Mattie Burkert
@mattieburkert.bsky.social
Digital humanities prof at U of Oregon; project director, London Stage Database: londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu
I'm proud to say that, after many months of hard work, the London Stage DB team has just launched new features! Event pages surface improved lists of related dramatic works, as well as links to printed play texts from the Text Creation Partnership. #digitalhumanities #academicsky
September 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm proud to say that, after many months of hard work, the London Stage DB team has just launched new features! Event pages surface improved lists of related dramatic works, as well as links to printed play texts from the Text Creation Partnership. #digitalhumanities #academicsky
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The LSDB will experience a brief outage around 4pm pacific time today (Tuesday) while we update the database to reflect some recent record housekeeping. It should only last 10-15 minutes. Thanks for your understanding!
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The LSDB will experience a brief outage around 4pm pacific time today (Tuesday) while we update the database to reflect some recent record housekeeping. It should only last 10-15 minutes. Thanks for your understanding!
In ordering a preliminary injunction on DOGE's #NEH grant terminations, the Hon. Judge McMahon specifically cited my declaration and London Stage Database as evidence that #humanities research serves the public interest. See page 72 of the decision:
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July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In ordering a preliminary injunction on DOGE's #NEH grant terminations, the Hon. Judge McMahon specifically cited my declaration and London Stage Database as evidence that #humanities research serves the public interest. See page 72 of the decision:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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New on the blog: check out this this interactive timeline created by Research Assistant Emma Kaisner, which traces the history of backstage drama from Shakespeare to The Studio: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistory
#dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistory
Behind the Scenes: The Fascinating History of Rehearsal Plays – Extending the London Stage Database
blogs.uoregon.edu
July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New on the blog: check out this this interactive timeline created by Research Assistant Emma Kaisner, which traces the history of backstage drama from Shakespeare to The Studio: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistory
#dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistory
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Delighted to share this feature story from @uocas.bsky.social about the London Stage Database project -- what our team has accomplished, how we are moving forward now that our #NEH grant has been cut, and why we believe this work remains important: cas.uoregon.edu/news/the-show-must-go
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Delighted to share this feature story from @uocas.bsky.social about the London Stage Database project -- what our team has accomplished, how we are moving forward now that our #NEH grant has been cut, and why we believe this work remains important: cas.uoregon.edu/news/the-show-must-go
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What do we do when a key indicator of research assessment -- federal funding -- is undermined and under threat? The @humetricshss.bsky.social team tackles the question in a recent @lseimpactblog.bsky.social essay.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Is federal funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of Trump? - Impact of Social Sciences
Federal funding has long played an important role in research assessment in the United States. The HuMetricsHSS Initiative argues this must now be reassessed in light of the Trump administration’s int...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What do we do when a key indicator of research assessment -- federal funding -- is undermined and under threat? The @humetricshss.bsky.social team tackles the question in a recent @lseimpactblog.bsky.social essay.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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#ThanksBrett for your central role in building up the most exciting and generous academic field of the last 25 years! The office of digital humanities was been a tremendously positive force. @brettbobley.bsky.social
*sigh* It's too soon, but on the day of his retirement from public service, I think that it's important to recognize the contributions of Brett Bobley to the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the field. #ThanksBrett for your leadership, your good cheer & your home-baked goods.
June 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#ThanksBrett for your central role in building up the most exciting and generous academic field of the last 25 years! The office of digital humanities was been a tremendously positive force. @brettbobley.bsky.social
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Digital humanities, as a field, wouldn't exist without your creativity, stewardship, perseverance, and patience, @brettbobley.bsky.social thank you for staying with the trouble & for making my work and the work of so many others possible. #thanksbrett
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Digital humanities, as a field, wouldn't exist without your creativity, stewardship, perseverance, and patience, @brettbobley.bsky.social thank you for staying with the trouble & for making my work and the work of so many others possible. #thanksbrett
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Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions.
Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities
www.neh.gov/about/staff
Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities
www.neh.gov/about/staff
Staff
www.neh.gov
June 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions.
Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities
www.neh.gov/about/staff
Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities
www.neh.gov/about/staff
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The London Stage Database team may be defunded, but we're determined to release as much as we can of the data we've been curating this year. Something exciting is coming soon...
#digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities
#digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities
May 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The London Stage Database team may be defunded, but we're determined to release as much as we can of the data we've been curating this year. Something exciting is coming soon...
#digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities
#digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities
Such a treat this weekend to celebrate three new books by my three brilliant colleagues, Faith Barter (@faithbee.bsky.social), Stacy Alaimo and Ashley Cordes! #humanities #summerreading
May 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Such a treat this weekend to celebrate three new books by my three brilliant colleagues, Faith Barter (@faithbee.bsky.social), Stacy Alaimo and Ashley Cordes! #humanities #summerreading
As an MLA member and a past ACLS fellow, I'm heartened that my professional organizations are taking legal action to defend the #humanities. The termination of #neh funding for my project, @londonstagedb.bsky.social, is discussed on p.25 of the complaint: nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...
NHA Statement on NEH Lawsuit – National Humanities Alliance
nhalliance.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As an MLA member and a past ACLS fellow, I'm heartened that my professional organizations are taking legal action to defend the #humanities. The termination of #neh funding for my project, @londonstagedb.bsky.social, is discussed on p.25 of the complaint: nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that #NEH grant funding for "Extending the London Stage Database" was terminated abruptly earlier this month. You can help us advocate for the importance of this project and the #humanities more broadly. Read more:
Defunded but undeterred – Extending the London Stage Database
blogs.uoregon.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that #NEH grant funding for "Extending the London Stage Database" was terminated abruptly earlier this month. You can help us advocate for the importance of this project and the #humanities more broadly. Read more:
Fellow #neh grantees, I am looking for models and examples of termination appeals. Please help!
#humanities #digitalhumanities #highered
#humanities #digitalhumanities #highered
April 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Fellow #neh grantees, I am looking for models and examples of termination appeals. Please help!
#humanities #digitalhumanities #highered
#humanities #digitalhumanities #highered
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Appreciated the opportunity to speak with @npr.org about the devastating cuts to the incredible @neh-odh.bsky.social. Why is our govt canceling grants to start an AI Center that supports our national priorities? Cutting the arts and culture programs that are fundamental to a flourishing democracy?
Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research
From AI research to historical preservation, programs funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities reach every corner of the U.S. Now the government has terminated those grants.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Appreciated the opportunity to speak with @npr.org about the devastating cuts to the incredible @neh-odh.bsky.social. Why is our govt canceling grants to start an AI Center that supports our national priorities? Cutting the arts and culture programs that are fundamental to a flourishing democracy?
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My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
slate.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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ACH has updated our Impact Database with info about canceled NEH grants as of 4/8/25. We understand around 40 grants remain active, with a small number reinstated. The $ amounts reflect awarded funds. The total amount is a fraction (~.000037%)of the 2024 US budget. Learn more: impact.ach.org
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
impact.ach.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ACH has updated our Impact Database with info about canceled NEH grants as of 4/8/25. We understand around 40 grants remain active, with a small number reinstated. The $ amounts reflect awarded funds. The total amount is a fraction (~.000037%)of the 2024 US budget. Learn more: impact.ach.org
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Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
impact.ach.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org
This is an atrocity. I stand in solidarity with my international colleagues, students, and neighbors @uoregon.bsky.social.
Three additional UO international students face deportation - Daily Emerald
At least three additional international University of Oregon students have had their student visas revoked by the Department of Homeland Security, according to University of Oregon spokesperson Eric H...
dailyemerald.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is an atrocity. I stand in solidarity with my international colleagues, students, and neighbors @uoregon.bsky.social.
"Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us."
Opinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the Humanities
Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us."
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What we know so far: over 1,200 grants have been canceled and/or terminated without prior staff knowledge. 70-75% of the staff remain on admin leave for an "undetermined" length of time. There has been ZERO outreach from the chairman's office to the staff. This happened in less than a week.
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What we know so far: over 1,200 grants have been canceled and/or terminated without prior staff knowledge. 70-75% of the staff remain on admin leave for an "undetermined" length of time. There has been ZERO outreach from the chairman's office to the staff. This happened in less than a week.
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Trump's NEH has, it seems, just cancelled a bunch of fellowship programs with deadlines in the next couple of weeks. A brief thread:
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities
Supports individual faculty or staff members at Tribal Colleges and Universities pursuing research of value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences.
www.neh.gov
April 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump's NEH has, it seems, just cancelled a bunch of fellowship programs with deadlines in the next couple of weeks. A brief thread:
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
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New set of NEH grant program cancellations:
DHAG
Fellowships Open Book Program
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
DHAG
Fellowships Open Book Program
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New set of NEH grant program cancellations:
DHAG
Fellowships Open Book Program
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
DHAG
Fellowships Open Book Program
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
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If you follow me you may not be
1. in the US
2. an academic
But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted.
Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.
1. in the US
2. an academic
But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted.
Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.
Humanities Open Book Program
www.neh.gov
April 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you follow me you may not be
1. in the US
2. an academic
But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted.
Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.
1. in the US
2. an academic
But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted.
Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.
I for one care way too much about waste, fraud, and abuse to correspond about the terms of a taxpayer-funded contract with any rando who can set up an onmicrosoft.com account. NEH grant terms are pretty clear that all official communication goes through eGMS Reach...
April 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I for one care way too much about waste, fraud, and abuse to correspond about the terms of a taxpayer-funded contract with any rando who can set up an onmicrosoft.com account. NEH grant terms are pretty clear that all official communication goes through eGMS Reach...