Are you as thrilled as me that @modernlanguage.bsky.social and its co-claimants won its case about the dismantling of the @nehgov.bsky.social? Then join me in donating to the MLA's Paving the Way campaign! Or donate to your scholarly org of choice! www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

Please enjoy this supercut I made of a DOGE bro saying "I don't know." Because there's a shit ton he didn't know. Like, for example, the Constitution.

Mark Sample@samplereality.bsky.social · 5mo ago

DOGE bro doesn’t know

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.

Modern Language Association@modernlanguage.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the lawsuit by the MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org, the court has ruled that termination by the NEH of grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect.” www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

Remember that class I taught this semester: AI for the Humanities? I've just published the syllabus, reading list, and all the assignments on @kcommons.bsky.social. Come and get them! #openaccess #citepedagogy works.hcommons.org/collections/...

If you're a member of @modernlanguage.bsky.social, you should have just received an invitation to vote on amendments to the constitution. As I'm currently chair of the Committee on Amendments, I'm happy to answer questions about the why and what of these proposals.

Thrilled to see the depositions of the DogeBros back online from the @modernlanguage.bsky.social et al lawsuit? If so, join me in donating to your friendly local scholarly association. Mine's the MLA's Paving the Way campaign. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

I love that @modernlanguage.bsky.social has posted the depositions of the DOGE bros who gutted the National Endowment for the Humanities. All part of the lawsuit the MLA, AHA, and ACLS have filed against the federal government.

Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition (Part 3) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH

YouTube video by ModernLanguageAssoc

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Here's what my professional org (@modernlanguage.bsky.social) has been up to recently, along with several others: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a.... Read about the lawsuit MLA, ACLS, AHA, and Authors Guild have been pursuing.

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

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Excellent venue for computational humanities work, colocated with ACL in San Diego on July 6. Please share!

Sil Hamilton@srhm.ca · 5mo ago

🚨 NLP4DH 2026 deadline has been extended to March 13! Submission link here: openreview.net/group?id=NLP...

Just discovered that Steve Reich's *Music for 18 Musicians* will be performed on my campus in three weeks. This is me for the next 21 days. media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

Omg GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

Discover & share this Omg GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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So that "AI for the Humanities" course I'm teaching? Here's the vibe-coding assignment that I gave to my students earlier today: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... As always, my assignments are CC-BY.

Vibe-Coding

Vibe-Coding Rationale In his February 2026 piece for The New York Times, Paul Ford writes that he “believe[s] there are millions, maybe billions, of software products that don’t exist but should.” He ...

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I wrote a thing about the "AI for the Humanities" class that I'm currently teaching: humanitiescenter.byu.edu/the-work-of-....

The Work of Humanities in an Age of AI Production

This essay was written by Brian Croxall, a BYU Humanities Center faculty fellow. As someone who has been—by one measure or another—very online for about 35 years, it’s fascinating to see technologies ...

humanitiescenter.byu.edu

Call for Proposals: What does an edited volume look like in a post-print world? What does an edited volume “get” you (in a professional sense)? Do we even still need edited volumes?

For the 2027 MLA Convention, @jakacki.bsky.social and I are proposing a special session, "Edited Collections: Tips and Tricks to Successful Publishing." This will be a roundtable, with contributors *to*, editors *of*, and publishers *of* edited volumes. Plus admin. @modernlanguage.bsky.social

I've been busy this semester, working on my new course called "AI for the Humanities": docs.google.com/document/d/1.... It's taught across four different departments in our College of Humanities.

AI for the Humanities Syllabus, Winter 2026

AI for the Humanities DigHT 315, DigHT 590, ENG 326, ELING 421, HColl 480, IHUM 390Winter 2026 Prof. Brian Croxall brian.croxall@byu.edu 801.422.7425 1163D JFSB Office Hours: MTWTh, 12-1 pm I reserv...

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But what meant the most was when I was severely underemployed in 2009, @brettbobley.bsky.social took the time to talk with me about the process of applying to jobs at the NEH. We had never met apart from Twitter and he chatted on the phone. That meant so much to a broke PhD. #ThanksBrett

A huge thanks to @brettbobley.bsky.social who is retiring from NEH ODH. A consummate public servant who is always a joy to see arriving at DH events in his chopper. I owe you a Diet Coke every day from here on out. #ThanksBrett

I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.

I donated to the Paving the Way initiative to help with this critical lawsuit on behalf of the NEH. Think about joining me?

Paula Krebs@paulakrebs.bsky.social · last yr.

3 ways to fight for the NEH: 1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming 2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have. 3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

If your grant was terminated & you are an MLA member (or in a related discipline), please fill out our My NEH Grant Story form. Your story can help inform the actions we are taking to protect the NEH. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My NEH Grant Story

We're documenting the impact of MLA members' NEH grant projects. Let us know about a project you completed with help from the NEH (e.g., a course you taught, a book you finished, a database you built,...

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Modern Language Association@modernlanguage.bsky.social · last yr.

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

This is why I became a lifetime @modernlanguage.bsky.social member last year.

Jason Rhody@jasonrhody.bsky.social · last yr.

Enough is enough. @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org filed a lawsuit to push back against the devastating changes at NEH. We all deserve a strong and vibrant @nehgov.bsky.social.

Maybe small orgs and large orgs could work together rather than taking aim at one another. The impulse to compete always undermines solidarity. Reach out rather than tearing down.

If you don't know what your org is doing right now to fight for you, maybe ask them rather than assuming they're not doing anything. Mine has been actively meeting with folks on the Hill and strategizing with other orgs and institutions about paths forward, even as they're facing funding cuts.

Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.

Inspired by the work of Kevin L Ferguson (www.gc.cuny.edu/people/kevin...), I've summed all currently available MCU films. I've only seen one of these.

Are you a film & media scholar who wants to learn how to make video essays? Applications for the two-week June 2025 workshop Scholarship in Sound & Image at Middlebury College in Vermont are now open. Come be a videocamper and spread the word!

Scholarship in Sound & Image

Workshop on Videographic Criticism

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Wanting to start a new project on the concept of happy endings in novels. If you've ever read anything on the topic, please send me references!

I feel seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...

No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please

The culture industry keeps getting better at monetizing the past — including the new ritual of musicians playing old albums, in full, onstage.

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This semester, my colleague and I started a weekly video game play/lecture series. University comms has decided to notice: news.byu.edu/intellect/th....

From Tony Hawk Pro Skater to Minecraft, these humanities professors want students to study (and play) video games

Humanities professors Michael Call and Brian Croxall have introduced a new video gaming initiative to BYU’s campus. With the support of the College of Humanities, students gather each Monday at 4:00 p...

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I worked on the Beckett Letters project for three years in grad school. When I came across this one, I saved it because it’s so perfect.

kennan@kennan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now that’s how you write a condolence letter.