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View our new web page for resources for teaching about current events, supporting students during crisis, and information related to immigration issues. mla.org/Teaching-Crisis

We're excited to be participating in this important effort! The MLA committee will be examining past reform efforts, finding out what works and where, and determining how best we can scale successful practices as well as what vital concerns still need to be addressed.

English Majors at Work English Majors at Work: Career and Life Pathways details the professional superpowers—the many marketable skills—gained from studying literature, creative writing, film, and popular culture. It prepar...

Very excited about this first online sighting of ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK: CAREER AND LIFE PATHWAYS:

www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/english-majo...

2026 Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI) RFP - Schmidt Sciences Overview  [Read the full RFP] Schmidt Sciences is requesting proposals to the Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI), aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities with a particular focus ...

Quick reminder: This Tuesday, the HAVI team @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will be doing a webinar about our current digital humanities/AI RFP. It is January 20, 2026, 1PM EST. Register here: www.schmidtsciences.org/opportunity/...

PROFESSION is becoming an annual issue of PMLA! Here's this year's CFP: www.mla.org/Publications...

No worries at all -- a lot of lawsuits & moving parts these days!

Thanks, yes -- that's our lawsuit (although for some reason I think Politico only mentions the Author's Guild, whose case is on the same docket as ours).

Ah, that's so kind. As is so often the case, there were many generous & thoughtful people who made those resources possible (including @alondra.bsky.social!).

Grateful to @modernlanguage.bsky.social colleagues & members who contributed to this collection of resources for teaching in times of crisis. Please share!

+ Identify opportunities & levers for change w/in current processes and practices
+ Envision & create new processes and practices
+ Design strategic planning processes that put values into action

Reach out with any questions & please share with anyone who might be interested.
humetricshss.org/veli/

+ Develop concrete strategies to align institutional practices with core values
+ Build coalitions for sustainable change across departments and roles
+ Uncover, map and leverage existing networks of influence within their institutions

The @humetricshss.bsky.social team invites you to apply for a week-long institute that can help you with changes like reframing assessment and rewards structures, building leadership capacity, and embedding values in strategic planning and crisis management.

VELI helps teams discover how to:

Logo and text for the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI)

Change is happening across higher ed--some initiated intentionally & some brought about by a variety of outside influences. Apply by Monday, Feb 3 for the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) to bring a team to consider how to center values in your approach to change. humetricshss.org/veli/

Feeling inspired by #MLA26 #MLA2026? Want to propose an MLA volume on pedagogy, or a new translation? Post-convention meetings with MLA acquisitions editors are available at the Calendly link below. (And of course, you can e-mail us any time of the year.)

And be sure to check out our fantastic authors and editors at their panels throughout #MLA26!

Meet with the MLA book acquisitions editors - Jaime Cleland Sign up for a 15-minute appointment to ask questions and discuss possible book projects with the MLA acquisitions editors, James Hatch and Jaime Cleland.Learn more about our publishing programVisit ou...

Hi there #MLA26 #MLA2026, I'm looking forward to talking with you about your book proposals. Sign up at this link for an online meeting. The MLA books program focuses on edited collections about teaching, literary translations, and guides for students. calendly.com/jaimecleland...

When do we need to know what is AI and what is student writing? How can we know? Anna Mills, presider Elizabeth Losh, Holly Hassel, and Leonardo Flores, speakers Sponsored by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching Modern Language Association Convention, January 9, 2026 ...

We covered pros and cons of a range of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation strategies for reducing AI misuse in today's panel for
#MLA26, sponsored by the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The chat was lively!
Slides: mlaai.short.gy/2026 (The polls are open)

These are just a fraction of the amazing posters in the #MLA26 Innovation Room, which highlights curricular innovation, public humanities projects, & Pathways Step Grant projects supporting recruitment, retention, & career readiness initiatives. Join us in room 718A (830-1130, Friday Jan 9)!

We hope you'll join us for these important conversations at #MLA26! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...

Doctoral Futures Events A schedule of events related to Doctoral Futures at the upcoming annual conventions for the AHA and the MLA.

If you're attending the upcoming @historians.org or @modernlanguage.bsky.social meetings, join sessions related to the Doctoral Futures initiative: https://bit.ly/3YtXXb7

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We're excited to announce that we've launched a new Instagram account for news and updates from the MLA. Follow us @modernlanguageassn!
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If you & your colleagues are working to build futures that embody the promise of higher ed, consider applying as a team to the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Learn strategies to take a values-based approach to leadership & institutional change. Info sessions Dec 12 & Jan 12. Deadline: Feb 2.

Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 Our project, Linked Open Profiles, is a WordPress plugin designed to display ORCID profile data directly on websites. With ORCID Global Participation Fund (GPF) support, we moved the tool from a proto...

Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!

Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...

If you're trying to figure out how to manage massive changes in higher education, there is still time to register for this 5-session virtual workshop that helps you think about responses to threats, questions about mergers, understanding budgetary woes, & other essential topics. Starts tomorrow!

Free webinar tomorrow on AI!

Are you a humanities graduate student or are you a faculty member with grad students on the market? This is a great opportunity to get detailed advice about why and how to pursue a career at a community college. First session is tomorrow, Oct 7!

www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

Funding opportunity for the humanities. Deadline October 29. Please share!

Deadline for @modernlanguage.bsky.social Pathways Step Grants is Oct 29! Looking to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate humanities students? Reach out with questions and please share!

www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

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Join us at 2pm Eastern today (Monday, September 29) for "Supporting Faculty Research in Difficult Times," a free webinar from @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

Sharing again for the Monday crowd.