Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 11/06/2026So grateful to graduating Research Assistant Rose Ruhnke for this spectacular series...and for the opportunity to learn from first-hand experience why all those Restoration epilogues use the same handful of rhymes over and over again. 000
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 18/03/2026KGW-8 Portland interviewed me for their investigation into #NEH grant terminations -- including one for my project, the London Stage Database (@londonstagedb.bsky.social) -- and how those decisions are affecting #humanities research at @uoregon.bsky.social and across the state of Oregon:kgw.comDOGE used ChatGPT to cut humanities grants, affecting Oregon researchers and museumsA DOGE staffer repeatedly struggled to define DEI during his deposition, while another admitted that the cuts failed to reduce the deficit. 001
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Take your seats, silence your phones, and, whatever you do, PLEASE refrain from climbing onstage! Check out this week's #theatertthursday on the stage loungers, audience riots, and meddling managers of the London Stage: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistoryblogs.uoregon.eduMarch 12th, 1763: A Notice from Management – Extending the London Stage Database 043
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026DOGE used ChatGPT to assess whether our NEH grant was "DEI" before terminating it and thousands of others. Project lead @mattieburkert.bsky.social has filed a declaration in the lawsuit led by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social @authorsguild.org. Read more on our blog:blogs.uoregon.eduLSDB in the News: Lawsuit Update – Extending the London Stage Database 041
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Hey fans of the London Stage! It’s our 3rd #theaterthursday ! 🎉 Feb. 19, 1785: Drury Lane’s Macbeth sees a clash of genres! The witches may have been breaking character SNL-style, but icon Sarah Siddons remained SUBLIME as Lady Macbeth. Read about it on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...blogs.uoregon.eduFebruary 19th, 1785: A ‘Monstrous Marring’ of Macbeth – Extending the London Stage Database 142
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026#theaterthursday 🎭 On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale! More RE: Pepys's night out here blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistoryblogs.uoregon.eduFebruary 12th, 1661: A WOMAN in The Scornful Lady?! – Extending the London Stage Database 0137
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026It's #theaterthursday, our new weekly blog series spotlighting London Stage events from this day in history! Feb. 5, 1704: a story of rival sopranos and ORANGES thrown from the audience! Read about the 🍊 ordeal here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistoryblogs.uoregon.eduFebruary 5, 1704: Orange Attack at Drury Lane – Extending the London Stage Database 022
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I'm proud to say that, after many months of hard work, the London Stage DB team has just launched new features! Event pages surface improved lists of related dramatic works, as well as links to printed play texts from the Text Creation Partnership. #digitalhumanities #academicsky 0104
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The LSDB will experience a brief outage around 4pm pacific time today (Tuesday) while we update the database to reflect some recent record housekeeping. It should only last 10-15 minutes. Thanks for your understanding! 001
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 28/07/2025In ordering a preliminary injunction on DOGE's #NEH grant terminations, the Hon. Judge McMahon specifically cited my declaration and London Stage Database as evidence that #humanities research serves the public interest. See page 72 of the decision: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 33010
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025New on the blog: check out this this interactive timeline created by Research Assistant Emma Kaisner, which traces the history of backstage drama from Shakespeare to The Studio: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistoryblogs.uoregon.eduBehind the Scenes: The Fascinating History of Rehearsal Plays – Extending the London Stage Database 111
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Delighted to share this feature story from @uocas.bsky.social about the London Stage Database project -- what our team has accomplished, how we are moving forward now that our #NEH grant has been cut, and why we believe this work remains important: cas.uoregon.edu/news/the-show-must-go 011
Reposted by Mattie BurkertJason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 23/06/2025What do we do when a key indicator of research assessment -- federal funding -- is undermined and under threat? The @humetricshss.bsky.social team tackles the question in a recent @lseimpactblog.bsky.social essay. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...blogs.lse.ac.ukIs federal funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of Trump? - Impact of Social SciencesFederal funding has long played an important role in research assessment in the United States. The HuMetricsHSS Initiative argues this must now be reassessed in light of the Trump administration’s int... 054
Reposted by Mattie BurkertBen Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025#ThanksBrett for your central role in building up the most exciting and generous academic field of the last 25 years! The office of digital humanities was been a tremendously positive force. @brettbobley.bsky.social 1389
Reposted by Mattie BurkertLisa Marie Rhody @lmrhody.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Digital humanities, as a field, wouldn't exist without your creativity, stewardship, perseverance, and patience, @brettbobley.bsky.social thank you for staying with the trouble & for making my work and the work of so many others possible. #thanksbrett 1401
Reposted by Mattie BurkertNEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions. Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities www.neh.gov/about/staffneh.govStaff 14252137
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The London Stage Database team may be defunded, but we're determined to release as much as we can of the data we've been curating this year. Something exciting is coming soon... #digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities 11910
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Such a treat this weekend to celebrate three new books by my three brilliant colleagues, Faith Barter (@faithbee.bsky.social), Stacy Alaimo and Ashley Cordes! #humanities #summerreading 110
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 01/05/2025As an MLA member and a past ACLS fellow, I'm heartened that my professional organizations are taking legal action to defend the #humanities. The termination of #neh funding for my project, @londonstagedb.bsky.social, is discussed on p.25 of the complaint: nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...nhalliance.orgNHA Statement on NEH Lawsuit – National Humanities Alliance 031
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 15/04/2025It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that #NEH grant funding for "Extending the London Stage Database" was terminated abruptly earlier this month. You can help us advocate for the importance of this project and the #humanities more broadly. Read more:blogs.uoregon.eduDefunded but undeterred – Extending the London Stage Database 31916
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Fellow #neh grantees, I am looking for models and examples of termination appeals. Please help! #humanities #digitalhumanities #highered 114
Reposted by Mattie BurkertLauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Appreciated the opportunity to speak with @npr.org about the devastating cuts to the incredible @neh-odh.bsky.social. Why is our govt canceling grants to start an AI Center that supports our national priorities? Cutting the arts and culture programs that are fundamental to a flourishing democracy?npr.orgWhere did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI researchFrom AI research to historical preservation, programs funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities reach every corner of the U.S. Now the government has terminated those grants. 21815
Reposted by Mattie BurkertKatina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comSay Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest CutsThe NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge. 7628389
Reposted by Mattie BurkertACH @ach.bsky.social · 10/04/2025ACH has updated our Impact Database with info about canceled NEH grants as of 4/8/25. We understand around 40 grants remain active, with a small number reinstated. The $ amounts reflect awarded funds. The total amount is a fraction (~.000037%)of the 2024 US budget. Learn more: impact.ach.orgimpact.ach.orgNEH Grants 2025NEH Grants 2025 34519
Reposted by Mattie BurkertJessica Otis @jmotis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.orgimpact.ach.orgNEH Grants 2025NEH Grants 2025 6143127
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 09/04/2025This is an atrocity. I stand in solidarity with my international colleagues, students, and neighbors @uoregon.bsky.social.dailyemerald.comThree additional UO international students face deportation - Daily EmeraldAt least three additional international University of Oregon students have had their student visas revoked by the Department of Homeland Security, according to University of Oregon spokesperson Eric H... 000
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 09/04/2025"Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us."nytimes.comOpinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the HumanitiesEliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious. 000
Reposted by Mattie BurkertAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 08/04/2025Trump's NEH has, it seems, just cancelled a bunch of fellowship programs with deadlines in the next couple of weeks. A brief thread: 1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...neh.govAwards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesSupports individual faculty or staff members at Tribal Colleges and Universities pursuing research of value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences. 22741
Reposted by Mattie BurkertSusan Ferrari @srferrar.bsky.social · 08/04/2025New set of NEH grant program cancellations: DHAG Fellowships Open Book Program Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities 2810
Reposted by Mattie BurkertDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 05/04/2025If you follow me you may not be 1. in the US 2. an academic But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted. Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.neh.govHumanities Open Book Program 214450
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I for one care way too much about waste, fraud, and abuse to correspond about the terms of a taxpayer-funded contract with any rando who can set up an onmicrosoft.com account. NEH grant terms are pretty clear that all official communication goes through eGMS Reach...microsoftonline.com 010
Mattie Burkert @mattieburkert.bsky.social · 05/04/2025PSA: U.S. government agencies use email addresses ending in .gov, not something suss like nameofagency-emails@onmicrosoft.com. 010
Reposted by Mattie BurkertThe London Stage Database @londonstagedb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The London Stage Database website has just gotten a major refresh! Check out the new and reorganized content pages at londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu, and read all about the changes on our new blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...londonstagedatabase.uoregon.eduSearch 0116