Leigh Bonds

I'm so pleased to be a part of it! Thank you, @hauntologist.bsky.social and @caitcoker.bsky.social!

Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research From AI research to historical preservation, programs funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities reach every corner of the U.S. Now the government has terminated those grants.

Appreciated the opportunity to speak with @npr.org about the devastating cuts to the incredible @neh-odh.bsky.social. Why is our govt canceling grants to start an AI Center that supports our national priorities? Cutting the arts and culture programs that are fundamental to a flourishing democracy?

Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org

A bar chart showing total funding impacts by office in the NEH cuts, as of 4/10/2025. The chart is broken down by office in the NEH, including Challenge Programs, Data and Evaluation, Digital Humanities, Education Programs, Federal/State Partnerships, Preservation and Access, Public Programs, and Research Programs. The Federal/State Partnership column is blue (indicating active programs) with $50 million in funding. The Data and Evaluation column is tiny, under $1 million in annual funding, and is orange for cancelled. The digital humanities column, which comes in around $6 million, is about half orange (cancelled) and half red (discontinued).The majority of the remaining grants are turquoise (not yet accepting applications).

A bar chart showing program status by office in the NEH cuts, as of 4/10/2025. The chart is broken down by office in the NEH, including Challenge Programs, Data and Evaluation, Digital Humanities, Education Programs, Federal/State Partnerships, Preservation and Access, Public Programs, and Research Programs. The Federal/State Partnership column is blue (indicating active programs) with just one program. The Data and Evaluation and the Challenge Programs columns are also tiny, just one program each, and are orange for cancelled. The digital humanities column, with four programs, is half orange (cancelled) and half red (discontinued).The majority of the remaining grants are turquoise (not yet accepting applications).

I'm still formulating my thoughts about the devastating impact of NEH ODH's closure on the entire digital humanities ecosystem. In the meantime, I threw together a couple bar charts to visualize the number of programs and the total funding at stake in the NEH cuts. #DigitalHumanities #NEH

Today (4/3/25) we learned that DOGE has begun terminating previously awarded NEH grants. We understand this includes operating grants to the state and jurisdictional humanities councils, scholarly societies, community orgs, & individuals.

Learn more & take action: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...

Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour – ACH Membership Help spread the word

Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:

ACH Op-Ed Workshop – ACH Membership Help spread the word

Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

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.

How absolutely wonderful, Melissa! Well deserved! Many congratulations!

Downloaded and looking forward to starting the year reading it! Many congratulations to you and Isabel!

Congratulations, Heather! 🎉

Lots of smart stuff from @leighbonds.bsky.social in her #dhsi keynote on the future of DH Librarianship, & I’ll highlight just one piece: do the enviro scan *before* you hire the DHLib in order to help their role be sustainable. They can redo it in year 2, after all.

Joshua Reynolds's 1784 portrait of Mary Robinson looking over her left shoulder

To mark the anniversary of Mary Robinson’s death, I share the Mary Robinson Bibliography—a public Zotero library of secondary sources: www.zotero.org/groups/49260... I welcome feedback, additions, corrections, questions—anything that would help make this bibliography useful.