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Michael Baysa

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Religion, Media Technologies, and Early America, teaching at the University of Vermont, PHD in American Religions from Princeton University

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation hiring Digital Content Researcher & Producer in Williamsburg, VA | LinkedIn Posted 12:30:03 AM. Who We AreFounded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

I'm hiring! πŸ›οΈ

This is a VA-based, hybrid 3-year position for a historian working on digital projects related to religious history. We'll also be hiring a historian working on onsite programming and training related to religious history.

Feel free to reach out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

27.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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Director and Curator, Special Collections and Archives - Middlebury College Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the Director and Curator of Special Collections provides leadership, vision, and budget oversight for Middlebury’s special collections, including its rare book an...

JOB ALERT! πŸ“œπŸ“š

Who wants to be director & curator of special collections & archives at Middlebury College (Vermont!) β€” & work for a wonderful boss (& one of my favorite people), Rebekah Irwin?

apply.workable.com/middleburyco...

27.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Advising Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Student Services, Health, & Wellness at University of Virginia Apply for Advising Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Student Services, Health, & Wellness at University of Virg...

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Our team is hiring more Advising Fellows!

If you have a PhD (or equiv.) & like advising and teaching undergrads, this is the job for you.

Great pay, flexible course design, a wonderful liberal arts community, & lots of students to support!

jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

23.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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I’m also very much looking forward to visiting the @uvmvermont.bsky.social next week for a book talk on "Martyrs and Migrants" @nyupress.bsky.social.

Here are the details:

Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 3:30–5:00 PM
Location: Lafayette 210

If you are in the area, I’d love to see you there.

24.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just got my copy, excited to dig in!

11.02.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of CFP text: On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the John Carter Brown Library and the John C. Danforth Center for Religion and Politics at Washington University invite proposals for participation in a major conference to be held in Providence, Rhode Island, June 4-6, 2026, on the broad topic of religions and freedom c. 1776. "

Screenshot of CFP text: On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the John Carter Brown Library and the John C. Danforth Center for Religion and Politics at Washington University invite proposals for participation in a major conference to be held in Providence, Rhode Island, June 4-6, 2026, on the broad topic of religions and freedom c. 1776. "

Deadline today but please if you're interested drop us a line! Conference on Religions and Freedoms c 1776 (really, VERY broadly circa), joint @jcblibrary.bsky.social and the Danforth Center for Religion and Politics at Wash U.

TIMELY STUFF. More info and link here: jcblibrary.org/events/confe...

15.01.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Proposals β€” Β 350th Anniversary of King Philip's War/Metacom's Rebellion - Historic Deerfield Historic Deerfield is hosting a one-day conference next year to commemorate the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, with the goals of helping a broad audience learn more about ...

Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.

www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...

12.01.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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2-yr Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion in the US at Middlebury College. Deadline 2/7/2026

"Among the courses expected from the candidate will be an introductory course on religion in America and a course on the intersections of religion and politics in the contemporary United States."

10.01.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Closing out my fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society looking at Hawaiian translations of Psalms. I briefly mention them in the epilogue of the book, but there’s always more to be said about them!

18.12.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation Volume 34 Issue 2 is Now Available!
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

09.12.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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First Book Grant for Scholars of Color - Louisville Institute First Book Grant for Scholars of Color assists early career, non-tenured religion scholars of color to complete a major research project with grants up to $55,000..

If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity:
louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...

05.12.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1 year VAP in Religion at Hamilton College to teach courses "on religions in the Americas, with a focus on religion and politics." Special interest in research "on the intersections of religion and postcolonialism and/or decolonization movements."

Deadline 1/12/26

apply.interfolio.com/177313

07.12.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 at University of Cambridge Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 on jobs.ac.uk!

Job Opportunity!

Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400

University of Cambridge - History and Philosophy of Science

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG062/a...

31.10.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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CFP: A Time of Monsters The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

02.10.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9
Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production | Religion and American Culture | Cambridge Core Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production

Excited to share that my article with Religion and American Culture, "Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production" is now available via Open Access! #amrel #religiousstudies

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

04.10.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The @oah.org is accepting submissions for the John D'Emilio Award, which recognizes the best dissertation(s) written in LGBTQ+ history/studies (broadly conceived) over the past year (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025). Submissions are due November 1. Please share this call widely! πŸ—ƒοΈ

02.10.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Commonplace Call for Submissions - Commonplace Article reviews are ongoing.

Do you have an idea for a short article (~2000-3000 words) on early American history/literature/art/material culture before 1900? We are accepting submissions at Commonplace or please reach out to me with a pitch or questions. More info below:πŸ—ƒοΈ

commonplace.online/article/subm...

29.09.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please spread the wordβ€”The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

08.09.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

@dukepress.bsky.social is running a new book promotion, and Archival Irruptions is 30% off!

25.09.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My department is hiring in African history and the United States since 1865! Both positions are tenure-track, and both hires will be made at the assistant level. I'm not on either search committee (sabbatical, babyyyyy), but I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. πŸ—ƒοΈ

26.09.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Note to anyone traveling to Boston: one of their airport runways is down for construction and is causing absolute madness. My flight was delayed two hours coming in, and our Boston crew said this is standard now. Will probably be this way through Thanksgiving.

(Take note AAR folk.)

26.09.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!

24.09.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Katharine Gerbner, Historian of Religion Katharine Gerbner is a historian who examines how religion shapes – and is shaped by – race, politics, and technology.

With a new book coming out, I finally got around to updating my website. I'm thrilled with the new design - plus, my bio now includes the accurate number of children! (Last edit to my previous website was 7 years ago...)

Check it out! www.katharinegerbner.com

23.09.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesus Springs In the years after World War II, American evangelicals flocked to the once-sleepy mountain town of Colorado Springs. Drawn by cheap property, beautiful scene...

I have a huge backlog of books to get through in the middle of the semester, but I'm very much looking forward to adding to the list Will Schultz's new book on evangelical capitalism with UNC Press and eventually digging into it! #amrel

uncpress.org/978146968937...

22.09.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

***Attention Historians***

Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.

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I will update the thread over the course of the month.

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02.09.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Visiting Research Scholar in African American Studies at Princeton whose work focuses on"race in the national or global contexts." "With the approval of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the VRS will teach one semester-long undergraduate elective course."

Deadline 12/15/2025

25.08.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power

Save the date for this fantastic conference at Princeton: October 3-4, 2025.

*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

25.08.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Study of religion and spirituality among the listed interests for this position in Africana Studies.

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Mellon Foundation The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

β€œAmerican Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...

01.08.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 467 πŸ” 275 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 17

***Attention Historians***

Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.

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