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Members: the summer MLA Newsletter is available online! Read the Newsletter for updates on the MLA’s work on federal AI standards, a call for papers for an upcoming special issue of PMLA, takeaways from our webinar on publishing while teaching, and more. mla.org/Current-NL
Submit abstracts by 1 Aug. for a new MLA volume in development in the Options for Teaching Series: Teaching Cultures of Fascism and Resistance. The editors invite essays that describe innovative approaches to teaching about fascist cultures and the resistance to fascism. www.mla.org/Publications...
You can post a call for papers for a just-in-time session at #MLA27 for one more week, until 26 July. Learn more about how to propose a session, and view the available calls for papers. mla.org/Just-in-Time
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…
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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.
Modern Language Association@modernlanguage.bsky.social · 4w agoNEH grantees: join us tomorrow, 9 July, at 2:00 p.m. ET for an MLA strategy session on how to reinstate terminated grants. You'll get guidance on navigating the NEH’s instructions and have the opportunity to ask questions about the reinstatement process. Register at www.mla.org/Events/Webin...
NEH grantees: join us tomorrow, 9 July, at 2:00 p.m. ET for an MLA strategy session on how to reinstate terminated grants. You'll get guidance on navigating the NEH’s instructions and have the opportunity to ask questions about the reinstatement process. Register at www.mla.org/Events/Webin...
In a win for the 1st Amendment, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has struck down the higher education provisions of Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act, and called the law a "breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse": www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida’s Unconstitutional Classroom Censorship Law | American Civil Liberties Union
The “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act was signed into law in 2022 and prohibited teachers and professors from discussing topics related to race and gender in the...
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Reminder: applications for our Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships are due one week from today, on 9 July. Through this opportunity, the MLA provides PhD students in MLA-related disciplines awards up to $2,500 to support travel and research. Learn more: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
The Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship encourages graduate students in languages, literatures, and related fields to pursue transformative experiences by exploring research and learning opportunities beyond their immediate community.
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This volume looks at Irish poetry anew and offers instructors guidance on refashioning the standard survey course for the contemporary classroom. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
Save BIG on MLA books with our annual summer sale! Through 31 August, use code MSUM26 to get 40% off paperbacks and 60% off hardcovers. Excludes featured, new, forthcoming, and Variorum titles. Visit www.mla.org/Backlist
There's still time to propose a session for #MLA27 in Los Angeles! If you've got an idea for a session about something that happened after our 1 April submission deadline, you can post a call for papers for a just-in-time session until 26 July. mla.org/Just-in-Time
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…
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The MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize celebrates courses that bring together humanities faculty members and librarians to help students develop critical information literacy skills. Learn more and apply by 1 July: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize
Thanks to a generous grant from EBSCO, the Modern Language Association confers up to two annual awards of $500 each for coursework developed in collaboration between department faculty members and academic librarians in literature, language, or related disciplines.
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We are now accepting applications for the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship. Graduate students can receive up to $2,500 to support travel and research toward publication, dissertation completion, or transformative experiential learning. Submit your application by 9 July. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
The Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship encourages graduate students in languages, literatures, and related fields to pursue transformative experiences by exploring research and learning opportunities beyond their immediate community.
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The MLA AI and Research Working Group's new "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" offers questions and case studies on AI literacy, human-centered expertise, and responsibility and ethics to guide discussion and reflection. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...
There’s still time to register for our virtual MAPS Leadership Institute! Join us 22–25 June to get advice, share resources, and build your professional network. You’ll come away with strategies for curricular development and institutional change. www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/MAP...
MAPS Leadership Institute
Get advice, share resources, and build your professional network at the MAPS Leadership Institute for department, program, and other current and aspiring administrative leaders, offered in collaboration with ADE and ALD.
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The MLA was pleased to present Ramón Saldívar with the MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement at the 2026 convention. A transcript of Saldívar's acceptance speech has been published by the Stanford Humanities Center. Read his remarks:
A Border Life by the Book: Ramón Saldívar's 2026 MLA Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | Stanford Humanities Center
At the January 2026 Modern Language Association (MLA) Awards Ceremony, MLA President Tina Lu presented Ramón Saldívar with the MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement.
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A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the US's founding, we've published five essays about the interpretative skills required of participants in a democracy. 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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“The selection of stories and the delightful and illuminating introduction and translator’s note make this an essential contribution to the current Lem renaissance.”—Jonathan Lethem. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
Make your case for why we need humanities research using this tool kit from @acls1919.bsky.social: acls.org/TalkAboutHumanities/ #Talkabouthumanities For AI guidance from the MLA, check out our AI Resources page on the MLA Style Center: style.mla.org/ai-resources/
Looking for new ways to teach research skills, information literacy, and critical engagement with scholarship? Explore our new video series, Strategies for Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography, each featuring a lesson plan! utm.io/MLA-2026
Offers instructors many angles for teaching the Mexican Revolution, including the role of women. Essays introduce students to comparative approaches framed by concepts of colonialism and borders. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
Thank you, Anna, and thanks to everyone who has supported this ongoing suit by donating to Paving the Way! www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
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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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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3mo agoit 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
We offer two awards annually for coursework developed in collaboration between faculty members and academic librarians in literature, language, or related disciplines. Apply for the 2026 MLA-EBSCO Information Literacy Prize by 1 July! Learn more: mla.org/Info-Lit-Prize
MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize
Up to two annual awards of $500 each for coursework developed in collaboration between department faculty members and academic librarians in literature, language, or related disciplines.
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ICYMI: A recap of our joint NEH lawsuit, the judge's decision, and the importance of getting DOGE's actions on the record from @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The DOGE-ing of the Humanities Is Being Reversed
The Trump administration hastily canceled research grants last year—but just hit a roadblock in court.
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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 agoIn 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...
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...
We're better off when we work together to tackle the challenges facing higher ed. Thank you @wwnorton.com, @asianstudies.org, @aarweb.bsky.social, @sanjosestate.bsky.social, & the MLA Bibliography on @ebsco.bsky.social for sponsoring our San José & online leadership events. www.maps.mla.org/Seminars
Any of our academic librarian followers headed to the #EBSCOUserGroup this week? Please attend our session on 6 May at 3:15 in room 215 to learn more about the MLA International Bibliography and then head to room 212 for free headshots! ebscousergroup.org
EBSCO User Group
Innovate, connect, and grow. EBSCO User Group 2026 is heading to Omaha, Nebraska | The EBSCO User Group meeting for North American Academic Libraries is an opportunity for customers to network and…
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Reach researchers worldwide when you submit your scholarly work for inclusion in the MLA International Bibliography. mla.org/Bibliography-Submit
