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Need to cite a deposition? | MLA Style Center Watching any depositions lately and wondering how to cite them? We’ve got you covered! Here’s an example citation: “Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition (Part 1) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH.”…

Sources matter! The MLA Style Center's latest post shows how to cite a deposition:

Deadline is 3/25 for this #MLA27 CFP: The “Border” on Campus
--Concepts of the border in academia including its impact on teaching, student experience, institutional policy, and belonging, within contexts of migration, surveillance, and nationalism/ Link: mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...

Amazing moderator and speakers. Attendees registered from every part of our community, across all career stages and every kind of program. Advice you can use and a network of support. This is @modernlanguage.bsky.social professional development — and there’s so much more where this comes from!

You can now access individual discovery documents, including emails, grant spreadsheets, and deposition transcripts at www.mla.org/NEH-Discovery.

MLA Professional Development Webinars The MLA offers professional development programming throughout the year to support members and those working in languages, literatures, and the humanities. Additional free virtual programming can be found on our Webinars and Conversations page.

On 24 March, we’re hosting a webinar, Commonsense Strategies for Publishing While Teaching. Speakers will share strategies for identifying writing opportunities, bringing together writing and teaching, and exploring publishing in an array of venues. www.mla.org/Events/Webin...

Come for the Times article but stay for the motion. If you want to learn the details of how DOGE took over #NEH, click on the “view the motion” link here.

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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

As someone who watched the careful stewardship of grants over many years, the lack of care and the dismissal of the hard work of scholars and NEH program staff described here is devastating and shameful.

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MLA, ACLS, and AHA lawsuit reveals use of ChatGPT in illegal termination of grants by DOGE. Motion for summary judgment asserts violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers. mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

Piggybacking on this to boost a session I'm organizing that very much wants to hear from contingent faculty! mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...

Here at #4C26 w awesome @modernlanguage.bsky.social colleagues! Chat w me about our Reading and Writing Pedagogy Institutes, summer professional development for chairs and program leaders, workshops and webinars and more! Find me and @jasonrhody.bsky.social around and at our session Saturday 8am. 🌞

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There are a number of #MLA27 calls for papers focused on contingent faculty — please check them out…

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Networking for Humanities Careers “Networking” can feel like a daunting addition to your job search and professional development, asking you to extend yourself to meet new people. There are, however, ways to network on your terms, in…

Join us on 17 March for the first session in our latest virtual workshop series, Networking for Humanities Careers. Facilitators will share practical steps you can take to put your best narrative forward, make new contacts, and more. mla.org/Events/Workshop-Series/Networking-for-Humanities-Careers

PROFESSION has always been such an important part of how I understand, well, the profession. Please consider submitting and share widely this important CFP on precarity.

Make a plan to make that Feb. 2 deadline and take advantage of a program that helps us all envision a brighter future for higher ed @humetricshss.bsky.social

Eastern is top presenter at first MLA undergrad research session Six English majors at Eastern Connecticut State University made history on Jan. 9, presenting their research at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention’s inaugural undergraduate research post...

ICYMI, #MLA26 hosted an undergraduate research poster session that included six students from Eastern Connecticut State University. Learn more about their experience presenting and attending sessions: www.easternct.edu/news/_storie...

Do faculty who taught through occupations in other cities (e.g. Portland, Chicago, LA), or who have developed materials for supporting students through horrors like those happening in MN, have resources to recommend? Assignments, readings, extracurricular plans, &c? Please share if you can!

2026 MLA Convention: Professional Development Hub Mentoring Thank you for your interest in 1:1 mentoring at the Professional Development Hub at #MLA26!  The Professional Development Hub hosts one-on-one mentoring focused on your career goals, no matter what st...

Sign-ups for 1:1 mentoring at the #MLA26 Professional Development Hub are open! Take advantage of a consultation with our generous and knowledgeable mentors in English and world languages fields. All career stages and questions welcome (esp grad students)!

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Commmunity college faculty and staff at #MLA26, come to the cash bar for you and for grad students who want to learn about CCs. mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...

Keep an eye out for SO MUCH 1:1 MENTORING at the Professional Development Hub! Great opportunity for grad students to get advice on everything from CVs to journal publishing and more!

Waiting for the start of @garygulman.bsky.social at the Kimmel Center in Philly and spotted this in his MISFIT— love to see it, @modernlanguage.bsky.social !

Stop by and learn more about @modernlanguage.bsky.social publications and programs from my amazing colleagues! #ACTFL25

Deadline is Saturday! Help subsidize your #MLA26 attendance by applying for an MLA convention grant.

Did you know the @modernlanguage.bsky.social offers support for graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty to attend the convention? Apply for a travel grant by 1 November!

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If you're trying to figure out how to manage massive changes in higher education, there is still time to register for this 5-session virtual workshop that helps you think about responses to threats, questions about mergers, understanding budgetary woes, & other essential topics. Starts tomorrow!

Today is the last day to take advantage of early registration rates for #MLA26! Members can register now, and nonmembers can join to get the best rates. Join us in Toronto or online and get strategies, resources, and community to help you navigate the current moment. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...

Professional development opportunities at #MLA26, in person and online. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...

Check out the preconvention half-day workshops. Train to be an external reviewer or work on such topics as banned books or and writing studies research or the perennial favoite--AI. Worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...