The MLA would like to congratulate the four members who were named 2025–26 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. Patrick McKelvey, University of PittsburghField of Study: Theater, Dance, and… Read more »
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MLA Members Receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships
Congratulations to the six MLA members who were awarded 2025 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships! This year marks the 100th class of Guggenheim fellows. In a statement about this year’s fellowship recipients, Edward Hirsch, the president of the Guggenheim Foundation, said, “We believe that these creative thinkers can take on the challenges we all face today… Read more »
MLA Members Awarded January 2025 NEH Grants
Congratulations to the seventeen MLA members who were awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants in January 2025! Their projects include new humanities courses that engage critically with AI, educational resources about Quechua and Zapotec languages and cultures, a collection of oral histories from residents of Jersey City, a book analyzing how Jack Kerouac’s bilingualism… Read more »
MLA Announces 2024 Edward Guiliano Fellows
The MLA today announced it is awarding the association’s Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships to seventeen PhD students and candidates in MLA-related disciplines. The fellowships provide up to $2,000 to support travel and research related to the completion of a dissertation, generation of a publishable peer-edited journal essay, or production of other publishable outcomes. The awards… Read more »
2024 ALD and ADE Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Association of Language Departments and Association of Departments of English service awards, Amy S. Thompson and Douglas Hesse. Amy S. Thompson, recipient of the ALD Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, is an experienced language educator, accomplished researcher, and inspiring humanities leader. Thompson came into the national… Read more »
Sandra Gilbert, Former President of the MLA, 1936–2024
The MLA celebrates the life of Sandra Gilbert, an internationally renowned critic, poet, and educator, who died on 10 November 2024 in Berkeley, California. A giant of feminist literary theory and a beloved professor, Gilbert shaped the minds of countless students and scholars for more than five decades. Gilbert was born in New York City… Read more »
MLA Members Awarded August 2024 NEH Grants
Congratulations to the eight MLA members who were awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants in August 2024! Their projects include a database of Catherine the Great’s correspondence, a biography of the Romantic-era poet Jane Taylor, an in-person AI literacy institute, a conference on the aesthetics of solidarity in art by Arab Americans, and more…. Read more »
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.