Paula Krebs
@paulakrebs.bsky.social
Executive Director of the MLA. Book reader. Bike rider. Please renew your membership! www.mla.org/Membership/About-Membership
And undergrad members can resister for the MLA annual convention in LA in January for free!
Helene Meyers@helenemeyers.bsky.social · 2w agoSuch a great initiative! And so happy I’ll be doing one of their webinars on ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK.
Undergrad English majors, language majors, theater, folklore, creative writing majors: for conversation with writers of romance novels, advice on job seeking, opportunities to apply for grants up to $5000, and lots more, join the MLA's new undergrad member program! www.mla.org/Membership/A...
Undergraduate Affiliate Membership
Whether you’re a Spanish literature major, a creative writer, a health humanities student, or an undergraduate with a deep commitment to the Oxford comma, the MLA invites you to join our new community...
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DGSes! Sign up for this series for your grad students interested in careers at teaching-intensive institutions! www.mla.org/Events/Works...
The Brass Tacks of Community College Careers: An MLA...
With over a thousand two-year colleges across the nation, candidates who broaden their job search to community colleges dramatically expand their career options and have opportunities to serve the lar...
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DGSes! Sign up for this series for your grad students interested in careers at teaching-intensive institutions! www.mla.org/Events/Works...
The Brass Tacks of Community College Careers: An MLA...
With over a thousand two-year colleges across the nation, candidates who broaden their job search to community colleges dramatically expand their career options and have opportunities to serve the lar...
mla.org
I'm organising a Remembrance Lecture on Mon 9 November at Edinburgh Napier's Craiglockhart Campus- as a War Hospital, this was where Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon met. This year David Goldie will talk about Scottish Poetry of the First World War. Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MTEHXf41Mf
We have grants to give! If you want to work on humanities recruitment, retention, or career readiness, check this out: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
MLA Pathways Step Grants
Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.
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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 · 3mo agoReminder: 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 · 3mo agoLooking 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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