“The humanities are not a luxury,” said MLA executive director Paula M. Krebs. “They are a necessity, teaching people vital skills, including how to effectively communicate, construct arguments, evaluate evidence, and build connections across cultures. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

If you are considering applying for the Paula Hyman Mentorship Program @AJS I am holding an workshop on writing a successful applications this Friday 2/25 @ 10am CST. Details here: associationforjewishstudies.org/professional...

My NEH grant to translate and annotate the selected works of Rokhl Brokhes has been terminated. I knew this was coming but I am still devastated by the news.

So honored to share the MLA Leviant Award in Yiddish Studies with @aglaser.bsky.social.

And today in TN news: tennesseelookout.com/2023/08/16/c...

I was startled by a deer and baby doe on my run today. We paused to look each other in the eye and then went on our way. So quietly back to the nature of things.

When Gee was at Vanderbilt he spent extravagant sums entertaining and remodeling the Vanderbilt mansion. He was also a supporter of the humanities and chipped away at Vanderbilt's elitist isolationism. He then fled under the cover of night. Since then he's left behind a trail of disaster.

You’ll be shocked - <shocked> - that when the NYT finally bothered to get around to covering the most important higher education story in the country, that they framed it entirely around the stale Narrative™️ of what majors/degrees are vocationally useful.

A colleague claims that the academic book review is a dying genre. Folks are just too tired to write them, the profession is a in a new state of emergency, etc...Is this true for literary studies? Other fields?

lack of federal funding for research is terrible. mellon divestment also terrible! https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/15/does-humanities-research-matter-anymore-opinion

I am jumping in and hoping to rediscover my twitter feed here!