It’s Tax Day and a good day to mention we ♥️ our shared public funds being invested in the #humanities and social sciences-research, teaching & learning, preservation, and more! Learning to question and contextualize, the power of voice and the collective - essential. #talkabouthumanities
A brown-skinned man with glasses sits in front of three books displayed on a windowsill. The caption below him reads "We Need More Afrofuturists. Everyone deserves a future. I study and teach the work of Black authors and artists because we show the world what's possible. We've fought for the ability to think and dream for ourselves because it's fundamental to being human. People from every background can learn from the power of the Black imagination." The logo for the A.C.L.S. and the hashtag Talk About Humanities
Had to let you know: We need MORE Afrofuturists #TalkAboutHumanities
We've fought for the ability to think and dream for ourselves because it's fundamental to being human. People from every background can learn from the power of the Black imagination.
Why should we study the Bible? Steven McKenzie provides some answers from Rhodes College students. #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
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As a member society of @acls1919.bsky.social, we are here this week to #TalkAboutHumanities and #TalkAboutSocialSciences.
The shared message of this social media campaign is simple: We need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research.
SBL member John Kaltner on why we need biblical studies: "We need biblical scholars because some people misread the Bible in ways that can be harmful .... Bible scholars are the ones best suited to identify and call out such biblical malpractice."
#TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
#TalkAboutHumanities
"Arguing one’s views, while respecting one’s conversation partners, is an essential academic discipline—and quite handy in many roles in life." - Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, “Teaching Stories by Stories or Teaching as a Woman/Mother/Mentor” #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
#TalkAboutHumanities to develop a better way of communicating respectfully.
Read Elizabeth Struthers Malbon in Women and the Society of Biblical Literature edited by
Nicole L. Tilford.
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#ReadBiblicalStudies. Books shape us and promote understanding. They create better teachers, mentors, students, and neighbors.
#TalkAboutHumanities
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A group of individuals stands in a wooded area, listening to a person wearing a park ranger uniform speaking. The image has a text overlay saying, "Historians are everywhere, working on an incredible range of topics." The bottom displays the logo of the American Historical Association and the hashtag #TalkAboutHumanities.
Historians are everywhere, working on more than most people realize.
Historians, what are you researching, teaching, or exploring right now?
Share a sentence and help illustrate the range of the discipline.
#TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️
“We need more poets writing about poetry because the sanctity of language is not guaranteed. Our ability to speak freely can disappear without our even realizing it unless we’re constantly reminded of how important even the slightest word is.” — Derek Pollard, Poets on Poetry series editor
“What do theatre historians teach us? They teach us how artists and audiences come together to imagine how the world could be better. I research popular entertainment during the 19th century to understand what ordinary people cared about during times of intense social change.” — Amy E. Hughes, author of An Actor's Tale
“Media studies scholars are essential because the media shapes our reality and influences our perceptions. I study how intersectional identities within the African diaspora are represented in media to reveal how the global flows of images, then and now, foster lasting transnational solidarities.” — Wanjirũ G. Mbure, author of Out for Glamour in Africa
“Political scientists study power (social, financial, intuitional, etc.), examining the ways it impacts lived experience, societal norms, and governing ideals. Politics is not limited to the halls of government but underpins every facet of human experience.” — Madison Allums, Senior Acquiring Editor for Political Science and International Relations at University of Michigan Press
We’re happy to participate in the @acls1919.bsky.social campaign to #TalkAboutHumanities and #TalkAboutSocialSciences! Here are some responses from our authors and editors about the importance of experts in these fields.
SBL member Alexiana Fry on why we need biblical scholars. #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies #TalkAboutHumanities
We need more humanists We need more social scientists Celebrate the humanities and social sciences with our ACLS client societies #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with logos from our seven client societies which are members of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) American Studies Association (ASA) German Studies Association (GSA) Society for Classical Studies (SCS) Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
See our full client society roster: tiny.one/bdzk4kch
and watch for more on our @acls1919 client societies:
Association for Asian American Studies
@aahmhistmed
American Studies Association
@thegsa
@scsclassics
SHARP
@shothisttech
#TalkAboutHumanities
#TalkAboutSocialSciences
south Asian man sitting in chair; wearing navy suit, white button down shirt, and tan/blush colored turban; same quote as used in the caption
Simran Jeet Singh on why we need more scholars of religion:
“We need more religious studies scholars because every major conflict in the world today has a religious dimension — and you can't solve what you don't understand.
#TalkAboutHumanities @acls1919.bsky.social
We need more philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live. #TalkAboutHumanities
We need philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live.
#TalkAboutHumanities
Black woman wearing a "Museums are not neutral" T-shirt in front of a mural and a quote about the importance of public history
Public history is how we connection our communities histories to processes of activism and I'm determined to continue to play a role in that ecosystem and defend that ecosystem. #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences
We need digital humanities because knowledge only matters if people can access it.
Access to scholarly resources should not depend on geography, privilege, or institutional walls.
When we remove barriers, we turn preservation into participation.
#TalkAboutHumanities
We need more humanists & social scientists because these are the fields that help us understand each other across different cultures, languages, and beliefs.
#TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences
Our research probes questions about politics and society from Prague to Perm, from Belgrade to Budapest, from Tashkent to Tallinn. This expertise is essential in our interconnected world.
This week, ASEEES is joining ACLS to #TalkAboutHumanities and #TalkAboutSocialSciences. #aseees
Today, the #FeedingTheElephant team wants to #TalkaboutHumanities and #TalkaboutSocialSciences! @catherinefte.bsky.social, @dawnd.bsky.social, and @emily-elliott.bsky.social share the HSS projects that they find meaningful and important.
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The acls1919.bsky.social invites scholars and organizations to speak up for the humanities and social sciences.
Leuven UP is proud to stand with research communities deepening our understanding of society and advancing more inclusive futures.
#TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences
Why is #AsianStudies important? Because, says AAS Past President Nancy Lee Peluso, "More than half the world's population lives in Asia, and mutual understanding is the key to peaceful collaboration."
#TalkAboutSocialSciences #TalkAboutHumanities
#AHAPerspectives has been sharing knowledge about history and the historical discipline for 64 years. Articles are available online from 1988 to literally today—when a little later, we'll publish a piece on the transnational story of the red-white-blue bag. #TalkAboutHumanities
The President’s 2027 budget proposes dismantling one of the nation’s most vital supporters of historical research: the National Endowment for the Humanities. We remain committed to the vital role the humanities play in our lives. #TalkAboutHumanities
Oppose proposed cuts to the NEH ow.ly/kmA450YIhVG
What are humanities and social sciences research good for? Consider Enslaved.org: putting names to as many of the people trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade as possible. Insisting on the dignity of every human being. #Talkabouthumanities #talkaboutsocialsciences
Emilie M. Townes on why we need more ethicists:
“More often than not, when someone finds out I am a college professor and asks what I teach, and I reply ‘ethics,’ there is a roll of the eyes and a somewhat hopeful sigh.
They then say, ‘Oh, we need you today!’ Exactly.”
#TalkAboutHumanities
#TalkAboutBiblicalStudies in the classroom and beyond to build better understanding of difference, expand ways of reading, and create meaning across communities.
Read Brian Blount in Remapping Biblical Studies edited by Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder and Mary F. Foskett
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We need #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies because a better understanding of the Bible and its complex history means talk about power, empire, colonialism—and that means a better understanding of our own history.
#TalkAboutHumanities
Screenshot of a code editor showing a comparison matrix table from the Autograder experiment log: "Complete comparison matrix (all approaches tested)." Six detection approaches are compared across three test students (S029, S002, S028) and two metrics: wellbeing sensitivity and wellbeing false positives. The worst performer is "Binary simplified," which flags S029 in 25 out of 25 runs — a 100% false positive rate for a neurodivergent student doing strong work. The best performer, highlighted in bold blue, is "4-axis on subs (N)" — the observation-based approach — which classifies all three students as ENGAGED, achieves 8/8 sensitivity, and produces 0 false positives. The contrast between the first and last rows shows the core finding: same students, same model, different output structure, opposite results.
1/7. ACLS is asking scholars to make the case for humanities and social sciences this week. Here's mine.
I built an AI tool to flag students in crisis at a community college. The system produced false positives on minoritized students. I tried a bigger model. It got worse. #TalkAboutHumanities
Selfie of millennial Alaska Native historian in front of the Elmer Rasmuson Library at UAF in negative 20 F smiling and holding a peace sign before heading to the archives
As a Native historian I am tasked with combing through archives, published news & Native news, oral histories & testimonies & putting together not only a narrative depicting the 20th century but also showing colonial/imperial events that Native people encountered, shaped &halted #TalkAboutHumanities
I found a handwritten diary from 1815 where a woman from New England fell in love with another woman. Someone, probably a member of her family, scratched out the name of her lover so deeply it left holes in the paper. Couldn’t put it in my dissertation because it was off topic. #TalkAboutHumanities
