Monthly Archives: October 2025

Member Spotlight: Ignacio Sánchez Prado

For our October member spotlight, we’re highlighting Ignacio Sánchez Prado, a twenty-one-year member of the MLA. Read about Ignacio’s time on the Executive Council and which MLA resources he has found invaluable to his work: “[W]hen I became a member of the Executive Council, I was immensely and positively surprised about all the work the… Read more »

MLA Members Elected to the American Antiquarian Society

Congratulations to the six MLA members who were elected as members of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in October 2025! According to the AAS, members “are elected by their colleagues in recognition of their eminent works of scholarship, artistic endeavors, or public engagement in pre-twentieth-century American history and culture.”

Ramón Saldívar Receives Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award

Ramón Saldívar, professor of English and comparative literature and the Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, will receive the eleventh MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. The Executive Council selected Saldívar for the award on the recommendation of the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Review Committee. Saldívar is renowned as a scholar of… Read more »