, ACLS announced the finalists for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards: bit.ly/3Fr4PA3
These $50,000 prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023.
These $50,000 prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023.
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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"State-specific humanities councils are important because they understand the unique cultural and historical context of our heritage ...They are particularly important in Florida, where recent state funding cuts have left us at the bottom of the list for cultural funding." bit.ly/4k1TOo2
Opinion: Firing of Librarian of Congress is just part of attack on the arts and humanities
Opinion: State-specific humanities councils are important because they understand the unique cultural and historical context of our heritage.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"State-specific humanities councils are important because they understand the unique cultural and historical context of our heritage ...They are particularly important in Florida, where recent state funding cuts have left us at the bottom of the list for cultural funding." bit.ly/4k1TOo2
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The Federation of State Humanities Councils & Oregon Humanities have filed a lawsuit against the termination of NEH grants to the state councils.
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Federation of State Humanities Councils and Oregon Humanities File Lawsuit against NEH and DOGE Alleging Illegal Termination of Grants to 56 State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils - Federation o...
Media Contact: Hannah Hethmon, Communications Manager, Federation of State Humanities Councils hhethmon@statehumanities.org or connect@statehumanities.org Federation of State Humanities Councils and O...
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May 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Federation of State Humanities Councils & Oregon Humanities have filed a lawsuit against the termination of NEH grants to the state councils.
www.statehumanities.org/federation-o...
www.statehumanities.org/federation-o...
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“Courses in the humanities, in particular, often seem impractical, but they are vital, because they stretch your imagination and challenge your mind to become more responsive, more critical, bigger.” ~Martha Nussbaum, 2017 NEH Jefferson Lecturer
Challenge accepted. 🤍✊
Challenge accepted. 🤍✊
May 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“Courses in the humanities, in particular, often seem impractical, but they are vital, because they stretch your imagination and challenge your mind to become more responsive, more critical, bigger.” ~Martha Nussbaum, 2017 NEH Jefferson Lecturer
Challenge accepted. 🤍✊
Challenge accepted. 🤍✊
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As DOGE, Musk and the GOP attack Medicaid, the FAA, FEMA and education, it’s a good time to remind ourselves what government actually is and can be when run by honorable people, and not the billionaire class:
“Government is more than some remote institution…
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As DOGE, Musk and the GOP attack Medicaid, the FAA, FEMA and education, it’s a good time to remind ourselves what government actually is and can be when run by honorable people, and not the billionaire class:
“Government is more than some remote institution…
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May 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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As DOGE, Musk and the GOP attack Medicaid, the FAA, FEMA and education, it’s a good time to remind ourselves what government actually is and can be when run by honorable people, and not the billionaire class:
“Government is more than some remote institution…
1/
As DOGE, Musk and the GOP attack Medicaid, the FAA, FEMA and education, it’s a good time to remind ourselves what government actually is and can be when run by honorable people, and not the billionaire class:
“Government is more than some remote institution…
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"As they blatantly target academic programs in the “humanities,” what these legislators tend to leave out of their discussions of Return on Investment, is that humanities graduates generally fare about as well as other college graduates in terms of employment" bit.ly/42U14fB
“Return on Investment” is a Red Herring - PEN America
Legislators who target academic programs based on their ROI are using the term as a smokescreen.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"As they blatantly target academic programs in the “humanities,” what these legislators tend to leave out of their discussions of Return on Investment, is that humanities graduates generally fare about as well as other college graduates in terms of employment" bit.ly/42U14fB
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” ~Woodrow Wilson
#AltCitizen 🫶🫶
#AltCitizen 🫶🫶
May 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” ~Woodrow Wilson
#AltCitizen 🫶🫶
#AltCitizen 🫶🫶
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“It says, OK, you’re interested in the humanities? This is what we do, this is how we grapple with all sorts of things. Then you may have a better idea of where you want to delve into for your following time at Harvard.” bit.ly/4dcZysh
Hooking first-years on the arts and humanities — Harvard Gazette
Beginning this fall, nine new introductory courses will be offered to engage more first-year students in the studies.
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May 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“It says, OK, you’re interested in the humanities? This is what we do, this is how we grapple with all sorts of things. Then you may have a better idea of where you want to delve into for your following time at Harvard.” bit.ly/4dcZysh
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Ready for a deep dive? There are so many untold stories hiding under the sea. With a handful of NEH grants, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology has been able to excavate and explore various shipwrecks around the world and find the stories that have been buried deep within. nauticalarch.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ready for a deep dive? There are so many untold stories hiding under the sea. With a handful of NEH grants, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology has been able to excavate and explore various shipwrecks around the world and find the stories that have been buried deep within. nauticalarch.org