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Offers instructors many angles for teaching the Mexican Revolution, including the role of women. Essays introduce students to comparative approaches framed by concepts of colonialism and borders. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
Thank you, Anna, and thanks to everyone who has supported this ongoing suit by donating to Paving the Way! www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
There’s still time to register for our virtual MAPS Leadership Institute! Join us 22–25 June to get advice, share resources, and build your professional network. You’ll come away with strategies for curricular development and institutional change. www.maps.mla.org/Seminars/MAP...
MLA funds help defray the cost of convention travel for graduate students and underemployed members, support advocacy on behalf of contingent faculty members, promote the study and teaching of languag...
Looking for new ways to teach research skills, information literacy, and critical engagement with scholarship? Explore our new video series, Strategies for Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography, each featuring a lesson plan! utm.io/MLA-2026
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The MLA was pleased to present Ramón Saldívar with the MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement at the 2026 convention. A transcript of Saldívar's acceptance speech has been published by the Stanford Humanities Center. Read his remarks:
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the US's founding, we've published five essays about the interpretative skills required of participants in a democracy. style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
The MLA AI and Research Working Group's new "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" offers questions and case studies on AI literacy, human-centered expertise, and responsibility and ethics to guide discussion and reflection. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...
We are now accepting applications for the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship. Graduate students can receive up to $2,500 to support travel and research toward publication, dissertation completion, or transformative experiential learning. Submit your application by 9 July. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Make your case for why we need humanities research using this tool kit from @acls1919.bsky.social: acls.org/TalkAboutHumanities/ #Talkabouthumanities
For AI guidance from the MLA, check out our AI Resources page on the MLA Style Center: style.mla.org/ai-resources/
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A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. The knowledge and skills that come from MLA disciplines–language, literature, writing, a...
“The selection of stories and the delightful and illuminating introduction and translator’s note make this an essential contribution to the current Lem renaissance.”—Jonathan Lethem. Use code MLA20 for 20% off or get 30% off as an MLA member: www.mla.org/Publications...
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Get advice, share resources, and build your professional network at the MAPS Leadership Institute for department, program, and other current and aspiring administrative leaders, offered in collaboration with ADE and ALD.
it is crucial that the MLA, the AHA, and the ACLS joined forces to fight the illegal theft of federal research and programming funds
i donated to support these efforts, and if you can, in any amount, you should too
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At the January 2026 Modern Language Association (MLA) Awards Ceremony, MLA President Tina Lu presented Ramón Saldívar with the MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement.
The Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship encourages graduate students in languages, literatures, and related fields to pursue transformative experiences by exploring research and learning opportunities beyond their immediate community.www.mla.org
Our next job in the courts is to pursue our claim against the shuttering of so many NEH depts and grant programs and the elimination of staff positions. If you want to help, please give to the fund at the top of this list, which is the one we are using for the lawsuit. www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
MLA funds help defray the cost of convention travel for graduate students and underemployed members, support advocacy on behalf of contingent faculty members, promote the study and teaching of languag...
