In the last few days I've talked to a few people who are planning to spend the summer converting a dissertation chapter into an article. In the spirit of a productive writing summer, a few pieces of advice based on my experience writing a bunch of articles and editing two journals.

BREAKING: Today, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted emergency relief in the AHA and American Oversight’s lawsuit concerning compliance with the Presidential Records Act. 🗃️

Reminder, Weds. deadline: The US Department of Education’s proposed rule on student borrowing will be devastating to music in higher education: it assesses program outcomes based on flawed earnings metrics that don’t fit arts careers. Comment by May 20: www.amsmusicology.org/public-comme...

The US Department of Education’s proposed rule on student borrowing will be devastating to music in higher education: it assesses program outcomes based on flawed earnings metrics that don’t fit arts careers. Learn more and submit a comment by May 20: www.amsmusicology.org/public-comme...

"This is a victory for the scholars, students, colleges, universities, associations, state humanities councils, libraries, and local organizations in all fifty states and territories whose work was abruptly disrupted last year." Read ACLS President Joy Connolly's new advocacy update: bit.ly/4dGLDN6

This is a great opportunity: 2 year fellowship at public institution in New York. moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu/programs/pos...

For historians navigating hiring, tenure, and promotion: Not all historical work fits traditional evaluation models, including work with public audiences, digital projects, and collaborative scholarship. Our guidelines offer language you can use to make the case:

According to Humanities Indicators, humanities majors work across a wide range of sectors, earn substantially more than non-degree holders, & report high job satisfaction. The "unemployable humanities grad" is a myth. We need more humanists. #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences

Musicologists! I’m looking for someone willing to review The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price by Samantha Ege and Alexandra Kori Hill. For the Journal of Musicological Research!

Hey y'all— come get paid to study computer-assisted music analysis (partially with me!) this summer in NYC. Applications are here: institutes.ams-net.org, and the longer description is.... [in the comments]

Just a few more days to submit proposals for the Music & Labor Symposium (May 15­–17 at the Friday Harbor Laboratories at the University of Washington)! Details at the link -- please share widely. I'd love to review lots of proposals! (Yes, really!) careers.amsmusicology.org/opportunity/...

In just five weeks, usage of the 100 Path to Open titles that are now open exceeded their usage in all of 2025. Imagine a world in which all HSS scholarly books are open to all. Can we make it happen? @acls1919.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Interested in applying for an ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship? Join us for a webinar on February 24 at 10 AM ET or March 4 at 4 PM ET for information on the program and tips for preparing a successful application: bit.ly/3JXQlI5

If you are a member of the American Musicological Society, please remember to vote on the By-laws changes. (Link should be in your email inbox.)

Politics and Scholarly Societies: 1200 Partnerships with External Organizations Terminated at the University of Kentucky - The Scholarly Kitchen

For this year's online meeting, the American Musicological Society offers Annual Meeting Registration Waivers to international attendees from countries with a per-capita GDP below $41,000. Details: www.amsmusicology.org/annual-meeti...

Looking to explore a career outside academia? Recent PhDs: apply by March 11 to be an ACLS Leading Edge Fellow! Put your humanities PhD skills to work at mission-driven nonprofits across the country. Learn more: www.acls.org/LeadingEdge

Last call for proposals to give a lecture at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum! Deadline Jan. 15. www.amsmusicology.org/events/rrhof...

Crossref is hiring a Communications Manager. You'll be the link between our technical work and the community, making sure they know what we're doing and why it matters. Details: https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2025-11-13-communications-manager/ #hiring #remote #Crossref

I found this report really analytical and useful. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Postdoctoral fellowship at Ohio State on the theme "Cultures in Motion." (Look under the External Fellowships tab.) Deadline Feb. 16. globalartsandhumanities.osu.edu/research-fun...

You have the opportunity to weigh in on the US Dept of Education’s proposed “patriotic” education funding initiative. Your voice matters.

We’re offering undergraduates a unique opportunity to build their humanities-based leadership skills, connect with professionals, and explore how the #humanities shape our world. Applications for the National Humanities Leadership Council are due 10/18. Please help us spread the word.

As Sarah McKee writes in our October Community Message, open access books are downloaded 20 times more often than print editions, amplifying the reach of humanistic knowledge to audiences far beyond academia. Read the message: https://bit.ly/48sSTu1 #OA #openaccess #humanities

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

At campus-novel, I begin a series in which I try and bring AI down to earth, if only for my own sanity. campus-novel.ghost.io/towards-a-hu...

This should be a book www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

How are colleges and universities advancing the humanities and social sciences in bold, new ways? Our #InnovationInAction series spotlights real stories of change on campuses nationwide: bit.ly/4aQzzVE

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

Friendly reminder that if you need help getting your academic book manuscript ready to submit but a full edit doesn't fit your timeline, budget, or interest, I have a service for that!

Are you a humanities faculty member who has worked with your campus government realtions office? If so, let me know--I could use you on a panel at #mla26

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

Calling HBCU faculty in the humanities and social sciences! Apply now to the ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program, with grants up to $10K and fellowships up to $50K. Apply by Nov. 5, 9 PM ET: https://bit.ly/45tc8QX

"Clean energy jobs grew 2.8 percent in 2024, adding nearly 100,000 new jobs and outpacing the rest of U.S. employment more than three times over" cleanjobsamerica.e2.org

East Asianists: OSU is hiring in modern Japan! We prefer candidates with a chronological focus on years the Red Sox won the World Series and a methodological approach that emphasizes the immense contributions of short red-headed jazz fans, but we can be flexible! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37884726...

@mershoncenter.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships now being offered! Please consider applying to join an amazing group doing superb work broadly defined in a great community Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University🗃️ osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

In 2026, the first 100 @jstor.bsky.social Path to Open books will flip to open access. 🎉 Behind this milestone is a deep commitment to bibliodiversity: building a collection that values multiple languages, perspectives, formats, and disciplines. More on our approach: https://bit.ly/3JSOlCC

Very pleased that my article, "Women's Volunteerism, State Propaganda, and Subsidies for New Music in the USA: Following the Money on CRI 145," is newly available in Music and Politics. Open access! journals.publishing.umich.edu/mp/article/i...

AMS career development grants in American music: due July 1 www.amsmusicology.org/funding/care...

The AMS is launching a “Coalition of Music Organizations,” a voluntary association of music organizations, publishers, programs, and cultural institutions designed to provide access to small grant funding, outreach support, and opportunities for cooperation. www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...

NEH funds let the AMS reach out to new partners; sponsor people who could not otherwise attend meetings; invite new folks in; offer public events about US musics; publish editions of music; and more. We will still run the Institute but the loss of funding matters. Alt text of the AMS letter below.

K-12 educators: interested in American music? The American Musicological Society is offering grants for you to attend the Teaching Music History conference, which will feature a workshop led by the Music of Asian America Research Center. Apply by April 1. www.amsmusicology.org/funding/k-12...

AMS's NEH Summer Institute, "Musics of the United States: Telling Our Stories" is accepting applications through March 5. Spend two weeks in conversation with us! Details: institutes.ams-net.org/schedule/

Interested in musics of the United States? The American Musicological Society is hosting an NEH-funded Institute, July 27-Aug 9, in College Park, Maryland. Music-interested scholars in all disciplines and at all career stages are welcome to apply. www.amsmusicology.org/general/cust...