Come for the Times article but stay for the motion. If you want to learn the details of how DOGE took over #NEH, click on the “view the motion” link here.
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As someone who watched the careful stewardship of grants over many years, the lack of care and the dismissal of the hard work of scholars and NEH program staff described here is devastating and shameful.
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MLA, ACLS, and AHA lawsuit reveals use of ChatGPT in illegal termination of grants by DOGE. Motion for summary judgment asserts violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers. mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
Piggybacking on this to boost a session I'm organizing that very much wants to hear from contingent faculty! mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...
Here at #4C26 w awesome @modernlanguage.bsky.social colleagues! Chat w me about our Reading and Writing Pedagogy Institutes, summer professional development for chairs and program leaders, workshops and webinars and more! Find me and @jasonrhody.bsky.social around and at our session Saturday 8am. 🌞
There are a number of #MLA27 calls for papers focused on contingent faculty — please check them out…
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Join us on 17 March for the first session in our latest virtual workshop series, Networking for Humanities Careers. Facilitators will share practical steps you can take to put your best narrative forward, make new contacts, and more. mla.org/Events/Workshop-Series/Networking-for-Humanities-Careers
PROFESSION has always been such an important part of how I understand, well, the profession. Please consider submitting and share widely this important CFP on precarity.
Make a plan to make that Feb. 2 deadline and take advantage of a program that helps us all envision a brighter future for higher ed @humetricshss.bsky.social
ICYMI, #MLA26 hosted an undergraduate research poster session that included six students from Eastern Connecticut State University. Learn more about their experience presenting and attending sessions: www.easternct.edu/news/_storie...
Do faculty who taught through occupations in other cities (e.g. Portland, Chicago, LA), or who have developed materials for supporting students through horrors like those happening in MN, have resources to recommend? Assignments, readings, extracurricular plans, &c? Please share if you can!
Sign-ups for 1:1 mentoring at the #MLA26 Professional Development Hub are open! Take advantage of a consultation with our generous and knowledgeable mentors in English and world languages fields. All career stages and questions welcome (esp grad students)!
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Commmunity college faculty and staff at #MLA26, come to the cash bar for you and for grad students who want to learn about CCs. mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
Keep an eye out for SO MUCH 1:1 MENTORING at the Professional Development Hub! Great opportunity for grad students to get advice on everything from CVs to journal publishing and more!
Waiting for the start of @garygulman.bsky.social at the Kimmel Center in Philly and spotted this in his MISFIT— love to see it, @modernlanguage.bsky.social !
Stop by and learn more about @modernlanguage.bsky.social publications and programs from my amazing colleagues! #ACTFL25
Deadline is Saturday! Help subsidize your #MLA26 attendance by applying for an MLA convention grant.
Did you know the @modernlanguage.bsky.social offers support for graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty to attend the convention? Apply for a travel grant by 1 November!
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If you're trying to figure out how to manage massive changes in higher education, there is still time to register for this 5-session virtual workshop that helps you think about responses to threats, questions about mergers, understanding budgetary woes, & other essential topics. Starts tomorrow!
Today is the last day to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers can join to get the best rates. Join us in Toronto or online and get strategies, resources, and community to help you navigate the current moment. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Professional development opportunities at #MLA26, in person and online. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Check out the preconvention half-day workshops. Train to be an external reviewer or work on such topics as banned books or and writing studies research or the perennial favoite--AI. Worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
This is today!
The Professional Development Hub is one of those ways! We’ll be offering a mini workshop on writing for the public, discussion groups on advocacy strategies, 1:1 mentoring, and lots of information about MLA resources #MLA26
We will continue to press the argument—in court, with Congress, and with the public—that the NEH remains a critical agency for American democracy, history, literature, languages, philosophy, politics, society, and culture.
MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org are pleased by the injunction in the Author's Guild case, preventing reallocation of grant funds, but are disappointed in the ruling on our injunction. We remain steadfast in working to stop the unlawful dismantling of the NEH. www.mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
An amazing kickoff! Looking forward to the rest (and amazing to meet in person all the lovely people I’ve been emailing! 🤩) So many thanks to @modernlanguage.bsky.social staff colleagues and all the folks contributing to this great program!
The work we do in the humanities is under attack. @modernlanguage.bsky.social Strategy Sessions are one way we support members. Join us for our final session of the spring 20 May 4:30pm ET. Visit our website for more—and consider joining if you’re not a member.
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Janine in a black Phillies cap with a black logo seated in the upper level of Citizens Bank Park
Go Phils!
