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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · 3d

Saint Mary's College is hiring for a 2yr VAP in Global Anglophone Literature! I'm happy to answer any questions about working at SMC via DM. Please share widely! joblist.mla.org/job/2000469/...

English Faculty (Visiting Assistant Professor - 2 Year) job with Saint Mary's College | 2000469

Saint Mary's College invites applications for a 2-yr Visiting Assistant Professor of English (Global Anglophone Lit), with the possibility of renewal.

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · 14d

DS seeks to appoint an early career library professional or postdoctoral researcher with a background in premodern manuscript studies for a full-time, NEH-funded, 22-month Manuscript Data Curation Fellowship. To apply, please follow this link: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Manuscript Data Curation Fellow

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Rick Godden @rickgodden.bsky.social · 15d

Calling all Folklore people! Come be my colleague! If anyone knows of people that might be interested, please share widely.
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Assistant Professor - Folklore

All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks for this write up, @rosemccandless.bsky.social ! Happy to work alongside DS to make more North American manuscripts discoverable!! #medievalsky #skystorians #manuscripts

Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jul 28

For this month’s blog, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social considers the Peripheral Manuscripts Project, the missions of PMP and DS, and the value of smaller and Midwestern collections: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Jul 19

Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...

Slide with title Digital Humanities for a World Unmade, blue background with stylized images of a Dutch windmill, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hagia Sofia, Big Ben, and the Singaporean lion.

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Courtney Weiss Smith @cweiss-smith.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

Assistant Professor of English

The Department of English at Wesleyan University seeks a published poet for a tenure-track appointment beginning July 1, 2026. Teaching responsibilities include two courses per semester in introductor...

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · May 28

The team is chugging right along with this! We currently have almost 300 items plus another 20 or so contributed via this form. Please submit if you have published something or know of publications and useful resources about LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!

Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · May 7

#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...

SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography

Submit citations for the SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography! We are accepting citations for many different types of resources having to do with LGBTQIA+ book history. There are no restrictions o...

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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · May 23

Since 1965, the NEH has awarded over $6 billion to support museums, historic sites, universities, teachers, libraries, documentary filmmakers, public TV and radio stations, research institutions, scholars, and local humanities programming. Now its funding is under threat.

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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · Apr 15

The recent cancellation of NEH funds has hit the wonderful resource that is the Medieval English Text Series (METS) @urochester.bsky.social, a free online resource that 1000s use for teaching & research.

Please consider making a donation if you can, and please share!

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Apr 10

Just horrible news. The ODH has been such a catalyst for innovation since its inception. My thoughts go out to all those who work / have worked @neh-odh.bsky.social and provided such generous support to the academic community over the years.

dr. meg smith @megsmith.bsky.social · Apr 10

Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities

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This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application
HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH.
Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore.
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dr. meg smith @megsmith.bsky.social · Apr 10

Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm so very, very sorry, Dot. It's just horrible, senseless chaos.

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Lisa Marie Rhody @lmrhody.bsky.social · Apr 8

This has been a journey. Thanks so much to everyone who made it possible, and couldn't be better timing if I do say so myself :-) Open access here: www.bibliopen.org/9780252048302. Also, we have discount codes use SUIP25 & get 30% off at www.press.uillinois.edu #dh #feministdh #digitalhumanities

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Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social · Apr 6

Please read this post that my colleague and collaborator, the amazing @patriciaingham.bsky.social, wrote about our 2024–2027 NEH grant that was terminated by DOGE last week #medievalsky #humanitiesinitiatives

(cc @altnehgov.bsky.social)

Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Apr 6

A post on our situation at IU, now up on Dailykos www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

DOGE terminated our NEH project grant, and what that means.

On Thursday evening we received notification that our open 3-year NEH grant, “Establishing an undergraduate Book Studies minor at Indiana University” was terminated, effective immediately. We were one...

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · Apr 7

“Americans really like book festivals and local history museums…We especially like it when such gifts are available to everyone, and not just to those who can afford the price of a ticket.” Excellent @margaretrenkl.bsky.social on the high ROI of the NEH. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

Opinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the Humanities (Gift Article)

Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious.

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · Apr 3

An email is on its way out to our members regarding strategies for navigating cuts to federal grant funding. However, we wanted to share that information here as well. We have aggregated information for actions regarding NEH grants, which include broader strategies as well.

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Apr 3

Received a notification of termination for my Humanities Connections grant last night. Heartbreaking. Had to let student workers go this morning and inform others that their research funding was canceled. Thank you, ACH, for supporting us all right now in this tumultuous moment @ach.bsky.social

ACH @ach.bsky.social · Mar 20

ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.

Digital Humanities Funding Impacts

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library…

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · Mar 20

ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.

Digital Humanities Funding Impacts

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library…

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Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social · Apr 2

State humanities councils preserve local and regional histories, foster curiosity and civic-mindedness, and bring people together. We need to fight to preserve them.

Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · Apr 2

"The loss of NEH funding to humanities councils will decimate the ability of these nonprofits to serve communities in their states, eliminating programs that are essential to each state’s cultural infrastructure." bit.ly/3Y5JwKP

Action Alert: NEH Targeted by DOGE - Federation of State Humanities Councils

Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State On Monday, March 31, the Federation of State Humanities Councils learned that DOGE (Department of … Rea...

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · Apr 2

URGENT: Take Action to Defend the NEH

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America:

As a service to our members, we will occasionally share with you calls to action from organizations with whom we are affiliated.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/urgent-take-...

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · Apr 1

The NEH is one of the humanities few federal funding sources; it drives individual/institutional/community research/programming and provides economic stimulus to urban/rural areas in red/blue states alike. Reach out to your reps and instill in them the vitality of the NEH. p2a.co/Oi2HjiV?fbcl...

URGENT: Save the NEH

I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · Apr 1

"You can't lead the people if you can't love the people."

We're all with you, @booker.senate.gov

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The Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social · Mar 17

This #ManuscriptMonday we have a fifteenth-century Dutch Book of Hours in the translation of Geert Grote! Full-page miniatures depict the Annunciation and souls in the bosom of Abraham (pictured here). Held at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Mar 12

Love to get an email from my professional org @ach.bsky.social within hours of it surfacing that DOGE had come for NEH, with specific steps people can take, a form to collect info on research impacts, and a commitment to further advocacy. Keep it up, ACH.

MLA, AHA & friends should take note.

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · Mar 12

ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: [email protected]. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw

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