Musicology in the World
Hip Hip Documents American Stories (4/7/2025)
A. D. Carson discusses how hip hop can document life in America more reliably than history books. Read more.
SMT-Pod Debuts Its Fourth Season (4/17/2025)
A new episode will be released every week. Read more.
BBC Written Archives – Appeals for Letters of Concern (4/24/2025)
The BBC Written Archives proposes to seriously restrict access to this vital research resource. Read more.
Telemann Comes to Covent Garden for the First Time (4/24/2025)
The Royal Ballet and Opera’s Jette Parker Artists presents Telemann’s satirical Pimpinone next month. Read more.
Library of Congress Acquires “Tuscan-Medici” Stradivari Viola for $30 mil. (4/30/2025)
The 1690 instrument is one of less than a dozen surviving violas by the master luthier. Read more.
ACLS, AHA, and MLA File NEH Lawsuit (5/1/2025)
ACLS, AHA, and MLA file lawsuit alleging illegal dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more about the lawsuit through coverage by The New York Times. Updates on the advocacy effort can be found on the ACLS website.
NEA Announces Funding Cuts (5/4/2025)
The National Endowment for the Arts begins terminating grants. Additional coverage can be found through The Washington Post, NPR, Symphony, and the Guardian.
NAfME Calls for Support for Federal Funding Impacting Arts Education (5/5/2025)
The federal government’s FY26 budget proposal could have devastating effects on arts education. Read more.
Authors Guild Files Class Action Lawsuit Over NEH Grant Terminations (5/12/2025)
The Authors Guild has filed suit on behalf of NEH grantees as a class contesting the unlawful revocation of grants by the Trump administration. Read more.
Higher Ed News
Humanities Get a Job Market Makeover (5/1/2025)
WGBH reports on changes in the humanities job market. Read more.
The Ups (and Downs) of Collegiate Early Music (5/2/2025)
Early Music America discusses the position of early music in college degree programs. Read more. Additional career-related content from Early Music America appears on the organization’s website.
Can Trump Do That? Legal Scholars Take Stock of His Agenda (5/2/2025)
The Harvard lawsuit, the fate of DEI, student visas, antisemitism, and more. Read more.
Is Your Online Student a Bot? (5/1/2025)
Fake students have been enrolling in her courses at an alarming rate. Read more.
Independent Applicants: A Growing but Underserved Pool (5/13/2025)
The number of adult learners and other independent students applying to college has doubled in under a decade. Read more.
Sinners Delves into the Past and Future of the Blues (5/5/2025)
Ryan Coogler’s period thriller knows “the devil’s music” isn’t the opposite of the holy word, but its twin. Read more.
AMS News
NEH Terminates Grants to the AMS (4/4/2025)
Four AMS Grants have been summarily terminated by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Read more about the termination of the NEH grants through coverage by Symphony, The Washington Post, The Violin Channel, Winnipeg’s Classic 107, and AMS’s peer organization in the UK, the Royal Musical Association.
AMS Announces Coalition of Music Organizations (4/22/2025)
AMS announces Coalition of Music Organizations to help address lost grant access. Read more.
