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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 86 scholarly organizations and the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Learn more ➡️ www.acls.org

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Studio Nyandak’s collaborative team received a 2026 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Public Impact Grant in Buddhist Studies to support the restoration of 15 Kankani chorten (gateway stupas) in Ladakh. Pictured is their pilot restoration at Kadampa Chorten, located above Chukchikjal Nunnery in Zanskar.
Book cover of Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain
Book cover of Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers
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Book cover of Queer in a Legal Sense: Brown Citizenship and Other Lawful Fictions
Book cover of I’ll Samba Someplace Else: A Spatial History of Race, Ethnicity, and Displacement in São Paulo by Andrew G. Britt
Graphic with text Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies. Letter of intent due: March 31, 2026.
Graphic with text Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies. Letter of intent due: March 31, 2026.
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Promotional graphic for ACLS Open Access Book Prize, featuring the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award logo. It invites publishers to submit works in anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science by February 27, 2026.
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Photos of 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellows with text ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship, Apply now. Deadline: March 11, 9:00 PM EDT.
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Promotional graphic for ACLS Open Access Book Prize, featuring the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award logo. It invites publishers to submit works in anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science by February 27, 2026.
Text graphic: Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future. Supporting PhD students studying religion. Applications due: January 14, 2026.
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Text graphic: Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future. Supporting PhD students studying religion. Applications due: January 14, 2026.
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Promotional graphic for ACLS Open Access Book Prize, featuring the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award logo. It invites publishers to submit works in anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science by February 27, 2026.
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Text graphic: Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future. Supporting PhD students studying religion. Webinar for applicants: December 8, 2025 @ 12PM EST. Applications due: January 14, 2026.
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Text graphic: Supporting PhD students studying religion. Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future. Webinar for applicants: December 8, 2025 @ 12PM EST. Applications due: January 14, 2026.
2026 Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe. Apply Now. Deadline for Applications: December 2, 2025, 9 PM EST.
Text graphic: Supporting PhD students studying religion. Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future. Webinar for applicants: December 8, 2025 @ 12PM EST. Applications due: January 14, 2026.
Text graphic: ACLS Digital Justice Grants. Applications due: November 20, 2025 9:00 PM EST
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The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. Apply Now. Deadlines: November 20, 2025 and January 27, 2026