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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations and the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Learn more ➡️ www.acls.org
In partnership with Joan McGregor and @asulincolncenter.bsky.social, ACLS is conducting a publicly-oriented research integrity project to develop and articulate an understanding of research integrity principles spanning all academic fields: https://bit.ly/4stQLJ6
APA Members! Join ACLS Program Officers Alison Chang and Claudia Kinkela for an @apaphilosophy.bsky.social webinar with tips next Thursday, March 19, on ACLS fellowship and grant opportunities: https://bit.ly/3Npa4nX
'That film rests on generations of decades of research into history — the history of music, the history of slavery,' she said. 'It wasn’t just whipped up overnight with ChatGPT.'
'Americans want this stuff,' she said. 'They pay to go see it.'
"Joy Connolly, the president of the American Council of Learned Societies, cited George Washington’s belief that a democratic nation requires an educated citizenry. She also mentioned the hit movie 'Sinners,' which has taken in nearly $280 million at the domestic box office."
"When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities"
Read more about what the discovery process for the lawsuit to restore NEH function and funding brought by ACLS, @historians.org, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social uncovered in the @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/40oILwY
Photos of 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellows with text ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship, apply now. Deadline: March 11, 9:00 PM EDT.
Applications for ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships are due tomorrow, March 11 by 9:00 PM EDT!
These two-year fellowships partner recent humanities & social sciences PhDs with nonprofits working with communities across the US: www.acls.org/LeadingEdge
We're excited to share the recipients of the third and final cycle of the Intention Foundry Learned Society Microgrants.
These 20 grants to academic societies support projects that address the social, intellectual, and financial precarity scholars currently face: bit.ly/4s0gfOf
Silhouettes of five women in purple, surrounded by cherry blossoms, against a light background. Text reads "Women's History Scholarly Resource Page."
Happy International Women's Day! Check out the new books, articles, podcasts, and more by ACLS fellows and grantees that have been added to our Women's History Scholarly Resource list: https://bit.ly/41BAuVU
On March 6, 2026, ACLS, @historians.org and filed a motion for a summary judgment in their case to restore terminated NEH grants. Discovery in this lawsuit revealed egregious and illegal actions that affect orgs and residents across the US. www.acls.org/news/acls-ah...
In a new message, ACLS Project Manager @smckee-acls.bsky.social reflects on open access publishing, highlighting new titles supported through the ACLS Open Access Book Prizes + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards and sharing progress on the @jstor.bsky.social #PathToOpen pilot: bit.ly/40LsCBP
New #AdvocacyInAction update: ACLS President Joy Connolly details political attacks on higher education, including a censorship review process at Texas Tech University, and urges renewed advocacy for academic freedom.
bit.ly/4b14LTp
Photos of ACLS Leading Edge Fellows at work with text, ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship. Apply by: March 11, 9:00 PM EDT.
Deadline approaching! ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships offer recent humanities and social sciences PhDs the opportunity to join organizations working with communities across the country.
Apply by March 11, 9:00 PM ET: https://bit.ly/49mbVSO
We're excited to announce the 2026 Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellows in American Art. The awards support scholars of American art with fellowships to advance dissertation research and writing: bit.ly/4seOK3i
Martha S. Jones (2013 ACLS Fellow) and Kate Masur (2020 Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellow) have submitted a historians’ amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara.
Learn more about scholars working to increase public understanding and inform policymakers on birthright citizenship: bit.ly/4pz9XEk
Our Doctoral Futures initiative asked 70 voices what needs fixing in the humanities PhD.
Six themes surfaced, from advisor quality to funding gaps to career preparation, along with two blind spots: admissions & pedagogical innovation.
Read more in a new piece by Treviene Harris: bit.ly/4qXVq4G
Promotional graphic for ACLS Open Access Book Prize, featuring the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award logo. It invites publishers to submit works in anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science by February 27, 2026.
Deadline approaching! ACLS invites publishers to nominate open access books in the humanities and social sciences now through February 27, 2026 for the $50k ACLS #OpenAccess Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MCxm9i
We're excited to be participating in this important effort! The MLA committee will be examining past reform efforts, finding out what works and where, and determining how best we can scale successful practices as well as what vital concerns still need to be addressed.
@paulakrebs.bsky.social, Executive Director of @modernlanguage.bsky.social & Chair of the Doctoral Futures Graduate Programs Committee, shares how the committee is working to assess and reimagine advising and mentorship practices, retention strategies, and program design: https://bit.ly/40hyRgs
Photos of 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellows with text ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship, apply now. Deadline: March 11, 9:00 PM EDT.
Apply now to the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship program! These two-year fellowships partner recent humanities & social sciences PhDs with nonprofits working with communities across the US. Deadline: March 11, 9 PM EDT. www.acls.org/LeadingEdge
Rejoice #FeedingTheElephant readers! 100 e-books from university presses flipped from gated to open access last month. Our very own @catherinefte.bsky.social describes how the Path to Open initiative from @acls1919.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social works and its impact on scholarly communications.
Promotional graphic for ACLS Open Access Book Prize, featuring the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award logo. It invites publishers to submit works in anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science by February 27, 2026.
The $20k ACLS Open Access Book Prize will be awarded to authors of six #openaccess books published 2019-2024. Their publishers will receive $30k Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award to support upcoming books that wouldn’t otherwise be published #OA.
Submit by Feb 27: https://bit.ly/3MCxm9i
Interested in applying for an ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship? Join us for a webinar on February 24 at 10 AM ET or March 4 at 4 PM ET for information on the program and tips for preparing a successful application: bit.ly/3JXQlI5
Chart titled “Path to Open Early Results: Year-over-Year Item Requests for the First 100 Open Access Titles.” A bar graph compares 2025 (licensed only, shown in gray) with 2026 (open access, shown in red). For January and February, the red bars are dramatically higher—around 9,500–10,000 item requests each month—compared to roughly 1,500–2,000 in 2025. The full-year comparison shows about 20,000 requests in early 2026 already surpassing the roughly 15,000 total requests recorded in all of 2025.
When scholarly books are made freely available, they reach more readers in more places right away.
In just five weeks of #OpenAccess, the first Path to Open books have already been used more than they were during the entire previous year of limited access.
Read the news: https://bit.ly/4rTptM4
Steed Davidson @sblsite.bsky.social chairs the Preparation and Inclusion Committee for Doctoral Futures.
The goal? Reimagine how we recruit scholars to humanities PhD programs and prepare them for impact in & beyond academia.
Watch Steed introduce the committee's work: bit.ly/4tn6x9W
Ongoing political attacks & censorship in higher ed have added to the precarity faced by Black scholars.
In a new feature, ACLS community members at various career stages share their perspectives on navigating the current context as researchers, writers, teachers & mentors: https://bit.ly/4aSpJEf
"This milestone shows how collective action can create a more equitable and durable open access ecosystem for scholarly books."
ACLS celebrates first 100 Path to Open books now available as #openaccess titles on @jstor.bsky.social: https://prn.to/4asDFV1
In the February 2026 ACLS Community Message, Program Officer Daphne Weber reflects on community-engaged research in Buddhist Studies and how ACLS is building programs and networks shaped by scholars’ needs: https://bit.ly/46nJbr1
In today's advocacy update, ACLS President Joy Connolly addresses recent attacks on tenure, teaching, and international scholarly exchange, and shares how ACLS is working with partners to defend the humanities and social sciences: https://bit.ly/4ad1EJ8
ACLS and several of our member societies signed on to a @penamerica.bsky.social letter to the Texas A&M Board of Regents defending academic freedom and urging them to rescind censorship policies: bit.ly/4bJ12fo
Book cover of Possessed Landscapes: Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar by Tomas Cole, featuring people in rain ponchos near rice paddies in a misty mountain setting.
New in #Anthropology, POSSESSED LANDSCAPES by Tomas Cole is a case study in reimagining sovereignty through ecological stewardship, set in the highlands of the Myanmar-Thai border. Available now in print and #OpenAccess, made possible by @acls1919.bsky.social with generous support from Arcadia.