ACLS celebrates studies of Latin American history and culture and Latinx/a/o/e communities. We recognize “Latinx/a/o/e” are much-debated terms of identity that can oversimplify the diversity of people and studies from those regions. Our intent is not to be exclusionary or to use these terms interchangeably. Instead,…
ACLS highlights scholarly resources on the history, impact, and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
When the dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences paused admissions to the Department of English’s PhD program in Literary and Cultural Studies in 2024, it could have felt like a crisis. Instead, Professor Stephen Wittek and his colleagues took it as an…
ACLS shares scholarly resources by and recommend by our fellows and grantees that explore the intersection of the environment, climate change, and sustainability with the humanities and social sciences.