ACLS American Council of Learned Societies

The journals of ACLS member societies are a resource for high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship in the humanities. Read more.
ACLS Launches 2014 Public Fellows Competition
Now in its fourth year, this career-building fellowship program demonstrates the wide applicability of the humanities Ph.D. Read more.
ACLS and The Monuments Men
Learn about ACLS's role in recovering and preserving stolen artwork in WWII. Read more.
Jeremy Adelman of Princeton University speaking on "MOOCs, the Humanities, and Learned Societies" at the 2013 ACLS Annual Meeting. See our media collection.

New Books by
ACLS Fellows

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933.

Collections in Context: The Organization of Knowledge and Community in Europe.

Wendy Doniger Named 2015 Haskins Prize Lecturer

wendyDoniger_tn The lecture on "A Life of Learning " will take place at the 2015 ACLS Annual Meeting. Read more. The 2014 Haskins Prize Lecturer is Bruno Nettl.

Seven Scholars Awarded 2014 ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

Research projects will probe massive collections of data in novel ways, resuscitate and preserve marginalized primary sources, and pioneer new forms of multimedia scholarly publication. Read more.

Eight Teams of Scholars Awarded 2014 ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

Fellows cross boundaries of discipline, methodology, and geography to undertake new research projects and joint publications. Read more.

ACLS, Member Societies Support Careers Beyond the Classroom for Ph.D.s

Once a neglected topic, alternative or non-academic career paths for Ph.D.s are finding increasing support within the scholarly community. Read more.

Humanities as the Heart of the Matter: Media Roundup

After an extensive program of public hearings, fact-finding and analysis, the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences released its report on the vital role of the humanities and social sciences in American society. Read more.

From the ACLS Archives

Upcoming Deadlines

March 19, 2014:
ACLS Public Fellows program

In Our Media Collection

"A Life of Learning: Wandering Among Fields" by Robert Alter. The 2013 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture.

"MOOCs, the Humanities, and Learned Societies"

"Emerging Themes and Methods of Humanities Research: Discussion with ACLS Fellows"

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