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MESA/AAUP/Knight Foundation Lawsuit challenging non-citizen deportations

AAUP, Middle East Studies Association, Knight Institute Sue Over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech Policy has created “climate of fear and repression” on campuses around the country, groups say Read more: https://mesana.org/news/2025/03/25/mesa-aaup-and-knight-institute-file-lawsuit-over-trump-policy-of-arresting-and-threatening-deportation-for-lawful-speech

ACLS/AHA/MLA Lawsuit to restore NEH funding

ACLS, AHA, and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff Learn more: https://www.acls.org/news/acls-aha-and-mla-file-lawsuit-alleging-illegal-dismantling-of-national-endowment-for-the-humanities/ Donate to one of the organizations to support the legal fees: MLA, AHA, ACLS

New Publication: “Even Now” by Patty Hamilton

Even Now – Poems by Patricia L. Hamilton Southern California native and SEASECS Immediate Past President Patricia L. Hamilton earned her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Newly retired as a professor of English, she served in higher education for forty years. She won the 2015 and 2017 Rash Award in Poetry and has received three Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poetry has been published in Broad River Review, Ibbetson Street, Innisfree Poetry Journal, and Plainsongs, among other journals. She resides in Jackson, Tennessee, with her husband and enjoys travel, jazz, mystery novels, and a good cappuccino.

Early bird registration for the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is now open - through Jan. 5, 2026!

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