Voting on the 2024 ratification ballot concluded at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on 3 May. Resolution 2024-1, which encouraged MLA members to call on the firms holding their retirement investments to divest in fossil fuels, was not ratified by the membership. Resolutions forwarded to the membership must be ratified by a majority vote in which the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2024
MLA Members Awarded April 2024 NEH Grants
Congratulations to the twenty-seven MLA members who were awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants in April 2024! Their projects include a book on the rise of public libraries during the US Reconstruction, the development of an undergraduate major in climate communication, a traveling exhibition about the maritime practices of the African diaspora in the… Read more »
Joel Conarroe, Former MLA Executive Director, 1934–2024
The MLA celebrates the life of the author, teacher, and arts administrator Joel Conarroe, who died on 28 April 2024 in the Bronx, New York. A critical figure in the American literary sphere, Conarroe led the MLA, the PEN American Center, and the Guggenheim Foundation at various points throughout his life and championed the work… Read more »
MLA Members Named National Humanities Center Fellows
The MLA would like to congratulate the five MLA members who were named 2024–25 National Humanities Center fellows. Fellows will pursue independent research projects as residential scholars at the Center, where they will have the opportunity to further develop their ideas through seminars, lectures, and conferences.
MLA Members Receive 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships
Congratulations to the six MLA members who were awarded 2024 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships! In a statement about this year’s fellows, Edward Hirsch, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, described the fellowship as “a life-changing recognition” that enables awardees to pursue groundbreaking independent projects. Bruno Bosteels, Columbia UniversityField of Study: Literary Criticism Marta… Read more »