AMERICA 250 | Extra, extra! Read all about it! 📰 More than 270 years of history have been captured through the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between NEH and The Library of Congress. Read news articles and proclamations about the Revolution as it was happening. buff.ly/qMhhIec

The Trump administration seems determined to shrink the National Science Foundation—and to quash its ability to fund social sciences, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports:

Everyone is losing their minds about who's playing Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s adaption of The Odyssey but nobody says a word when classics departments are shut down. We all know that this is not about Homer. open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...

We invite you to join high school teachers and historians for a free webinar on how to bring 19th century documents into 21st century classrooms! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 19th (6:30-8:30 PM Central). We look forward to seeing everyone! Register today at the link below:

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is offering Kluge Fellowships in Digital Studies for scholars using digital methods to explore the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture, and international relations. Open to all disciplines—apply by Sept 15. #DigitalScholarship

This summer, join us for the 2026 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars Online! Ten courses will be offered, including "A Photographic History of the United States," taught by John W. Stauffer. This course will run from July 27 to July 31. Sign up by July 20: https://ow.ly/R6z050Yx2uO

And we're underway!

Looking forward to joining virtually to keep up with what's happening in the digital humanities and to cheer for friends and former colleagues.

40 years ago?!? Good grief.

Now accepting applications: NEH's Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for K-12 Educators and Higher Education grant programs. Apply by June 25 to hold a summer professional development program for humanities educators. www.neh.gov/grants

Still time to vote in #DH Awards 2025, the #DigitalHumanities Awards awareness event. Anyone can vote (once) up until 2026-04-17. Anyone? Yes, anyone. Your aunt can vote, your highschool friend can vote, anyone! dhawards.org/dhawards2025... (or secure form directly at forms.gle/FvWp3NYs8hv1...)

Phew!

Today is National School Librarian Day. THANK YOU, school librarians & school library workers. We celebrate you. For so many library kids, the school library is the only place they have access to books. It is where they learn to believe that stories are for them. Thank you for your library joy 💛📚🥹🤟🏽

Looking for something lovely and calming to watch? I'm loving _The Creation Rose_ about the stained glass rose window in Washington DC's National Cathedral. Just beautiful. www.pbs.org/show/the-cre...

The @librarycongress.bsky.social Web Archiving Section is hosting a paid remote intern next Fall. See remote project 2 “On the Digital Campaign Trail: Archiving U.S. Election Websites” www.loc.gov/item/interns... and share with anyone interested who matches qualifications!

The J. Paul Getty Trust is looking for a new Director of the Getty Foundation. With a $28M budget, & exemplary programs, the Foundation strengthens the global arts ecosystem in museums, archives, and communities through strategic philanthropy. Salary: $525K-$550K. Los Angeles area residency req'd.

Rapacious. Atavistic. Obsequious. Students reading The Intuitionist discover Colson Whitehead’s formidable vocabulary. Listen now. -- shorturl.at/trgVN

Perhaps of interest?

Oh hooray!

Because last year was *waves hands arounds*, I have seen none of the #Oscars nominated films/performances. So I am rooting for the one that I know engaged humanities scholars as part of its preparation. So, let's go #Sinners!

Job posting: Assoc Dir for Interpretation, Learning & Public Programs @ Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of Asian Art. Closes 03/16; Salary: $143,913-$158,306. Onsite, Washington, DC.

Calling all technologists, artists and other creative visionaries: The Library of Congress has opened the call for the next Innovator in Residence! Apply by 2pm ET April 10 newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are now open! Deadline to apply is April 22. Learn more at www.neh.gov/grants

K-12 teachers: don’t forget to register for our upcoming Teaching African American Studies Institute (TAASI) by March 30th! Please help us spread the word about this exciting professional development opportunity for educators! #humanities #professionaldevelopment #k12teachers #afamstudies

On Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 1PM eastern, we're hosting a second webinar for the @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI program. Feel free to jump on if you'd like to learn more about the program. Register here: schmidtentities.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Kate Hudson?

Job posting: International Project Coordinator, Office of Global Affairs (OGA), Smithsonian. Closing date: 02/23/2026; Salary $57,736 to - $75,059/yr GS 07. Provides admini/programmatic support to OGA's portfolio of international projects & strategic initiatives.

mRNA vaccines are the biggest breakthrough in disease prevention and treatment in decades. We're curing *cancer* with mRNA vaccines. To eliminate research in this field, at this moment, is fall-of-the-empire-grade stuff.

Yeah!

Announcer: "This has not been the game they [the Patriots] have hoped for, but there is still time..." *Seattle defense rolls over the Patriots quarterback*

Cheese update: Lovely. Would recommend.

Dang.

Woot!

Well, now I'm sniffling at a commercial for mortgages.

Trying a new cheese this Super Bowl. Jasper Hill Farm Moses Sleeper. Seems to have a history connection. Will report back. www.jasperhillfarm.com/moses?srslti...

Okay, I don't think that (retired) athletes should be doing commercials for online betting. Just no.

Oh, Bon Jovi. Shame.

Let's go Seahawks and Green Day!

Gosh! Those US ice dancers are stunning. #WinterOlympics

That Olympic cauldron is lovely.

I expected Italy to have more colorful walk out uniforms.

Okay...what is this pep talk from Samuel L. Jackson?

Norway's sweaters are nice.

Don't forget to nominate any #DH resources for DH Awards 2025 so they get on the ballot! Deadline coming up soon! dhawards.org/dhawards2025... The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!

Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books. Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...

Nota bene, teacher friends! 🗃️ 🍎

Attention all fans of The London Stage Database! 📣 Thanks to a new, internal grant, the LSDB is officially able to resume active development! Read our blog post about the news here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #humanities #theaterhistory

An America "250th" collaboration betw the Smithsonian & the Library of Congress.. Revolution Crossroads is a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, using AI to surface untold stories, connect long-separated records, & bring new life to Revolutionary-era history.

Just attended a fantastic conversation on "Beyond the Headlines: AI and Historical Newspapers" hosted by @bpl.boston.gov / @bplmaps.bsky.social with Harvard's @mollyhardy.bsky.social and Greg Leppert. Recording is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZZa...