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Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social · 8h

We are excited to announce the @atbw.bsky.social /
@theonyximpact.bsky.social
Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. An opportunity for journalists and other media workers to learn more about archiving digital content. Sign up here to know when the application opens: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa

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Hadassah St. Hubert @hsaint.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Hi! Make sure to give us a follow.

Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing Sidra Collaborative co-founder Hadassah St. Hubert! Hadassah is dedicated to helping cultural heritage funders and workers scope ideas and programs, while identifying resources to support thriving creatives. She can help build emergency response funding programs.

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Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social · 2d

Applications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 5d

📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!

Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.

Applications due Nov 17, 2025.

Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

2025-26 Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants. Apply by November 17, 2025: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

Call for Applications. MEAP invites applications for its eighth cohort of projects to document, digitize and make accessible collections at risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on the open access UCLA Library Digital Collections platform.

Application Details
All MEAP applications must be submitted online. The online application portal is now open at meap.smapply.io

Preliminary applications due: November 17, 2025
Detailed applications due for invited applicants: February 20, 2026

Funding Available
Regional Grants
Opportunity to expand on previous MEAP digitization. Create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories.

Project Grants
Funding for digitizing and documenting archival content or curating already-digital assets.

Planning Grants
Funding to evaluate and prepare materials for digitization.

2025 MEAP Application Webinar Thursday, October 9, 2025. 8 a.m. PDT
Register: ucla.in/4nvcb6F

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 6d

look it's me 🤗

Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 6d

Introducing Sidra Co-Founder Hannah Alpert-Abrams! Hannah has over 15 years of experience in arts, culture, and the humanities as a practitioner and funder. Hannah can help establish new grant programs, manage funding processes, and understand the impact of your work.

sidracollaborative.com/team/

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The Center for Puerto Rican Studies @centropr.bsky.social · 7d

#OnThisDay, Oct 1, 1979, Frank Espada received an NEH grant to create the first federally funded documentary project on the Puerto Rican community in the U.S. His work, 4,000+ photos & 130 interviews, captures migration, labor, and activism, shaping how Puerto Rican history is remembered.

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 9d

. @jenguiliano.bsky.social & I are happy to share the September issue of #ReviewsInDH. Enjoy this new Reviews in the Classroom issue, featuring Hilary Havens' students from University of Tennessee. Thank you to topic editors R.C. Miessler, Kalani Craig & Lu Wang! reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v6-n9

Vol. 6, No. 9: September 2025 - Reviews in the Classroom · Reviews in Digital Humanities

Vol. 6, No. 9 of Reviews in Digital Humanities, a peer-reviewed journal that facilitates scholarly evaluation of digital humanities work and its outputs, edited by Jennifer Guiliano (Indiana Universit...

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Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 21d

We’ve launched Sidra Collaborative, a consultancy for the arts, culture, and humanities!

With 65+ years of combined experience, we help funders, institutions, and practitioners design, manage, and evaluate programs that make a difference.

Learn more: sidracollaborative.com

Sidra Collaborative

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 22d

The UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), which funds projects to document and digitize at-risk archival collections from around the world, has awarded 34 grants to its seventh annual cohort — its largest yet —to support archival work in 26 countries: ucla.in/4mhOkFW

UCLA Library funds 34 international cultural preservation projects. This year’s cohort includes digitization efforts representing Angola, Bulgaria and Ethiopia. Top: Contact sheet by Angolan photographer Paulino Damião. Bottom: Photos capturing Bulgarian police preventing Macedonians from commemorating poet Anton Popov (Petrich, Bulgaria) c. 1992 - 1993.

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Hadassah St. Hubert @hsaint.bsky.social · 28d

You’re the best becca. Thanks for sharing!

Hadassah St. Hubert @hsaint.bsky.social · 28d

Glad to be working again closely with my former NEH colleagues. We were reduced in force (fired) by DOGE, but our commitment to supporting arts, culture, and the humanities is unwavering. Visit our website to learn more: sidracollaborative.com

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Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 28d

We are excited to introduce Sidra Collaborative!

We partner with arts, culture, and humanities organizations and funders to build sustainable programs and reimagine a funding landscape that centers transparency, equity, and community.

Learn more: www.sidracollaborative.com

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Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) @dlocaribbean.bsky.social · 29d

We are proud to endorse this virtual event on cultural rights in the digital environment, featuring dLOC Executive Board member Peter Scholing: www.ifla.org/events/virtu...

Virtual Side Event Towards Mondiacult: Cultural Rights in the Digital Environment

Cultural Rights in the Digital Environment: A Conversation about Open Solutions to Connect with Heritage Side Event Towards Mondiacult 17 September 16:00-17:00 CEST Register Here ...

www.ifla.org

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · Sep 5

With the support of UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), staff from the Bailey’s African History Archive (BAHA) and the Photography Legacy Project recently selected, digitized and described over 7,500 items from the BAHA Drum Magazine Archive (1950-1987): ucla.in/3USytCk

Drum Magazine cover, East Africa edition, April 1966. BAHA Drum Magazine Archive (1950-1987), UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP).

Drum Magazine social history photographs, East Africa edition 178, circa 1962. BAHA Drum Magazine Archive (1950-1987), UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP).

Drum Magazine cover, Ghana edition, December 1970. BAHA Drum Magazine Archive (1950-1987), UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP).

Drum Magazine advertisement, Golden City Post, October 1968 (002). BAHA Drum Magazine Archive (1950-1987), UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP).

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Alt National Endowment for the Humanities @altnehgov.altgov.info · Aug 31

Did you know that we once published a magazine? Humanities magazine was curated by our Publications office, all of whom were let go. The last issue was printed mere days before DOGE raided NEH. It hasn’t been removed from our site (yet), so you can still peruse this fantastic pub. shorturl.at/6Mco1

Eliot Noyes, pictured here on the television show Omnibus, brought a sculptural grace to his work.
—Courtesy the Eliot Noyes family

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · Aug 30

Labor day weekend is as good a time as any to prepare to respond to the season to come.

Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · Aug 2

I just posted a free workbook that aims to help university workers better understand when and how to take risks in the fight against fascism in higher ed.

halperta.com/shalperta%20...

Taking Action in Higher Ed

Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.

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Hadassah St. Hubert @hsaint.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congrats Sheila!

Hire a former NEH fed!

Sheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · Aug 14

I feel very fortunate to be moving into a new position. I also honor my NEH colleagues --those also unlawfully RIFed and those still at the agency --who are struggling. It is not easy, on both sides of the agency doors right now. Hire an NEHer, if you can, you won't regret it.

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 7

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 6

The AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social and @modernlanguage.bsky.social have filed an appeal in our lawsuit contesting the dismantling of the NEH. We are committed to moving forward with the case and remain steadfast in our efforts to defend the NEH's vital work. 🗃️

Lawsuit to Restore the NEH - AHA

About the Lawsuit Taking Action to Save the NEH The American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, and the Modern Language Association have filed a lawsuit in federal dist...

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Margaret Walker Center @mwalkercenter.bsky.social · Aug 5

Guess who else is hiring?! Our friends at the Oral History Association!

They are looking for a full-time Program Associate based at Baylor University (Waco, TX).

Send your letter of application & resume to [email protected].

For more info, visit their site: oralhistory.org/2025/07/25/j...

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEWS: The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to the Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website

Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website Enhanced Platform Improves Accessibility and Research Capabilities for Historic Newspapers The Library of Congress has...

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Hadassah St. Hubert @hsaint.bsky.social · Jul 29

In true Caribbean fashion and timing, I’m finally on here.

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Margaret Walker Center @mwalkercenter.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Margaret Walker Center is hiring! We are looking for a Mellon Visiting Scholar.

The Visiting Scholar is a 3-year position and will entail a 1-1 teaching load as well as 2 digital humanities convenings for the community.

Job posting: shorturl.at/L07jt

Questions? Contact [email protected]

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi! In 2022 I published a workbook called Finding Your Purpose. It’s for everyone but especially for people in and around academia trying to navigate their careers while staying true to themselves and their values.

halperta.com/shalperta%20...

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