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Resources on Legislative Threats to Higher Education
The MLA is collaborating with other organizations, including PEN America’s Freedom to Learn Network, the ACLS, and the AAUP, to speak out against state and local encroachment on higher education and g...
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We've put together a list of resources on legislative threats to higher ed. Visit the site for tips for NEH grantees, webinar recordings, tool kits, MLA statements, and more. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
MLA members: Voting is now open in the 2025 elections for second vice president, Executive Council, and the Delegate Assembly. Read the candidate statements and cast your vote by 10 December: apps.mla.org/ballot_main
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November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
MLA members: Voting is now open in the 2025 elections for second vice president, Executive Council, and the Delegate Assembly. Read the candidate statements and cast your vote by 10 December: apps.mla.org/ballot_main
We look forward to engaging with language educators at booth 939, where you can learn more about our new Spanish edition of the MLA Handbook, Manual MLA, and much more! #ACTFL25 www.mla.org/Publications...
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We look forward to engaging with language educators at booth 939, where you can learn more about our new Spanish edition of the MLA Handbook, Manual MLA, and much more! #ACTFL25 www.mla.org/Publications...
We are excited to exhibit at #NCTE25! Stop by booth 715 to learn about our MLA style teaching resources—including a student guide to AI Literacy—and grab a copy of our new core elements poster! style.mla.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We are excited to exhibit at #NCTE25! Stop by booth 715 to learn about our MLA style teaching resources—including a student guide to AI Literacy—and grab a copy of our new core elements poster! style.mla.org
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#TeamUP & #ReadUP in politics & current events with works from @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @kentuckypress.bsky.social, Wayne State University Press & University of Rochester Press @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social (not pictured). Part of the University Press Week Gallery: https://bit.ly/4oEqupv
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#TeamUP & #ReadUP in politics & current events with works from @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @kentuckypress.bsky.social, Wayne State University Press & University of Rochester Press @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social (not pictured). Part of the University Press Week Gallery: https://bit.ly/4oEqupv
Did you know that MLA style is now on Instagram? Follow @mlahandbook for tips on citations, grammar, and more, including instructional reels like this one on how to format song lyrics: www.instagram.com/reel/DQZvcq1...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did you know that MLA style is now on Instagram? Follow @mlahandbook for tips on citations, grammar, and more, including instructional reels like this one on how to format song lyrics: www.instagram.com/reel/DQZvcq1...
The essays in this volume offer approaches to teaching Atwood’s writing in a variety of genres, including speculative fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and adaptations of classic literary works. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The essays in this volume offer approaches to teaching Atwood’s writing in a variety of genres, including speculative fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and adaptations of classic literary works. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
If you haven't been to a recent convention, learn more about what #MLA26 has to offer: in addition to hundreds of panels on research, there are tons of sessions about strategies for the current moment. Join your with your community in January. narratives.insidehighered.com/mla-annual-c...
MLA Annual Convention 2026:Finding Community and Strategies for Higher Ed
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you haven't been to a recent convention, learn more about what #MLA26 has to offer: in addition to hundreds of panels on research, there are tons of sessions about strategies for the current moment. Join your with your community in January. narratives.insidehighered.com/mla-annual-c...
We are hosting a vendor session this afternoon at #chsconf2025! Learn more about the MLA International Bibliography and teaching resources in the AI era at our vendor showcase on 4 Nov. at 3:30 p.m. in Salon 2 of the Gaillard Center.
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We are hosting a vendor session this afternoon at #chsconf2025! Learn more about the MLA International Bibliography and teaching resources in the AI era at our vendor showcase on 4 Nov. at 3:30 p.m. in Salon 2 of the Gaillard Center.
"The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends . . . to the infrastructures and environments . . . in which learning happens." Thanks to the task force for drafting this important and timely statement! www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends . . . to the infrastructures and environments . . . in which learning happens." Thanks to the task force for drafting this important and timely statement! www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Registration for #MLA26 in Toronto is now open for everyone! Register and explore the online program, featuring nearly 700 sessions, today. app2.mla.org/prereg/regis...
2026 Convention Registration
ⓘ Preconvention workshops will take place 8 January.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Registration for #MLA26 in Toronto is now open for everyone! Register and explore the online program, featuring nearly 700 sessions, today. app2.mla.org/prereg/regis...
Deadline is Saturday! Help subsidize your #MLA26 attendance by applying for an MLA convention grant.
Did you know the @modernlanguage.bsky.social offers support for graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty to attend the convention? Apply for a travel grant by 1 November!
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Assistance for Convention Attendance and Member Dues
The MLA offers dues aid to scholars who are permanent residents of soft-currency or developing nations and assistance for convention attendance to graduate students, non-tenure-track faculty members, ...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Deadline is Saturday! Help subsidize your #MLA26 attendance by applying for an MLA convention grant.
Do you have experience teaching maximalist literary works? Teaching Literary Maximalism, the latest volume in development in our Options for Teaching series, seeks essays describing innovative approaches to teaching ambitious texts. Submit a proposal: www.mla.org/Publications...
Teaching Literary Maximalism
This volume in the MLA’s Options for Teaching series seeks essays describing innovative approaches to teaching big, ambitious texts: books that present a higher level of difficulty and are often—but...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do you have experience teaching maximalist literary works? Teaching Literary Maximalism, the latest volume in development in our Options for Teaching series, seeks essays describing innovative approaches to teaching ambitious texts. Submit a proposal: www.mla.org/Publications...
We're excited that the MLA's archives have found such a perfect home! Thanks to @jhu.edu for ensuring these historic materials about the profession will be preserved and made available to researchers.
Exciting news! Hopkins has acquired the records of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
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The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
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Historic MLA Archive Returns to Its Roots at Hopkins - The Sheridan Libraries & University Museums Blog
The Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries has acquired the records of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the leading professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literatur...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We're excited that the MLA's archives have found such a perfect home! Thanks to @jhu.edu for ensuring these historic materials about the profession will be preserved and made available to researchers.
In addition to hundreds of sessions on research, #MLA26 will have tons of sessions devoted to the state of the profession, to guidance about teaching, to strategies for writing, and to career support. Find out more about our professional development offerings: www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Professional Development Hub at MLA 2026
The 2026 Professional Development Hub—online and at the convention—is your one-stop shop for all things professional development offered by the MLA. Come by and meet the academic program services and ...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In addition to hundreds of sessions on research, #MLA26 will have tons of sessions devoted to the state of the profession, to guidance about teaching, to strategies for writing, and to career support. Find out more about our professional development offerings: www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Reminder: Grants to defray the cost of attending #MLA26 are available for many members, including graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty members. Learn more and apply by 1 November:
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Assistance for Convention Attendance and Member Dues
The MLA offers dues aid to scholars who are permanent residents of soft-currency or developing nations and assistance for convention attendance to graduate students, non-tenure-track faculty members,...
www.mla.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reminder: Grants to defray the cost of attending #MLA26 are available for many members, including graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty members. Learn more and apply by 1 November:
www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
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Reminder: we’re hosting a free webinar tomorrow! Register for AI in the French Higher Ed Classroom to discover strategies for redesigning writing classes to enhance critical thinking, using AI to design pedagogical materials, building chatbots, and more. www.mla.org/Events/Webin...
MLA Professional Development Webinars
The MLA offers professional development programming throughout the year to support members and those working in languages, literatures, and the humanities. Additional free virtual programming can be...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reminder: we’re hosting a free webinar tomorrow! Register for AI in the French Higher Ed Classroom to discover strategies for redesigning writing classes to enhance critical thinking, using AI to design pedagogical materials, building chatbots, and more. www.mla.org/Events/Webin...
Reminder: applications for our MLA Pathways step grants are due one week from today, on 29 October. Apply today to get support for developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergrads. Learn more:
MLA Pathways Step Grants
Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reminder: applications for our MLA Pathways step grants are due one week from today, on 29 October. Apply today to get support for developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergrads. Learn more:
Today is the last day to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers can join to get the best rates. Join us in Toronto or online and get strategies, resources, and community to help you navigate the current moment. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today is the last day to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers can join to get the best rates. Join us in Toronto or online and get strategies, resources, and community to help you navigate the current moment. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
We're delighted to announce that Ramón Saldívar will receive the 11th MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. A renowned scholar of Chicano and Chicana studies and narrative form, Saldívar will accept the award at the #MLA26 Awards Ceremony in Toronto.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're delighted to announce that Ramón Saldívar will receive the 11th MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. A renowned scholar of Chicano and Chicana studies and narrative form, Saldívar will accept the award at the #MLA26 Awards Ceremony in Toronto.
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You have one more week to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers who would like to save can join the MLA when they register. app2.mla.org/prereg/regis...
2026 Convention Registration
ⓘ Preconvention workshops will take place 8 January.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
You have one more week to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers who would like to save can join the MLA when they register. app2.mla.org/prereg/regis...
We hope to see you at #MLA26! The online program is live, registration is open, and more information is available at www.mla.org/Events/2026-....
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We hope to see you at #MLA26! The online program is live, registration is open, and more information is available at www.mla.org/Events/2026-....
Congratulations to the editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons for winning the Teaching Literature Book Award!
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October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to the editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons for winning the Teaching Literature Book Award!
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Members: The latest MLA Newsletter is now available online! Read Paula Krebs’s column on making the value of humanities education clear to students, an interview about teaching AI literacy, key takeaways from our MLA Strategy Sessions, and more.
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MLA Newsletter
Read the Newsletter for Paula Krebs’s column on making the value of humanities education clear to students, an interview about teaching AI literacy, key takeaways from our MLA Strategy Sessions, and more.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Members: The latest MLA Newsletter is now available online! Read Paula Krebs’s column on making the value of humanities education clear to students, an interview about teaching AI literacy, key takeaways from our MLA Strategy Sessions, and more.
www.mla.org/Membership/M...
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Make sure to read the newest issue of PMLA, featuring pieces on Thoreau, Chaucer, Ottoman literature, and more, as well as a cluster of essays on Eduardo Cadava and Sara Nadal-Melsió’s book Politically Red. Access it now online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Make sure to read the newest issue of PMLA, featuring pieces on Thoreau, Chaucer, Ottoman literature, and more, as well as a cluster of essays on Eduardo Cadava and Sara Nadal-Melsió’s book Politically Red. Access it now online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Register now for our workshop series, How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan, and learn how to plan strategically by identifying shared values, responding to challenges with workable solutions, and operating from a position of strength. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intended...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Register now for our workshop series, How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan, and learn how to plan strategically by identifying shared values, responding to challenges with workable solutions, and operating from a position of strength. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...