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From Loot to Legacy: Rethinking “Tibetan Art” in Western Museums - post Debates around the ownership of cultural heritage and decolonizing museums have become increasingly visible and polarizing in the public domain, leading to attempts to redefine the term “museum” itsel...

How can museums responsibly represent Tibetan cultural heritage?

For @momanyc.bsky.social, Thupten Kelsang, 2023 Dissertation Fellow in Buddhist Studies, explores this question through collections-based provenance research & sustained discussions with community experts & stakeholders. mo.ma/478O9c2

Images of 2025 ACLS Fellows overlayed with text ACLS Fellowships Now Open. Deadline: September 25, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT.

Apply now for a 2025 ACLS Fellowship, supporting scholars in the humanities & social sciences! Awards of $30-60K + additional funding for independent scholars, adjunct faculty and faculty in teaching-intensive roles. Deadline Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...

#humanities #funding

Thanks again from all of us at ACLS for being a great host!

Meet the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prize Finalists in History The 2025 history finalists share insights about their research, publication experience, and why they chose open access.

The history finalists for the 2025 ACLS #OpenAccess Book Prizes share insights about their research, publication experience, and why they chose open access—often to ensure their work remains accessible to the communities at the heart of their research: bit.ly/458DknE

Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.

@acls1919.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.

ACLS Opens Applications for 2025 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies ACLS invites applications for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions.

ACLS invites applications for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions: bit.ly/4lUNcJ4

#BuddhistStudies #fellowship #grant

Stanford environmental scientist Sibyl Diver (fourth from right) co-presented at the American Association of Geographers 2024 conference with (from left) Mez Baker-Médard of Middlebury College; Ron Reed of the Karuk Tribe; John R. Oberholzer Dent from the Karuk Department of Natural Resources, Water Quality; Keoni Rodriguez from the University of Hawai'i; Jessica Weir of Western Sydney University; Robyn Reed of the Hoopa Tribe; and Mehana Blaich Vaughan from the University of Hawai'i, Manōa. | Courtesy Sibyl Diver

Sibyl Diver along the Klamath River with Robyn Reed of the Hoopa Tribe. | Dan Sarna

What does it mean to do ‘community-based research’? From affordable housing in the Bay Area to #Indigenous land rights in the Klamath River watershed, environmental scientist Sibyl Diver’s work depends on building lasting relationships. buff.ly/nFdPNKt #PES #GeoSky

Other Stories To Tell Report of the Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship

• How librarians & publishers can build digital infrastructure to bring a wealth of new sources to present & future generations

• How academic institutions can work collectively rather than in isolation to enable new research methods & collections to thrive

Read the full report:: bit.ly/3IpQK77

The new ACLS report "Other Stories to Tell" addresses issues such as:

• The best approaches to undertaking community-centered digital archiving that can be sustained over time

• Changes that should be made to recognize & reward campus & community constituencies for creating new & needed resources

Statement on District Court Ruling onTrump Administration Cancellation of NEH Grants Statement on ruling issued July 25, 2025.

Statement on District Court Ruling onTrump Administration Cancellation of NEH Grants

Read the full statement - www.acls.org/news/stateme...

2/2 While it is disappointing that our request for an injunction and some of the claims in our suit have been dismissed, we are encouraged that the judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our claim that DOGE was responsible for the terminations, as well as our First Amendment claims.

Statement on District Court Ruling onTrump Administration Cancellation of NEH Grants Statement on ruling issued July 25, 2025.

1/2 ACLS @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social celebrate Judge Colleen McMahon’s decision for the Authors Guild, putting a stay on the cancellations of grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Learn more www.acls.org/news/stateme...

You Know the Novelist. Now Meet Toni Morrison the Editor. In her new book, “Toni at Random,” Dana A. Williams highlights the groundbreaking writer’s time working in publishing.

"Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship" by ACLS Board Member and Howard University Graduate School Dean ‪@danaawilliams.bsky.social is featured in ‪@nytimes.com: nyti.ms/3TncvqC

ACLS Staff News ACLS is pleased to announce new additions and several promotions to the ACLS staff.

We are excited to announce new additions and several promotions to the ACLS staff: bit.ly/3Tw23xa

Applications are now open for the Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships and Travel Grants in China Studies! Applications are due November 5, 2025: bit.ly/3brDW04

July 9, 2025 Advocacy Update ACLS Director of Member Society Relations Camilo Villalpando shares an advocacy update from learned societies.

ACLS Director of Member Society Relations Camilo Villalpando shares critical advocacy efforts by academic societies including @asanewsonline.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social @ncph.bsky.social @theenwsa.bsky.social & @thenacbs.bsky.social: bit.ly/44msOtZ

ACLS Community Message for July 2025 ACLS Senior Program Officer Keyanah Nurse shares an update on the Intention Foundry (IF).

"If precarity increasingly characterizes the higher education landscape that we navigate, then collaboration grounded in interdependence, rather than competition, can offer a promising path forward."

Read ACLS Senior Program Officer Keyanah Nurse's Community Message for July: bit.ly/4nWK94H

ACLS Announces 2025-26 Fellowship and Grant Competitions ACLS is pleased to announce its 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions, which support research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

ACLS is pleased to announce our 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions. We offer programs that support research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4lI8A3C

#humanities #socialsciences #funding

Anne Hunnell Chen Receives 2025 ACLS Digital Justice Development Grant Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Anne Hunnell Chen has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Digital Justice Grant for the project “Archaeological Archives…

Professor Anne Hunnell Chen is a principal of the Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories project, which was awarded a 2025 ACLS Digital Justice Development Grant of up to $100,000. @acls1919.bsky.social

YouTube video by American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) ACLS Community Perspectives: Patrick O'Shea F'15

How do the skills and capacities of a humanities PhD transfer to a career in the nonprofit or advocacy space? Patrick O'Shea, 2015 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow, shares his story: youtu.be/dqe4ekZm6i0?...

Interested in learning about upcoming ACLS fellowship and grant opportunities? Sign up here ➡️ www.acls.org/stay-in-touch/

#funding #humanities #socialsciences

New Partnership to Publish Interdisciplinary, Transregional Publications in Buddhist Studies ACLS collaborating with The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global and Yale University Press on major book series

ACLS is launching Global Buddhism, a major book series published by @yalepress.bsky.social.

The new series is designed to publish first books by awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, based on research funded by the program: bit.ly/3TlFDP4

On the @scsclassics.bsky.social blog, Joy Connolly shares the history of ACLS and the NEH, the critical work the NEH has supported, and what you can do to help in this current moment: bit.ly/4ls7E3i

#humanities #SaveTheNEH

ACLS Releases Report on What’s Needed for Diverse and Sustainable Digital Humanities Recommendations by Commission Now Available on the Manifold Platform and PDF Download to Encourage Accessibility and Action

ACLS releases report on what’s needed for diverse and sustainable #digitalhumanities: bit.ly/449Ur9F

These recommendations from the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship is now available on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social or PDF download.

#DH #humanities #edusky

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Today on the blog, Joy Connolly shares the legacy of the ACLS (@acls1919.bsky.social) and NEH, and how we can support them and the NEH (@nehgov.bsky.social) during this political moment: www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/joy...

#Slaveryarchive Book Club with Seth Rockman (Brown University) YouTube video by #Slaveryarchive Book Club

@sethabramson.bsky.social F'08 talks about his book "Plantation Goods" with the #Slaveryarchive Book Club, led by @araujohistorian.bsky.social F'24 and @elotroalex.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/eWCBcQ8...

Join us now! #AAR25online

Religion and the American Border with Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Episode 9 of the Protean View podcast

Religion and the American Border with @bethhurd.bsky.social F'19 on @proteanview.muftah.org podcast: www.muftah.org/p/religion-a...

Logos for University Press of Florida and UF Press appear above gold text that reads, "June News."

Our June E-Newsletter features a look at our Fall 2025 catalog, recommended reading for #PrideMonth and #Juneteenth, our @acls1919.bsky.social Open Access Book Prize finalist, and more. Check it out here: conta.cc/44wxBZS

Subscribe for our monthly e-newsletters here: upress.ufl.edu/subscribe

A Tibetan-style painting of a Buddhist monk or spiritual teacher, seated cross-legged on a cushion. He wears red and gold robes, has a halo behind his head, and holds a folded manuscript. The background features lush blue-green foliage and red flowers, with symbolic offerings at his feet.

What does it take to reshape the future of scholarly publishing?

At @syracuseu.bsky.social, the answer is clear: a community-wide commitment to bibliodiversity and open access.

Discover how Syracuse is investing in change that lasts through JSTOR's Path to Open program: bit.ly/4kjtJ3r