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English PhD @ Penn • writing on trans studies, aesthetic education, and “bad sex” • any pronouns austinsvedjan.com

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Brian Glavey @glavey.bsky.social · 14d

I'm over the moon that my book, Relatability: Sharing and Oversharing with the New York School Poets, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in the not too distant future.

Book contract language for Brian Glavey's Relatability: Sharing and Oversharing with the New York School Poets

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Alex Stoffel @stoffelalex.bsky.social · Apr 30

I got to join Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for an interview about Eros and Empire last week:

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Alexander Stoffel, "Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the United States" (Stanford UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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austin svedjan @svedjan.bsky.social · Apr 10

Next week at Penn: Moderating a conversation between @summerkimlee.bsky.social and David Eng about their forthcoming @dukepress.bsky.social books!

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 4

They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30.

“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”

They are so afraid of us.

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April 3, 2025
Dr. Joseph Rezek
Dear NEH Grantee,
This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement.
Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant
Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340.
For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders, including but not limited to: E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025), Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy; E.O. 14151 (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing; E.O. 14168 (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; and E.O. 14190 (Jan. 29, 2025), Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for the administration, and due to exceptional circumstances, adherence to the traditional notification process is not possible. Therefore, the NEH hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 3, 2025.

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austin svedjan @svedjan.bsky.social · Mar 20

Next month at Penn: A symposium on Premodern Trans Studies featuring
@transliterature.bsky.social, @ldevun.bsky.social, @badinfinity2.bsky.social, @hamlethologram.bsky.social, and Nat Rivkin ! Philly come thru!

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