Congratulations to the five MLA members who have been awarded 2026 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships! ACLS fellowships support untenured early-career scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences as they complete a major scholarly project.
Monthly Archives: April 2026
MLA Members Receive 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships
Congratulations to the eight MLA members who were awarded 2026 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships! In a statement about this year’s fellowship recipients, Edward Hirsch, the president of the Guggenheim Foundation, said, “Our new class of Guggenheim Fellows is representative of the world’s best thinkers, innovators, and creators in art, science, and scholarship.” Marlene Daut, Yale… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Amber Hodge
This month, we’re spotlighting the work of Amber Hodge, an eight-year member of the MLA. Read about Amber’s time on the Committee on K–16 Alliances and why they recommend checking out the MLA Language Map: “I didn’t know about the Committee on K–16 Alliances until my second year of teaching at an independent school, and… Read more »
Adam Potkay Named PMLA Editor
The MLA Executive Council has appointed Adam Potkay, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary, to serve as the next editor of PMLA. His term begins in July 2026 and runs for three years. His scholarly focus is wide-ranging, covering literature and philosophy, Enlightenment and Romanticism, poetry and… Read more »
MLA Members Named 2026–27 National Humanities Center Fellows
The MLA would like to congratulate the three members who were named 2026–27 National Humanities Center fellows. Fellows will pursue independent research projects as residential scholars at the center, where they will have an opportunity to further develop their ideas through seminars, lectures, and conferences. Olabode Ibironke, Rutgers University, New BrunswickField of study: African studiesProject… Read more »