2025 National Humanities Conference

The 2025 National Humanities Conference, which was scheduled to be held in Detroit, Michigan, this November, has been canceled.

As a result of DOGE and the current administration’s widespread budget cuts, on April 2nd, all humanities councils received emails and letters notifying them that all awarded federal grants, including their 5-year General Operating Grants, were canceled in their entirety. These grants represent up to 95% of council budgets and would prevent many humanities councils from attending the 2025 National Humanities Conference. Additionally, the federal government’s cuts to grants to institutions of higher learning are negatively impacting scholars’ ability to travel.

With all of this in mind, the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance have canceled this year’s National Humanities Conference in Detroit.