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Updates: conference and membership

The following email was sent to ASECS members on June 18, 2025. June 18, 2025 Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Happy Summer! I’m excited to share conference and membership updates with you. 1. CfP, Round 2, ASECS 56th Annual Meeting: Submit your session proposal for the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held April 9-11, 2026, in Philadelphia! Deadline is July 28, 2025; Round 3 (abstract submissions for presenters) opens August 4, 2025. You can find more information on how to submit to the abstract platform X-CD, including screenshots, on the 2026 Submission Page. It’s a very intuitive… Read More »Updates: conference and membership

AHA/Congressional Briefing on tariffs

The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on tariffs. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, June 11, at 9:00 a.m. ET in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2075. Panelists Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth Coll.), Sharon Ann Murphy (Providence Coll.), and Eric Rauchway (Univ. of California, Davis) will discuss how the government has implemented tariffs in the past, and how they have impacted the domestic and global economy. The briefing is open to the public. If you’re based in DC and would like to attend, we encourage you to do so. The briefing will be recorded.  https://www.historians.org/events/congressional-briefings

ACLS Digital Justice Grants CfP

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACLS Digital Justice Grants. This program is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The ACLS Digital Justice Grants Program funds digital projects across the humanities and social sciences that critically engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities through the ethical use of digital tools and methods. With an increased focus on capacity building, the program also prioritizes projects that bolster the local ecosystem of digital humanities at their academic, community,… Read More »ACLS Digital Justice Grants CfP

News Circular, Webinar Reminder

The following email was sent to ASECS members on May 15, 2025. Dear ASECS Members and Friends, The ASECS Spring/Summer News Circular is here! Check out news and updates on upcoming events, the Call for Session Proposals for the 56th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, advocacy work in the humanities, and more! Please also remember to attend the new Webinar series! Friday, May 16, noon-1pm EDT: Webinar. You’re invited to the new webinar series, organized by ASECS President Paola Bertucci and Executive Board Members Brian Cowan and Meghan Roberts, highlighting the importance of the 18th century today! Registration required: Webinar… Read More »News Circular, Webinar Reminder

Launch of the Beta version of the new English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)

The ESTC team is delighted to launch the Beta version of the new English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), the most comprehensive resource available for the output of the printing press in the English-speaking world before 1801. ESTC is now part of the Consortium of European Research Libraries’ (CERL) ecosystem and accessible for free at https://datb.cerl.org/estc/. ESTC is a bibliography that aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced during the hand-press era in the English-speaking world. It is also a union catalogue that lists copies of those items held by libraries and other owners around the world… Read More »Launch of the Beta version of the new English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)

New ASECS Webinar Series, “The 18th Century in the Present”

Friday, May 16, noon-1pm EDT: Webinar. You’re invited to the new webinar series, organized by ASECS President Paola Bertucci and Executive Board Members Brian Cowan and Meghan Roberts, highlighting the importance of the 18th century today! Registration required: Webinar 18th Century Today   “Citizenship, Political Dissent, and Presidential Power in the Early Republic.” Speakers:

ASECS Community Discussion, “Advocating for the Humanities”

Please join us for a community discussion where members can talk about how federal policies have impacted their scholarship, exchange information, and discuss how individuals and ASECS can engage in effective advocacy. Monday, May 12, noon-1pm EDT/9-10am PDT: Community Discussion, “Advocating for the Humanities.” Registration required: Member Discussion Federal funding cuts and threats to the free exchange of ideas have directly and indirectly affected a number of members. ASECS has created a resources and updates section on the new “News and Updates” page, including links to the statements that the Society has co-signed from larger… Read More »ASECS Community Discussion, “Advocating for the Humanities”

ACLS, AHA and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment For The Humanities

ASECS shares this important press release regarding the ACLS, AHA, and MLA joint lawsuit regarding the cuts to the NEH. ASECS is an institutional affiliate of the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, and the Modern Language Association. Press release can be found here: ACLS MLA AHA LawsuitThe full text of the complaint can be found at the body of this document. NEW YORK, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent… Read More »ACLS, AHA and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment For The Humanities

Levan Book Chat—Emily Hodgson Anderson, Shadow Work

May 8, 2025 12:00 PM PDT A discussion of Emily Hodgson Anderson’s new book, Shadow Work: Loneliness and the Literary Life (Columbia University Press, 2025). The author will be joined in conversation by Julia Lee (Loyola Marymount University) and Anahid Nersessian (UCLA), moderated by Dana Johnson (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of English and the Early Modern Studies Institute. More information HERE. Registration is required. REGISTER HERE.

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