Hey #DigitalHumanities peeps. This is the last week to sign up for an #ACH2026 pre-conf virtual workshop! 1) DH Pedagogy Studio: Creative + Critical Assignment Design 2) Get Started Preserving your Web Content & Data 3) Envisioning DH at your Teaching-Focused Instn ach2026.ach.org/en/workshops/

We're making it happen! A hybrid, post- #ACH2026 SoCal gathering for those interested in DH understood broadly (incl. critical AI, critical data studies, DH pedagogy). Join us June 29 to commiserate, vent, celebrate, promote what's happening on your campus! ach2026.ach.org/en/hubs/

Trying to convince colleagues to go to what's sure to be an excellent book talk by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social at my campus today (during a time I teach) and tell me all about it!

If your campus subscribes to Canvas at "Canvas Next" tier, check out the option (disabled by default unless campus IT are rash) being rolled out in tomorrow's release: IgniteAI "study tools" let students "summarize" pages & generate flashcards on content! community.instructure.com/en/discussio...

Registration is open for ACH 2026, taking place virtually June 24–26! This year's theme centers transnationalism and solidarity in the Americas, with bilingual participation in English and Spanish. Register now: ach2026.ach.org

The MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching I’m in drafted this Statement on #AI and #Assessment, endorsed by the #MLA Executive Council. I hope our community finds it useful to hold the line against EdTech opportunism and the erosion of core pedagogical values. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

We're excited to share details of our first event of the year! 'Digital Humanities on the Edge: Infrastructure, Surveillance, Platforms, Artificial Intelligence.' Friday 27th March 11am AEDT (via Zoom - link to follow) Details & registration: events.humanitix.com/digital-huma...

Too realistic! 'Detecting “authentic” student thinking is technically possible, but prohibitively expensive. Think about it: We would need to pay real human faculty to interact with real human students. We do not have the budget for that.'

Anyone know of plans for/interest in an ACH 2026 hub in SoCal? @plach.bsky.social ? Might people like to come out to Irvine?

Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract. Link below and anyone can sign:

The CFP for ACH2026 is now live: ach2026.ach.org/en/cfp/ The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual. Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!

AI is not inevitable: A conversation with educators, unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience! Join your colleagues from across pre-K-12 and higher ed for a webinar on exercising worker power in the age of AI. December 11, 4-5 p.m. ET on Zoom Link to register below👇

Solidarity with teachers @utlanow.bsky.social "i-Ready software generates new and unique questions for students based on [...] an algorithm, but parents and teachers are unable to see what children are asked, in part because the company that makes the program considers them proprietary information."

A helpful document to share with colleagues who persist in the "policing" mode!

📣 Call for Papers: Weizenbaum Conference 2026 🤖 “Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?” 📅 Berlin, June 10–11, 2026 📌 Submit papers by Jan 31, 2026 🔗 More: t1p.de/wa2nc

And we're back! Join us December 4–5, 2025 at Northeastern University in Boston for our 12th annual The Caribbean Digital Conference. Our schedule is packed with wonders and amazing colleagues. Check it out! As always, attendance is free, whether zoom or live. Hope to see you there!

May she rest in peace and her words and work live on. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Looking forward to reading Nan Z. Da's piece and sad at today's announcement that my University of California campus library is ceasing its subscription to NLR at year's end. www.lib.uci.edu/resources-ca...

For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone. @cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us. www.cft.org/resolution/e...

Strong statement from the MLA www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

DH as critical praxis and worldbuilding with @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @roopikarisam.bsky.social. An intellectual-pedagogical-feminist dream symposia come true through, hosted through my Critical Data Lab at UCLA Data X. datax.ucla.edu/news-events/...

Don't miss our next outstanding speaker, Dr. Roderic Crooks, on October 15, 2025, @ 7:00 pm CT. He will speak on his book "Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality." Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...

📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026 📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷 📅 July 27-31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025 Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ #DH2026 #ADHO #KADH

AAUP members are invited to join the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of member-based research, recommendations & resources for building faculty power over ed-tech decisions at their institutions, including AI! August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom Register here👇

Anyone located near the Huntington Library in Southern California interested in a pd research project? 150 hrs for $5500 USD stipend to double check a periodical to include in the Curran Index. Due: 8/20 Pls fwd! #job #periodicals #victorian #bookhistory

What a great (and easily navigable) informational resource from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social ! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...

Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... 🧵1/9

Info at this link. What is our union leadership doing?! m.youtube.com/watch?v=s1WW...

Registration is still open for the AAUP 2025 Summer Institute in Atlanta! Join us July 17-20 to learn skills & share vision & ideas to help build a strong movement in defense of higher education. Attendance is FREE for all AAUP & @aft.org members! More info here: www.aaup.org/event/2025-a...

Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"

Saturday in LA I got to experience Nadya Tolokonnikova in POLICE STATE (open again June 12-14), then stepped outside to the sound of helicopters circling low overhead www.moca.org/program/nady...

OpenAI's clearly stated strategic aim to become "core infrastructure" of universities is a good example of what I've been calling a "re-infrastructuring of higher education" by value-seeking big tech, edtech and academic publishers - this from last year iyi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What’s the hype around AI? Join us, @californialabor.bsky.social & members of @wearecta.bsky.social on May 28 for our 2nd webinar on Demystifying AI & Empowering Workers. We'll explore the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology & labor. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/demyst...

Inspiringly pragmatic/locally hopeful comments by Jennifer Rhee and @ritaraley.bsky.social at today's AI resistance symposium from W&M Equality Lab reminded me that I will need to get this book!

Friends in LA, come join us Friday May 2 & Saturday May 3~ fccwla.org/peer2peer-a-...

Looking forward to being a part of this excellent online program next week, organized by Liz Losh. @ritaraley.bsky.social land I will be in dialogue about our work on the post-AI (and -Trump) university. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@ucaft.bsky.social is hosting our 2025 election April 28-May 4. Members will be voting on the statewide executive board, chapter leadership and delegates, and Unit 18 (lecturers) table team and bargaining pillars. View this🧵for details and read the FAQs on the website ucaft.org/member_resou...

Thank you, @uc-faculty.bsky.social and @ucaft.bsky.social

Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

Next weekend!!! The Eaton Speculative Fiction Conference at UC Riverside Register to receive the Zoom link for our livestream events.ucr.edu/event/eaton-...

"Sacrificing the quality of UC education while administrative bloat is left unaddressed would be a failure of leadership."

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)! What does IDEA mean for students? ✅ Individualized learning plans ✅ Early intervention ✅ Inclusive classrooms ✅ Protections & advocacy ✅ Pathways to independence #IDEA50 #ProtectOurKids

IMLS is under attack. They’ve been instrumental in digital humanities and GLAM. Make noise, spread the word, call your reps. IMLS co-funded my 1st NEH grant, which later became the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium & introduced 1000s of students of color to DH. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Looking forward to reading this painfully relevant journal issue (with an editorial by @torinmonahan.bsky.social and international contributions to the topic)

ACH is holding two Town Halls next week (3/19 and 3/21 from 12pm-1pm EST) to hear your experiences regarding how the recent government actions are affecting your ability to pursue digital humanities & the steps that ACH can take to support you and your communities. Sign up here:

"We’re going all in on AI this semester! Instead of traditional lecture slides, you’ll be working with three AI tutors,” said the university. “Complete bull****,” one student enrolled on the course said. “The university should not have ever allowed this to happen.”

We are honored to represent @nadohe.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, Baltimore and ROC, who each bravely pushed back against Trump’s intimidation & scare tactics, securing a victory for women, minorities, people with disabilities, veterans, and so many more. Full article: www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

TOMORROW! AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social will address international higher ed leaders on academic freedom and democracy. Watch live on Sat, Feb 8 at 11a.m. ~Mountain Time~. Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/84646869235 @aftunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social