So grateful to graduating Research Assistant Rose Ruhnke for this spectacular series...and for the opportunity to learn from first-hand experience why all those Restoration epilogues use the same handful of rhymes over and over again.

KGW-8 Portland interviewed me for their investigation into #NEH grant terminations -- including one for my project, the London Stage Database (@londonstagedb.bsky.social) -- and how those decisions are affecting #humanities research at @uoregon.bsky.social and across the state of Oregon:

Take your seats, silence your phones, and, whatever you do, PLEASE refrain from climbing onstage! Check out this week's #theatertthursday on the stage loungers, audience riots, and meddling managers of the London Stage: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

DOGE used ChatGPT to assess whether our NEH grant was "DEI" before terminating it and thousands of others. Project lead @mattieburkert.bsky.social has filed a declaration in the lawsuit led by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social @authorsguild.org. Read more on our blog:

Hey fans of the London Stage! It’s our 3rd #theaterthursday ! 🎉 Feb. 19, 1785: Drury Lane’s Macbeth sees a clash of genres! The witches may have been breaking character SNL-style, but icon Sarah Siddons remained SUBLIME as Lady Macbeth. Read about it on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

#theaterthursday 🎭 On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale! More RE: Pepys's night out here blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday, our new weekly blog series spotlighting London Stage events from this day in history! Feb. 5, 1704: a story of rival sopranos and ORANGES thrown from the audience! Read about the 🍊 ordeal here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

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

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: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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

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

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...

#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

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

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

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

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...

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

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?

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...

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

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.

"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."

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...

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

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.

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...

PSA: U.S. government agencies use email addresses ending in .gov, not something suss like [email protected].

The London Stage Database website has just gotten a major refresh! Check out the new and reorganized content pages at londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu, and read all about the changes on our new blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...