Anthony B. Smith
@anthonyb1939.bsky.social
Film, religion, politics. The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War (University Press of Kansas).
So true @chadperman.bsky.social
There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who love Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria with all their heart and those who’ve never seen it
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So true @chadperman.bsky.social
This is excellent from @r-ida.bsky.social.
The Movement for Black Lives teaches us of the importance of broadcasting the names of those targeted by state violence:
Deported? What’s in a Name?
17 April 2025:U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen was told it was impossible to meet with Kilmar Ábrego Garcia after he had been deported to a maxi-prison in El Salvador, but Ábrego Garcia&…
againstthecurrent.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is excellent from @r-ida.bsky.social.
No Kings, Dayton, Ohio 2025.
June 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No Kings, Dayton, Ohio 2025.
Looks excellent. Congrats to @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social and all the authors involved!
Really excited to see this book in print! Many of the authors are also @iehs.bsky.social members. It was truly an honor to work with so many talented scholars!
🗃️ What do migrants think, feel, do, and pack on the eve of departure, in transit, and when returning home? See "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513... @gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵1/5
May 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Looks excellent. Congrats to @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social and all the authors involved!
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A fun conversation with Kerry Weber at America mag — about family pictures, devotional stuff, #eBaymethod, and the new conference tradition of @achahistory.bsky.social vintage Catholic door prizes www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
Catholic kitsch: Why simple religious art is actually great
From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch
www.americamagazine.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A fun conversation with Kerry Weber at America mag — about family pictures, devotional stuff, #eBaymethod, and the new conference tradition of @achahistory.bsky.social vintage Catholic door prizes www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
udayton.edu/blogs/artssc...
A University of Dayton story of my ACHA interview with Martin Scorsese at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
A University of Dayton story of my ACHA interview with Martin Scorsese at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
UD historian honors, interviews Martin Scorsese at NYC’s Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Anthony Smith, an associate professor at UD, presented Martin Scorsese with the ACHA’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award.
udayton.edu
February 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
udayton.edu/blogs/artssc...
A University of Dayton story of my ACHA interview with Martin Scorsese at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
A University of Dayton story of my ACHA interview with Martin Scorsese at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
Very proud of the ACHA.
The ACHA writes to express its strong opposition to the recommended termination of tenured faculty in the departments of theology and religious studies, history, and other core areas of the humanities at St. Norbert College. achahistory.org/stnorbert
January 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Very proud of the ACHA.
On January 3rd, 2025, as President of the American Catholic Historical Association, I interviewed Martin Scorsese and bestowed upon him the ACHA Distinguished Service Award, at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, his boyhood parish. A wonderful conversation with the most significant filmmaker of our time.
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
On January 3rd, 2025, as President of the American Catholic Historical Association, I interviewed Martin Scorsese and bestowed upon him the ACHA Distinguished Service Award, at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, his boyhood parish. A wonderful conversation with the most significant filmmaker of our time.
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ok hi again. If you truly like movies, the existence of a long list of films that are reputed to be excellent with which you're unfamiliar should make you nothing but happy and curious. If it doesn't, maybe you don't like movies. And if you don't like movies, why are you griping about the Oscars? x
January 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ok hi again. If you truly like movies, the existence of a long list of films that are reputed to be excellent with which you're unfamiliar should make you nothing but happy and curious. If it doesn't, maybe you don't like movies. And if you don't like movies, why are you griping about the Oscars? x
Incredible work by these two fine scholars of Catholic Studies. They help make @achahistory.bsky.social an exciting place for Catholic history. Join the ACHA and get to know them!
Also the ACHA give recognition of to @monicalmercado.bsky.social and @pasquieractual.bsky.social for their service to the ACHA.
#ACHA2025
#ACHA2025
January 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Incredible work by these two fine scholars of Catholic Studies. They help make @achahistory.bsky.social an exciting place for Catholic history. Join the ACHA and get to know them!
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The luncheon is also where ACHA Distinguished Awards were distributed and recognized. Pictured are Distinguished Scholar winner Paula Kane and Distinguished Teacher winner James Fisher. #ACHA2025
January 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The luncheon is also where ACHA Distinguished Awards were distributed and recognized. Pictured are Distinguished Scholar winner Paula Kane and Distinguished Teacher winner James Fisher. #ACHA2025
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Photos from the Presidential Luncheon. Speakers included Outgoing president @anthonyb1939.bsky.social, incoming president Mary Dunn, and ACHA executive director Charles Strauss. #ACHA2025
January 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Photos from the Presidential Luncheon. Speakers included Outgoing president @anthonyb1939.bsky.social, incoming president Mary Dunn, and ACHA executive director Charles Strauss. #ACHA2025
This would not have happened without the great work of many people at the @achahistory.bsky.social such as yourself Mike, @charleststrauss.bsky.social, @monicalmercado.bsky.social @allison-isidore.bsky.social!
The great @anthonyb1939.bsky.social with Martin Scorsese at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral @achahistory.bsky.social #ACHA2025 #ACHA25 #AHA2025 #AHA25
January 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This would not have happened without the great work of many people at the @achahistory.bsky.social such as yourself Mike, @charleststrauss.bsky.social, @monicalmercado.bsky.social @allison-isidore.bsky.social!
Great evening interviewing Martin Scorsese tonight at a special @achahistory.bsky.social event, held at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Listening to him share his reflections on what this place meant to him was remarkable.
@achahistory.bsky.social offered a tremendous event this evening with director Martin Scorsese! Really engaging interview and delightful to hear about Scorsese’s Catholic influences #ACHA2025
January 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Great evening interviewing Martin Scorsese tonight at a special @achahistory.bsky.social event, held at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Listening to him share his reflections on what this place meant to him was remarkable.
Multitudes indeed! @monicalmercado.bsky.social and the rest of the Program Committee of the @achahistory.bsky.social have done a remarkable job putting together what promises to be an excellent conference in New York!
More from me later this week, but I'm thrilled to be participating on 2 incredible panels organized by grad students (one on indigenous childhoods, the other on reproductive politics) + chairing a conversation on photography, lived religion, and Nuyorican community 🇵🇷
#acha2025 contains multitudes!
#acha2025 contains multitudes!
December 31, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Multitudes indeed! @monicalmercado.bsky.social and the rest of the Program Committee of the @achahistory.bsky.social have done a remarkable job putting together what promises to be an excellent conference in New York!
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Our Fragile Juggernaut episode on labor in World War II is here, with the legendary @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social. What happens when you get full employment, price controls, mass migration to cities, and the integration of labor into the total war mobilization? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Podcast Episode · Haymarket Originals: Fragile Juggernaut · S1 E17 · 1h 57m
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December 17, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Our Fragile Juggernaut episode on labor in World War II is here, with the legendary @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social. What happens when you get full employment, price controls, mass migration to cities, and the integration of labor into the total war mobilization? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
“Don’t ask a dying man to lie his soul into hell!” Sam Levene to Ava Gardner in Robert Siodmak’s remarkable The Killers. Great line. Great film, part of the Siodmak retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center.
December 14, 2024 at 2:04 PM
“Don’t ask a dying man to lie his soul into hell!” Sam Levene to Ava Gardner in Robert Siodmak’s remarkable The Killers. Great line. Great film, part of the Siodmak retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center.
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Fritz Lang makes himself a drink at the bar of his flat in Berlin, 1932. Photo by Martin Munkacsi.
December 6, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Fritz Lang makes himself a drink at the bar of his flat in Berlin, 1932. Photo by Martin Munkacsi.
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It's a quiet Friday night and I'm working on the final program for ACHA 2025 -- give @achahistory.bsky.social a follow, we'll be updating it soon!
In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️
In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️
2025 Annual Meeting in New York - American Catholic Historical Association
Join us in New York in January 2025 for our 105th Annual Meeting! Call for papers open through March 15, 2024.
achahistory.org
November 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM
It's a quiet Friday night and I'm working on the final program for ACHA 2025 -- give @achahistory.bsky.social a follow, we'll be updating it soon!
In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️
In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️
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December 2, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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There is plenty of time to register for the 2025 ACHA Annual Meeting! After December 13, late fees will apply. Please note that all presenters must register for both the AHA and ACHA meetings. To register, go to achahistory.org/nyc2025/.
November 20, 2024 at 4:05 PM
There is plenty of time to register for the 2025 ACHA Annual Meeting! After December 13, late fees will apply. Please note that all presenters must register for both the AHA and ACHA meetings. To register, go to achahistory.org/nyc2025/.
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Tried my hand at a starter pack for Catholic history folks in anticipation of AHA/ACHA 2025 (let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/Dr6tri
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Tried my hand at a starter pack for Catholic history folks in anticipation of AHA/ACHA 2025 (let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/Dr6tri
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We have our presidential luncheon, ACHA Social, an off-site event, and more! But you need to register for the ACHA's 2025 Annual Meeting. Please note that all presenters must register for both the AHA and ACHA meetings. To register, go to achahistory.org/nyc2025/.
November 12, 2024 at 9:58 PM
We have our presidential luncheon, ACHA Social, an off-site event, and more! But you need to register for the ACHA's 2025 Annual Meeting. Please note that all presenters must register for both the AHA and ACHA meetings. To register, go to achahistory.org/nyc2025/.