2025 is now half-finished, and the Critical Edition of Whitehead continues to whir along.

The two volumes of the Essays and Articles of Alfred North Whitehead (EA1 and EA2) are now very, very close to completion. We have finished reviewing the proofs, and are presently busy creating back-of-book records of textual variations while the books are being indexed. Both volumes are available for preorder on EUP’s website; consider asking your university library to order copies. Less than a week ago our editor at EUP confirmed that both books would be published in October 2025. We are excited to get them into the hands of Whitehead scholars.

Additionally, a collection of essays examining the significance of the second volume of Whitehead’s Harvard Lectures (HL2), Whitehead at Harvard, 1925–1927, is also available for preorder, and is currently 40% off. It will be published this August.

As far as NEH grant work goes, we continue to make progress on the third volume of Harvard Lectures (HL3) and are still editing the notes for submission to EUP by the end of the year. We are also continuing to work on volume four of The Works of Alfred North Whitehead (W4), which will include Science and the Modern World, Religion in the Making, and Symbolism.

There have been some transitions on the WRP’s Editorial Advisory Board. Two new members—Gregory Landini of the University of Iowa and Matthew David Segall of the California Institute of Integral Studies—have been added, and we are confident that they will be a great help to the project in meeting its goals. On the other side, several long-serving members have stepped down. We would like to sincerely thank the departing board members for their service: George R. Lucas, Jr., Nancy Frankenberry, Paul A. Bogaard, Nicholas Griffin, Jeremy R. Hustwit, and Lisa Landoe Hedrick. You can see a list and short biographies of our current fourteen-member editorial advisory board here.

Finally, a note about funding. In our last quarterly update we noted that the NEH was being targeted for large cuts and that our existing grant funding was in jeopardy. Though the NEH did, in fact, see huge cuts somewhere in the neighborhood of two-thirds to 85% of its staff and budget, our grant was thankfully one of the few that survived. It now seems likely, though hardly guaranteed in these uncertain times, that our existing grant will remain funded through its original end point (2026 year-end).

However, one thing that we do not know at this moment is whether this NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations division will continue to exist. We had planned to apply for another three-year grant to begin at the conclusion of the current one. In past years, the application has typically posted at the end of July, so we hope to know in about a month whether we will be able to apply for additional funding or not.If this funding opportunity continues to exist, and if we continue to be awarded (both are big “ifs”!), then the Critical Edition will be in a good place financially. If not, then the project’s footing will become more precarious. That makes private donations all the more important, if work on the Critical Edition is to continue. If you are able to support our work with a donation, it would be much appreciated. 100% of donations go to support the Critical Edition. Just follow this link.