Paula Krebs
@paulakrebs.bsky.social
Executive Director of the MLA. Book reader. Bike rider. Please renew your membership! www.mla.org/Membership/About-Membership
I’m riding in the City to Shore bike ride to raise money for multiple sclerosis research in September. If you’d like to chip in to help, here’s the link: events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
I'm participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2026!
I’m participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2026 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of ...
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(The genres of writing I never realized I'd have to master. This one is not a shiny kind of writing.) We submitted a comment on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed changes to rules for federal grants: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Comment on Proposed Changes to OMB Guidelines for Federal...
On 8 July 2026, the MLA submitted the public comment below in response to the new criteria and process for federal funding for scientific research from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).The M...
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Want the recording of today's incredibly valuable webinar helping folks apply for their NEH grant reinstatements? Register here: www.tfaforms.com/5227340 And thank you @jasonrhody.bsky.social and @janineutell.bsky.social
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Huge thank you to @jasonrhody.bsky.social for his wisdom in the @modernlanguage.bsky.social webinar about the restoration of NEH grants. Register to get the recording if you weren’t able to attend. And renew your MLA membership!
Has something come up since 1 April that you want to propose an MLA session on? Post a CFP for a Just-in-Time session, and you could still be on the program for the LA convention (although the program is already super-jam-packed, we'll still be taking some Just-in-Times) www.mla.org/Events/2027-...
Proposing a Just-in-Time Session
What Is a Just-in-Time Session?Most sessions at the MLA convention have to be completed and submitted by 1 April. This works well for many topics, but sometimes an organizer wishes to create a session...
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Already almost 150 applications for our Guiliano Global Fellowships for grad students, and only a small percentage will get them. If you want to make a real difference for grad students in the way this donor has, please contact me about establishing your own equivalent of www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
Fellowships of up to $2,500 to support PhD students' travel and research toward publication, degree-completion, or transformative experiential learning.
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TODAY. If you have a canceled NEH grant, please attend.
Modern Language Association@modernlanguage.bsky.social · last mo.Reminder: our strategy session for NEH grantees is coming up today at 2:00 p.m. ET. If you were notified that your grant would be reinstated and want tips on navigating the reinstatement process, join @jasonrhody.bsky.social and @paulakrebs.bsky.social for this free event.
PUP is pleased to offer paid internships for Fall 2026-Spring 2027 in several department areas, including Editorial, Promotions/Publicity, Sales, Academic Marketing, & Integrated Marketing. This role is hybrid/remote and for payroll purposes open to those in NJ or PA. Apply by 7/12: buff.ly/JbOmJHK
Grad students in MLA fields—apply for $2500 Guiliano Global Fellowships for your research or to pursue professional development. Deadline fast approaching! www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
Fellowships of up to $2,500 to support PhD students' travel and research toward publication, degree-completion, or transformative experiential learning.
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Grad students in MLA fields—apply for $2500 Guiliano Global Fellowships for your research or to pursue professional development. Deadline fast approaching! www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
Fellowships of up to $2,500 to support PhD students' travel and research toward publication, degree-completion, or transformative experiential learning.
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“This was especially appalling for pretenure faculty members,” Krebs said, adding that “people’s careers depend on access to this kind of research support.” Just because the grants are being restored doesn't mean people's careers didn't suffer.
NEH Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Their Awards
A judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. Now comes the process of reinstating these projects.
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Want to develop something to address workforce equity at your institution? We have small grants to help. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Humanities Innovation Grants: Workforce Equity
$3,000 grants to support projects and initiatives related to researching, developing, implementing, and sustaining good practices for promoting workforce fairness and improving working conditions, esp...
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Hundreds of careers were affected by the grant cancellation, and restoration 2 years later can't reverse the effects of their loss. The NEH staff is now less than half its 2025 size, and the survivors have to process new grants and restore the canceled ones. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
NEH Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Their Awards
A judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. Now comes the process of reinstating these projects.
insidehighered.com
Hundreds of careers were affected by the grant cancellation, and restoration 2 years later can't reverse the effects of their loss. The NEH staff is now less than half its 2025 size, and the survivors have to process new grants and restore the canceled ones. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
NEH Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Their Awards
A judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. Now comes the process of reinstating these projects.
insidehighered.com
“This was especially appalling for pretenure faculty members,” Krebs said, adding that “people’s careers depend on access to this kind of research support.” Just because the grants are being restored doesn't mean people's careers didn't suffer.
NEH Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Their Awards
A judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. Now comes the process of reinstating these projects.
insidehighered.com
Looking for non-obnoxious ways to recognize the 250th? We’ve got ‘em: style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
The MLA Democracy Project: Essays on Teaching Democracy and Literature | MLA Style Center
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. The knowledge and skills that come from MLA disciplines–language, literature, writing, a...
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All of these look good—and I'm extra pleased to see that Professor Jeffrey Allen Tucker (whose sci-fi lit class opened my eyes to rich new ways of thinking with & about sci-fi) has suggestions for pairing Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" & Jemisin’s “The Ones Who Stay and Fight”.
Paula Krebs@paulakrebs.bsky.social · last mo.Looking for non-obnoxious ways to recognize the 250th? We’ve got ‘em: style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
Looking for non-obnoxious ways to recognize the 250th? We’ve got ‘em: style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
The MLA Democracy Project: Essays on Teaching Democracy and Literature | MLA Style Center
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. The knowledge and skills that come from MLA disciplines–language, literature, writing, a...
style.mla.org
Teaching the Lit of Climate Change, Teaching South Asian Anglophone Diasporic Lit, A Century of Queer Korean Fiction, My Mother, My Teacher (text and translation from Arabic). These and more, all 40% off in the summer sale! www.mla.org/shop/search/...
Bookstore Results | Modern Language Association
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Did you know that we were able to double the number of grants we give to part-time faculty members because one MLA member gives us $10,000 a year for that very thing? You could make a difference like that. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Professional Development Grants for Part-Time Faculty Members
$1,000 grants for part-time faculty member professional development activities, including technology purchases, research expenses, conference travel, or continuing education.
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A big thank you to the NEH grantees who are getting their grants after all and who have reached out to us to thank us and, in some cases, to make donations in recognition of the work of the lawsuit. So glad you'll be able to do your projects after all. www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
Donate to Funds That Support Particular Activities
MLA funds help defray the cost of convention travel for graduate students and underemployed members, support advocacy on behalf of contingent faculty members, promote the study and teaching of languag...
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The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.
"Dear Recipient, Your terminated NEH award is eligible for reinstatement pursuant to the rulings issued on May 7, 2026. . . To begin the reinstatement process, complete the Reinstatement Assurances Form. You can find this document in the Forms tab in eGMS Reach." Happy about this? Rejoin the MLA.
The MLA News Digest today is full of fascinating and important stuff. It really is. Do yourself a favor and actually open it up and look through it. It’s in your inbox.
Deep gratitude to Ven. Miaolung and President Minh-Hoa Ta for such gracious hospitality on my visit to the University of the West.
Joy Connolly: “Americans have not lost trust in higher education because of scholar-activism or relativistic thinking, but because public investment in the system has shrunk, tuition is prohibitively expensive, and other priorities crowd out the student experience.” www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...
Letter | Preconceived Beliefs Plague Humanities Report
Its authors committed one of the faults they criticize most sharply, writes Joy Connolly.
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Reading the State of Scholarship Report left me with the same feeling I had when leading disinformation work at SSRC and people said "I love democracy but I'm really worried about voter fraud." This report is "I love the humanities but I'm really worried about scholarly standards.”
