Perry Collins

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

Emotional faculty meeting, highlighting legislation that is likely to bring down our union. Because of @superhh.bsky.social and other colleagues, I had the parental leave I needed to spend hours in the NICU every day when my son was born. This supported his health and mine. @uffuf.bsky.social

Glad to share that as of today, I'm officially the head of my department at UF Libraries: arcs.uflib.ufl.edu. I'm so fortunate to work with a brilliant team and to have support from my deans. You know you're in the right job when you're excited to add more meetings with colleagues to your calendar.

Lovely to hear @alondra.bsky.social give a shout out to the brilliant @jasonrhody.bsky.social for his leadership in promoting media literacy on Media Well and other platforms mediawell.ssrc.org/about/. #nisoplus cc @nisoinfo.bsky.social

Join us for "Legal & Ethical Oral Histories" on Thurs, Feb. 12 11 - noon. Featuring Arnetta Giradeau, UNC Charlotte, & Christina Boyles, UI Bloomington, facilitated by @perrycollins.bsky.social, UF. Register dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/. Bring your questions!

"Petitions to preserve the building and its murals are circulating. . . @livingnewdeal.bsky.social calls for the Cohen building—'a living testament to America’s shared values, social progress, and the power of public art to uplift us all'—to be preserved intact." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/a...

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

I don't have it in me to say much about today's NEH award announcement. Huge congrats to @anasalter.bsky.social and others doing great work in their fields. I'm anxious for former colleagues left to manage massive (up to $10mil), highly politicized awards that aim to wind the clock back decades.

We’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Honestly hard to watch NEH/NEA budgets pass without cuts while also still seeing many former colleagues struggle to find jobs months after so many of us were booted out. It takes people to build relationships with applicants and to allocate grants responsibly.

Wishing a happy holiday season to friends, colleagues, and any publishers who saved me time and energy this year by allowing authors to share zero embargo AAMs. You know who you are(n't). 🎁

Thanks to @aupresses.bsky.social & all the press directors & staff we worked with to support OA books & the work of presses. And of course, thanks to my incredible team at NEH who led these OA efforts, particularly @perrycollins.bsky.social, @halperta.bsky.social, & @bethanyfarrell.bsky.social.

Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org £33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences! plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...

Interesting piece, but diamond OA is not "nascent" @science.org. This model has been developing for decades, across continents, as long as scholars could put text up online. Nonprofit pubs know what we're doing--we just need to stop redirecting $$ to corporations. www.science.org/content/arti...

Feeling like all my posts are the same these days. Undermining academic freedom and instructor safety--and just making everyone's life harder--under the guise of helping students is the opposite of what the affordability movement is all about. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Thinking today about all the brilliant international colleagues I've had over the years, and how much they've taught me. Can't imagine a university that turns its back on global expertise.

Seeing increasing evidence of budget cuts and threats to academic freedom that are pushing administrators toward an even narrower vision of what "counts" toward scholarship. This is a moment when we most need to be imaginative and capacious, but we're swimming against the tide.

Paper engineering in pop-up books is always so fun— today’s treat is Star Trek: Giant in the Universe (1977)

It’s almost #OAWeek, which means an extra busy calendar and a new addition to our OA critter sticker collection. Files CC0 for anyone who needs some extra joy drive.google.com/file/d/1WCg7... #DHmakes

Feeling all of this too, now a few months into my job. Thanks to all who sent good wishes and welcomed me back. Odd to feel so grateful while also feeling so much lingering anger at the relative indifference of those actually leading the agency.

So bummed to learn my local library system is suspending ILL due to terminated IMLS funding. Always appreciate their help tracking down some great indie kids books for the 2yo last year. Scary and sad to think about this at scale, isolating so many libraries and patrons.

Happy birthday, @paulshortt.bsky.social! I know I married the right person because you find a dozen yogurts more romantic than a dozen roses. ❤️

Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS! 1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622 2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626

Welcome to #PeerReviewWeek2025 on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - many thanks to @roohighosh.bsky.social & Maryam Sayab for this years week of posts incl today’s thoughts from @irfanullah.bsky.social Tim Vines, Hong Zhou, Maryam & me scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/15/a...

Getting back to needlepoint after a long break. These are adapted from #publicdomain illustrations in this series: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #dhmakes

A friendly reminder that the NIH Public Access Policy IS NOT “you must publish open access” but rather “you must ensure your copy of your paper is deposited into PubMed Central.” Yes, it is very confusing. Yes, you should be able to do that deposit yourself without paying anything to a journal.

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Saw a performance of Puffs tonight and it was honestly such a boost to see stellar high school actors having a great time. Warms my copyright librarian heart to have this example of “transformative and transfigured” #fairuse in the world. As they reminded us, “She doesn’t get a farthing!” 🦡🦡🦡

There’s tons in this EO to scream at, from taking aim at past grantmaking to to “requir[ing] all discretionary grants to permit termination for convenience”😡 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...

TFW you reach for the last bit of breakfast tart you were saving, only to realize you ate it thirty minutes ago. 💔

I’m delighted to announce the launch of KCWorks for Institutions! The Knowledge Commons team is ready to support institutions and organizations seeking a values-enacted, nonprofit, community-governed alternative to corporate hosted repository services. about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/a...

Such a wonderful group and wonderful discussion, with panelists in three different countries. Thanks to all who joined! #DH2025

Love is approving your partner's two-step credential when their phone is at the other end of the house.

On Friday AM I'm chairing a panel where I originally planned to announce a new NEH grant program on sustainability. Even though I don't get to do that, I'm excited for a rich discussion w/ panelists incl @jmotis.bsky.social @kfen.bsky.social as we consider our work in the current landscape. #DH2025

🎉Hello, DH community! The official DH2026 account is now live! 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27-31, 2026 🎯Theme: Engagement | Hosted by @kadhsocial.bsky.social Can't wait to see you after @dh2025lisbon.bsky.social Following @dh2024.bsky.social let's build our community! #DH2026 @adho-org.bsky.social

Such an incredible undertaking, and just one example of how much we'll lose as cultural and humanities funding is cut to the bone.

👇Favorite example, when my toddler came home with an "incident report" reading "Friend stuck their finger in A's mouth and he bit it. Friends were separated." Maybe they will be best buds later, but I'm pretty sure friend is the wrong word here.

Huge news in AI copyright world. Still reading the opinion, but encouraged that Judge Alsup got it right on training. Act I Scene 1 in a long drama, but a promising start.