Made my donation(s)-- and once again, so grateful for the programming the NEH has made possible--that I've organized and that I've attended--including local Humanities Council funded projects and programs.

Please help us to pay our lovely lawyers, if you like what they're doing on our behalf. Paving the Way is the fund we're using. www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

ICYMI: Yesterday the three associations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the unlawful dismantling of the NEH. You can download the motion at www.mla.org/NEH-injunction.

"Eliminating federal funding for the #humanities saves next to no $$, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us." #NEH

More people & projects affected: "The federal funding is incredibly important for Idaho, especially as it prepares to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary since the signing of the Declaration of Independence next year," #Idaho #Humanities council executive director David Pettyjohn said. #NEH

In case you've not seen this yet---: www.aaup.org/article/gend...

From someone clearly trained in Narrative Therapy: “...being human is being storied. Our identities are built on the stories told about us and that we tell about ourselves .... healing comes from re-storying ... We need our stories to be witnessed in order to heal.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/m...

See our current and forthcoming titles in the Bucknell University Press 2024 to 2025 catalog.

Click here to see the full catalog:
tinyurl.com/bdeakh64

#literarystudies #LatinAmerica #18thcenturystudies #Caribbean #Spanishhistory #Austen #Germanstudies #humanities

Excited to see this forthcoming--and with a great cover!

amidst the too muchness of it all, compelled to share from the rooftops the cover for my book, The Art of Retreat, coming May 2025 and now available for pre-order from @bucknellupress.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/yhunwhzm

Excited to be working with @miriamlw.bsky.social on this new collection. Please share and submit. #healthhums #c18 #histmed

Breaking things is the point--exactly. (and it's easier than building alas)

Esp the last point--we need colleagues in biz & engineering & comp/data sci & med to advocate for us--they won't have the kinds of students they expect if the humanities & social sciences get gutted or remade into a narrow version of "classical liberal arts" pushed by some out there.

My remarks today at the U of Maryland Convocation, where I was honored and privileged and proud to be appointed Distinguished University Professor—among some truly amazing faculty and staff colleagues from across the entire campus.