Read the latest news and updates from ACLS member societies. The 81 learned societies that are members of ACLS are each focused on a distinct field of study in the humanities and interpretive sciences. Learned societies are vitally important in setting standards of excellence and promoting research, writing, and education.
- Twenty American Anthropological Association (AAA) members have been selected for the 2024 “Write to Change the World” OpEd Project. The OpEd Project’s mission is to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas heard in the world. In one-day workshops, participants explore the source of credibility, the patterns and elements of persuasion, the difference between being “right” and being effective, and how to think bigger about what they know and have a greater impact in the world.
- Two American Antiquarian Society (AAS) members were awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize: Jacqueline Jones in History for No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era and Ilyon Wooin Biography for Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.
- The American Historical Association (AHA) has completed a redesign of their website.
- The American Society of International Law (ASIL) will award its 2024 Champion of the International Rule of Law Award to Malala Fund, represented by Malala Yousafzai, at a Gala Reception on October 9, 2024, at the New York City Bar Association.
- The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) held its 29th biennial conference at Yale University in June 2024 and welcomed a higher number and proportion of graduate student presenters than at any previous AABS conference. Learn more about the experience through the stories of their 2024 conference travel grantees.
The Voynich is “not imaginary,” Davis said. “It’s an actual object, it exists in space and time, it has a history, it has physical characteristics, and because of that, it has a true story. We just don’t know what that true story is yet.”
Excerpt from The Atlantic article featuring Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America
- The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) received a $90,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the development of two initiatives: “South and Southeast Asian Connectivities across the Asian Studies Network” and the “Global China Dissertation Workshops.” Both programs will provide opportunities for emerging scholars based in Asia.
- The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) announced Lewis Siegelbaum, Jack and Margaret Sweet Professor Emeritus of History at Michigan State University, as the 2024 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Honoree.
- The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) has filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit regarding a Florida law barring transgender and non-binary teachers from stating their chosen pronouns or titles in the classroom. The brief provides extensive linguistic evidence disproving Florida’s misguided claim that a transgender person using their preferred pronouns constitutes a false statement, and that doing so confuses children.
- Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA), is featured in The Atlantic for her work on understanding the mysterious 500-year-old “Voynich Manuscript.”
- The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, maintained by the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), has two new articles focused on environmental history and disability history. This online resource supports inclusive and equity-focused historical work and will continue to be updated.
