The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute has signed on to the National Humanities Alliance’s statement on threats to the NEH. The statement was issued in response to news that the Department of Government Efficiency has targeted the NEH for dramatic cuts to its staff and funding. More recent news suggests that these funding cuts will include rescinding current and ongoing grants.
UCHI is the current recipient of an NEH grant. That funding has made it possible for us to support the production of new scholarship, contributed to our capacity to support graduate student workers, and allowed us to disseminate humanities research on a topic vital to our world today—artificial intelligence and large language models—to a broad audience.
As the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) reminds us, “cutting NEH funding directly harms communities in every state,” including Connecticut.
The NHA has provided has provided a list of actions that can be taken by those who wish to oppose these cuts.
