Modern Language Association
A century old scholarly association strengthening the study and teaching of language and literature across the humanities
Peer societies
Five societies Modern Language Association is read alongside.
AHA
American Historical Association
The largest membership community of historians, providing leadership, standards, and advocacy for the…
8 companies named
APA
American Philosophical Association
The professional community of academic philosophers, sustaining the discipline through meetings, journals…
OAH
Organization of American Historians
A leading membership society for the study and teaching of American history, publishing a flagship journal…
8 companies named
SCMLA
South Central Modern Language Association
A regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association serving scholars of literature and language across…
AATG
American Association of Teachers of German
The national society advancing the teaching and learning of German language and culture
6 companies named
Who backs MLA
Every company Modern Language Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| The MLA International Bibliography on EBSCOHost | Meeting sponsor | ALAO ALA AAA ANCC ALA +3 |
| Bedford St. Martin's / Macmillan Learning | Other | AAPT |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
MLA Convention sponsors and advertisers. Read September 27, 2026. 2026 convention sponsors and online program advertisers; university sponsors and SPN members excluded. The 2026 exhibitor list is in a JavaScript-only Confex app and was not readable.
Who backs Modern Language Association's peers, but not Modern Language Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of Modern Language Association's five peer societies, and not found in Modern Language Association's reviewed public records.
| Company | AHA | OAH | AATG | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale | Supporting | Named | 2 of 3 | |
| W.W. Norton | Named | Named | 2 of 3 | |
| AM | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Avant | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 | ||
| Basic Books | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Bedford St. Martin’s/Macmillan Learning | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Clarivate | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Cornelsen | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 | ||
| Forest T. Jones & Company | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 | ||
| Hachette | Basic Books | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Hackett Publishing | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| HarperCollins Publishers | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| HISTORY_LOGO_FULL_COLOR_3D_BLACK_CMYK | Platinum | 1 of 3 | ||
| Hueber Verlag | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 | ||
| Klett World Languages, Inc. | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 | ||
| Penguin Random House | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Readex | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Simon & Schuster | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Wayside Publishing | Professional Partner | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
A century old scholarly association strengthening the study and teaching of language and literature across the humanities
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Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Citadel and The Republic.
Strengths
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