Department chairs and program leaders in all humanities disciplines, get some support for your work at the MLA's online Leadership Institute. Plenaries, workshops, discussion groups on the funding landscape, planning, enrollments, and more. 6/22-25, 11-5 EDT. www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/MAP...

So, so true: “Google Scholar has never been enough.” Personally, I’d say the same about a lot of commercial library discovery engines, which often cannot tell the difference between a book and a review of a book. Human curation, not for profit, supporting the scholarly societies that support you.

This has always been good advice, but I have not passed it along as consistently as I should.

Rest well, Jools Topp, of the amazing Aotearoa/NZ duo The Topp Twins. If you have never heard of this lesbian, political, singing and yodeling comedy pair, do yourself a favor and watch this documentary: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/topp-twins...

Honored to have an essay included in the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Democracy Project style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...

Please encourage any early career & NTT scholars doing fantastic work on Victorian poetries to submit to @victorianpoetry.bsky.social ‘s 2026 Early Career Prize — more info in the thread (have not had enough coffee, text of the call is embedded in a reply to the post linked below)!

it is crucial that the MLA, the AHA, and the ACLS joined forces to fight the illegal theft of federal research and programming funds i donated to support these efforts, and if you can, in any amount, you should too

Nice coverage in The Atlantic “The country’s commitment to the humanities has been affirmed in court, and I love that.” (Me)

Our next job in the courts is to pursue our claim against the shuttering of so many NEH depts and grant programs and the elimination of staff positions. If you want to help, please give to the fund at the top of this list, which is the one we are using for the lawsuit. www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

Nice coverage in The Atlantic “The country’s commitment to the humanities has been affirmed in court, and I love that.” (Me)

Members made this possible. Collective action requires the collective. Whether MLA, AHA, or another society, please join, engage, and participate. Together, we can accomplish some pretty amazing things.

"In sum, every aspect of the termination process – the NEH DEI ratings, DOGE’s DEI-based ChatGPT filter, & the spreadsheet sorting grants by “DEI Rationale” – reflects a single, unconstitutional purpose: to drive a particular disfavored viewpoint from the marketplace of humanistic inquiry" (104)

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

If you don't have an individual MLA membership, or your English/languages dept isn't a member of MLA's academic program services arms (ADE/ALD), this is a damn good reason to reconsider. These individual & institutional memberships (+ tiny donations) made this lawsuit happen. (MAPS link for depts)

YAY @paulakrebs.bsky.social !!!

Art history program leaders—hit us up; we have a good deal for you for this program.

Do you know the way? If you're a chair or program leader in #humanities, find your peace of mind at this seminar in San Jose (apologies to Dionne Warwick). www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/ADE...

Thank you to all MLA members who helped with our lawsuit against DOGE, by donating to our legal costs or by allowing us to name them in the suit. And thank you to all who renewed or rejoined as a gesture of support. Our briefs are all filed, and we just await the ruling on the summary judgment. 🤞

These incredibly charming language majors are excited about how their studies will help them after graduation. The video is part of a larger project at the University of North Florida, made possible by a Pathways grant from @mlanews.bsky.social, funded by @mellon.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfq5...

“I have a PhD in atmospheric physics. I spent a decade measuring greenhouse gases from satellites. The thing that made me good at it was reading poetry. It trained me to notice what was not being said in a dataset. Every critical decision I made as a scientist was interpretation, not computation.”

Grad students who want to learn about teaching at access-oriented institutions, and faculty at those institutions--this is for you!

In humanities, too

Deadline: April 27. *Free* week-long institute that combines strategies for teaching reading & writing with learning about teaching at access-oriented institutions like community colleges. Share with your graduate students & early career folks! bsky.app/profile/paul...

Last day for abstracts! You can do it! www.mla.org/Publications...

Grad students who want to learn about teaching at access-oriented institutions, and faculty at those institutions--this is for you!

Congratulations to the young writers recognized in Write Rhode Island’s Annual Fiction Contest! Their creative, short works of fiction unlocked unique aspects about the place we call home. Looking forward to reading stories from these authors in the years to come…📚

"Society needs specialized humanities research—research that delves deeply into literary, linguistic, or cultural topics," says @paulakrebs.bsky.social. We need to invest in humanities research for the advancement of society. #TalkAboutHumanities

#ASECS26 folks: don't forget to print 2 accessibility copies of your papers! @asecsoffice.bsky.social Travis Chi Wing Lau and Jason Farr have written this helpful guide: profession.mla.org/toward-a-mor...

Deadline: April 27. *Free* week-long institute that combines strategies for teaching reading & writing with learning about teaching at access-oriented institutions like community colleges. Share with your graduate students & early career folks!

If you are a grad student interested I learning about teaching at access-oriented institutions or a faculty member at one

Deadline approaching for our grant-supported Institutes on Reading and Writing Pedagogy in California, Louisians, Michigan, Utah, and Wisconsin. www.mla.org/Events/MLA-I...

Deadline approaching for our grant-supported Institutes on Reading and Writing Pedagogy in California, Louisians, Michigan, Utah, and Wisconsin. www.mla.org/Events/MLA-I...

Please send us an abstract

Precarity and resistance. Job security, professional autonomy, departmental structures, austerity, solidarity, mutual aid, organizing, teaching, learning. Write about this stuff, for your fellow academic workers. Deadline for abstracts 4/15: www.mla.org/Publications...

Precarity and resistance. Job security, professional autonomy, departmental structures, austerity, solidarity, mutual aid, organizing, teaching, learning. Write about this stuff, for your fellow academic workers. Deadline for abstracts 4/15: www.mla.org/Publications...

abcnews.com/video/131551.... We made this happen. Please support scholarly societies.

It's me, I am that colleague

Talking about precarity www.mla.org/Publications...

Need to cite a deposition? style.mla.org/cite-a-depos...

Got something to say about the profession? Please send us an abstract: www.mla.org/Publications...

Special issue on undergraduate English advising: www.maps.mla.org/bulletin/iss.... Your department should be part of the Association of Departments of English

Special issue on undergraduate English advising: www.maps.mla.org/bulletin/iss.... Your department should be part of the Association of Departments of English

Drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching, the latest statement from the MLA "asserts that centering communication as a human act is at the core of our work as educators." Learn more: mla.org/EC-actions

Come on! This is funny! Where’s the love?

Need to cite a deposition? style.mla.org/cite-a-depos...

Sources matter! The MLA Style Center's latest post shows how to cite a deposition:

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org welcome today’s ruling allowing video depositions to be published. "This ruling makes clear the public's stake in understanding the processes that resulted in the near-destruction of the NEH," @paulakrebs.bsky.social www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...