@dlspratt
18thcenturyist, English prof + director of community engagement, CSUN; history of science + medicine, Austen, satire, public humanities. Engaging the Age of Jane Austen (w/Bridget Draxler), Histories of Science (ed. w/Dave Alff), Reading Austen. She/her.
I really don’t think enough is being made of the fact that it’s a three supposedly do-nothing toothless scholarly organizations—the AHA, the MLA, and the ACLS— who are directly responsible for one of the clearest and most damning exposures of this administration’s stupidity and malfeasance.
I work in an academic library where patrons can chat with a human librarian 24/7. We use a co-op so librarians across the world help each other when your specific staff are off duty. This is a pretty common service, and it generally provides better info than AI for reference questions. Jusy FYI 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you very belatedly for the shout out and lovely photo! Hope to see you soon!
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
Join us Monday 12/15 at 5pm to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday! with @dlspratt.bsky.social Austen scholar! bonnets encouraged but not required!
Thank *you*—it was such a joy to read!
OMG yay, congratulations!! Can’t wait to read! 🎉🎉
If you are inclined to read about funny novels in the 18th century, periods, labor and birth, hysteria etc you can pre-order the book! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/bod...
This is a fantastic volume, so proud to be a part of it! I am especially glad to be part of the community of scholars working of 18c science and culture who have connected with each other through the ASECS science studies caucus
Cover of Histories of Science: Natural Philosophy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World, which features poppy in three stages of flowering (Johanna Helena Harolt) alongside an eighteenth-century illustration of vials from Two Glass Containers for Scientific Experiments with Liquids (1666).
Thrilled to share that *Histories of Science* is finally out in the world! Dave and I are so grateful to @uvapress.bsky.social and have been honored to work with such brilliant contributors @tobiasmenely.bsky.social @aaronrhanlon.com @qu1x0tical.bsky.social
We've published a list of resources from the Information Exchange about the NEH Appeals Process that was hosted by ACH, AHA and MLA earlier this week. buff.ly/JVOBxP0
3 ways to fight for the NEH:
1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming
2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have.
3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
NEH just sent new guidance about terminated awards that includes the following: "7. Appeals--NEH is not offering a means of dispute resolution"
Yet that is clearly at odds with the Terms & Conditions for Orgs governing our awards. They are trying to discourage appeals. Submit them anyway.
If you've had an NEH grant terminated, join us tomorrow (4/30) at 11 a.m. ET for an information exchange about the NEH appeal process hosted by the MLA's @jasonrhody.bsky.social, @nolauren.bsky.social from @ach.bsky.social, and Sarah Weicksel from @historians.org: ach.org/news/2025/04...
I am leading a bipartisan and bicameral effort to denounce the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities and to demand POTUS and NEH Acting Director Michael McDonald restore funding for grant recipients.
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov we need you to speak up for the NEH! So far, DOGE has terminated 43 grants in the state of IL, totaling ~$11.7M dollars. That is less than one thousandth of the federal budget, but it makes a HUGE difference for our state! Please help us protect this agency!
Receipts: impact.ach.org
You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh
@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov What are California Senators and Representatives doing to save NEH funding and staff?
If your NEH grant was rescinded, contact your representative and help @humanitiesall.bsky.social track grant terminations by using this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just wrote to all of my congressional representatives to plead them to support the NEH, for everyone, for public history, for scholarship, for teaching, for all of it. I used this widget: very easy, it has a template, and automatically looks up the emails of your representatives. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
Serious question: has anyone with an NEH grant or cooperative agreement NOT been told it’s canceled? This week has been a bloodbath for so many of us.
Please contact your member of congress to ask them to save the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
Do not fuck with librarians; they know everything, and incredibly organized, and will come for your ass (I can't wait)
I spent the last five years serving public history, arts, and culture at NEH. Please take a moment to let your representatives know you support NEH. Or read on and I can tell you a little bit about why I believe in public funding for the humanities.
regional public Us serve the vast majority of the 20 million students enrolled in higher ed, are largest employers in countless regions, and are being demolished for the oligarch’s pleasure
little pieces of language are ours
slogans, taglines, chants, flyers, memes, stickers, posters, zines
Good news!
My beloved little wonder book is freshly published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social !
Digital access is available for free through 27 Feb 2025.
Please share! Please welcome this beauty into the world!
#C18L #18thcentury
DOI: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
1000000%!!
Absolutely. They’ll be getting lots of feedback through email and phone calls now. The lack of awareness/care about the extractivist nature of AI or what it means to impose this on such a diverse student population/overworked faculty is shocking even for this admin.