Modern Language Association

In the lawsuit by the MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org, the court has ruled that termination by the NEH of grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect.” www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

Undergraduate affiliate members are eligible to apply for our Guiliano Global Undergraduate Fellowships, awards of up to $5,000 to support travel, research, and other scholarly activities. Learn more at our info session on 29 Oct., and apply by 8 Dec. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

Reminder: today is the last day for members to save on registration for #MLA27 by taking advantage of early registration rates. Not a member of the MLA? You can join when you register. app2.mla.org/prereg/landing

The preliminary program for #MLA27 is live! Visit mla27.org to explore the nearly 800 sessions on the scholarship of language, literature, writing, and culture; on strategies for teaching; on humanities advocacy; and more. You can browse sessions by subject, create a personalized schedule, and more.

Financial assistance to defray the cost of attending #MLA27 in Los Angeles is available for many members, including graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty members. Learn more and apply by 1 November: mla.org/financial-assistance

Organized as a series of guiding questions and key strategies, a new framework from the MLA's working group on AI and pedagogy offers suggestions for how teachers and program leaders can create human-centered, AI-aware assessment cultures. mla.org/Task-Force-o...

Join us on 14 Oct. for Wikipedia as Pedagogy, our latest professional development webinar. Panelists will discuss why they’ve adopted Wikipedia assignments, how this has affected their teaching, and how Wikipedia can help students develop critical skills. mla.org/PD-Webinars

The MLA is pleased to announce that Michael R. Shaughnessy will become the sixteenth executive director of the association in February 2027. Shaughnessy, who is stepping down as executive director of the @aatgonline.bsky.social, will succeed Paula M. Krebs. www.mla.org/About-Us/Exe...

#BannedBooksWeek is 4–10 October. If you’re looking to teach banned books in order to reinforce the value of freedom of expression, expand students’ perspectives, or spark meaningful conversations about how we tell history, check out these MLA resources: mla.org/Banned-Books

You can register now for Reimagining Humanities Coursework for Career Readiness, a virtual workshop series. You'll learn how to integrate career preparation in humanities study, create an action plan, and have an opportunity to earn a digital badge. www.mla.org/Reimagining-...

In a new piece from @pbksociety.bsky.social, @paulakrebs.bsky.social highlights the importance of the values represented by language and literature—close interpretation and analysis, attention to modes of representation and differing perspectives—for democracy: theamericanscholar.org/reading-like...

Undergrads pursuing studies in languages, literatures, and writing may now join the MLA as affiliate members for $25. By joining, you'll be eligible for student-centered programming, discounted convention rates, grants, publication opportunities, and more. www.mla.org/Undergraduate

Reminder: we’re hosting a free webinar, Designing AI-Resilient Assessment and Grading, tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET. Join us and get strategies for assessing student writing and research in the era of artificial intelligence. webinars.mla.org/webinar/desi...

Join us at 2:00 p.m. ET on 24 September for a free webinar, Designing AI-Resilient Assessment and Grading, and hear from members of our working group on AI and pedagogy as they share tools for making decisions about assessment and AI. webinars.mla.org

Registration for #MLA27 in Los Angeles is open! Members can take advantage of early rates by registering for the convention by 22 October. Nonmembers who would like to save can join the MLA when they register. www.mla.org/MLA-2027

Today is Stanisław Lem’s birthday. Celebrate his legacy and discover more from the author of Solaris with a collection of his short stories. mngbookshop.co.uk/978160329757... @modernlanguage.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #StanisławLem #ShortStories

This insightful volume addresses Macbeth from many perspectives, examining, among other things, how film adaptations, videos, novels, and memes inspired by the play explore ideas of authority and leadership. www.mla.org/Publications...

Interested in a career at an open-access institution? Register now for the Brass Tacks of Community College Careers, our latest virtual workshop series. You'll learn about the community college mission, prepare a CV and a teaching demonstration, and more. www.mla.org/The-Brass-Ta...

Find links to the MLA's wide range of AI resources for instructors and students, including webinars, working papers, Executive Council statements, and more at www.mla.org/AI-Resources

We hope you'll join us on the 24th!

The latest issue of PMLA is now available online! The issue features a cluster of essays on the state of Victorian studies, a translation of a poem by Abū al-Qāsim al-Shābbī, an examination of the poetry collection Deaf Republic, and more. www.mla.org/Publications...

The MLA has created a free online course, a video series, and multilingual tutorials to help researchers and instructors make the most of the MLA International Bibliography. Take advantage of these resources by viewing our user guides at mla.org/bibtutorials

PMLA has a new editor! To get to know PMLA editor Adam Potkay, check out his conversation with MLA executive director Paula Krebs. The two discuss the future of the journal, the value of the MLA for its members, and more. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We’re seeking participants for future installments of our video series exploring how faculty members use the MLA International Bibliography to teach research skills, information literacy, and more. Interested in participating? Email us at bibliography@mla.org.

We’re accepting applications for our MLA Pathways step grants. These grants are intended to support individual faculty members or small, local teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergrad students. Apply by 30 October. mla.org/Pathways-Step-Grants

Seen The Odyssey and looking for ways to incorporate the movie in your classroom? Get three strategies for teaching Nolan's film along with the poem in this new post on the MLA Style Center: style.mla.org/using-nolan-...

Pitch a lightning talk for the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Professional Development Hub at #MLA27! Submit your 250-word abstract and 3-5 sentence bio via Google Form by 1 September 2026.  Seeking cool ideas for curricular revision, institutional change, and more! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submit by 10 November for a special issue of PMLA. Mapping Indigenous Literatures asks how the field of Indigenous humanities criticism has influenced the broader field of Indigenous studies. Learn more about the special issue and how to submit an essay at mla.org/PMLA-Submissions

This volume offers instructors a variety of vantage points for teaching the revolution, including the role of women as family protectors and soldiers, petroculture, the heroization of famous revolutionary figures, and contemporaneous corridos. www.mla.org/Publications...

The Humanities Innovation Grant program awards $3,000 grants to support initiatives related to developing good practices for promoting workforce fairness and improving working conditions. Learn more and apply by 30 September. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

The MLA is hiring for positions on our information systems and marketing teams. Contribute to our efforts to support humanities higher education and work with amazing colleagues! Find out more at www.mla.org/About-Us/Emp...

Members: the summer MLA Newsletter is available online! Read the Newsletter for updates on the MLA’s work on federal AI standards, a call for papers for an upcoming special issue of PMLA, takeaways from our webinar on publishing while teaching, and more. mla.org/Current-NL

Kudos to MLA member @roopikarisam.bsky.social!

Submit abstracts by 1 Aug. for a new MLA volume in development in the Options for Teaching Series: Teaching Cultures of Fascism and Resistance. The editors invite essays that describe innovative approaches to teaching about fascist cultures and the resistance to fascism. www.mla.org/Publications...

You can post a call for papers for a just-in-time session at #MLA27 for one more week, until 26 July. Learn more about how to propose a session, and view the available calls for papers. mla.org/Just-in-Time

Reminder: our strategy session for NEH grantees is coming up today at 2:00 p.m. ET. If you were notified that your grant would be reinstated and want tips on navigating the reinstatement process, join @jasonrhody.bsky.social and @paulakrebs.bsky.social for this free event.

NEH grantees: join us tomorrow, 9 July, at 2:00 p.m. ET for an MLA strategy session on how to reinstate terminated grants. You'll get guidance on navigating the NEH’s instructions and have the opportunity to ask questions about the reinstatement process. Register at www.mla.org/Events/Webin...

In a win for the 1st Amendment, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has struck down the higher education provisions of Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act, and called the law a "breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse": www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Reminder: applications for our Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships are due one week from today, on 9 July. Through this opportunity, the MLA provides PhD students in MLA-related disciplines awards up to $2,500 to support travel and research. Learn more: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

This volume looks at Irish poetry anew and offers instructors guidance on refashioning the standard survey course for the contemporary classroom. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...

Save BIG on MLA books with our annual summer sale! Through 31 August, use code MSUM26 to get 40% off paperbacks and 60% off hardcovers. Excludes featured, new, forthcoming, and Variorum titles. Visit www.mla.org/Backlist

There's still time to propose a session for #MLA27 in Los Angeles! If you've got an idea for a session about something that happened after our 1 April submission deadline, you can post a call for papers for a just-in-time session until 26 July. mla.org/Just-in-Time

The MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize celebrates courses that bring together humanities faculty members and librarians to help students develop critical information literacy skills. Learn more and apply by 1 July: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

We are now accepting applications for the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship. Graduate students can receive up to $2,500 to support travel and research toward publication, dissertation completion, or transformative experiential learning. Submit your application by 9 July. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

The MLA AI and Research Working Group's new "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" offers questions and case studies on AI literacy, human-centered expertise, and responsibility and ethics to guide discussion and reflection. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...

There’s still time to register for our virtual MAPS Leadership Institute! Join us 22–25 June to get advice, share resources, and build your professional network. You’ll come away with strategies for curricular development and institutional change. www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/MAP...

The MLA was pleased to present Ramón Saldívar with the MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement at the 2026 convention. A transcript of Saldívar's acceptance speech has been published by the Stanford Humanities Center. Read his remarks:

A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the US's founding, we've published five essays about the interpretative skills required of participants in a democracy. style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...

“The selection of stories and the delightful and illuminating introduction and translator’s note make this an essential contribution to the current Lem renaissance.”—Jonathan Lethem. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...