Colin Crawford
@colincrawford.bsky.social
Historian of modern American religion and culture
Notre Dame PhD student '28
formed by Holy Cross College, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Marquette U
Notre Dame PhD student '28
formed by Holy Cross College, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Marquette U
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA — 2025
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA — 2025
My review of Ruth Nelson's 'Our Lady of the World's Fair' has been published in the summer 2025 issue of the @achahistory.bsky.social's American Catholic Studies!
Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/arti...
Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/arti...
July 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My review of Ruth Nelson's 'Our Lady of the World's Fair' has been published in the summer 2025 issue of the @achahistory.bsky.social's American Catholic Studies!
Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/arti...
Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/arti...
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(above) Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 2025
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
(above) Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 2025
I'm thrilled that my first book review--of John Nelson's Muddy Ground--has been published in the Middle West Review!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929
June 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm thrilled that my first book review--of John Nelson's Muddy Ground--has been published in the Middle West Review!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929
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those grand fresh-water seas of ours,—Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan,—possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean’s noblest traits
May 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
those grand fresh-water seas of ours,—Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan,—possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean’s noblest traits
I passed my comprehensive exams as a part of Notre Dame's PhD in History program this morning! I explored the fields central to my teaching and research interests: Catholicism in the U.S., the U.S. and the World, and Modern America. Thank you to my committee and my peers--now, on to my dissertation!
May 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I passed my comprehensive exams as a part of Notre Dame's PhD in History program this morning! I explored the fields central to my teaching and research interests: Catholicism in the U.S., the U.S. and the World, and Modern America. Thank you to my committee and my peers--now, on to my dissertation!
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Pope Leo grew up in a Catholic enclave on the South Side of Chicago that essentially disappeared, part of a larger pattern that one historian calls "one of the great dramas of 20th century U.S. history." With Julie Bosman and the rest of the incredible Chicago bureau: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pope Leo grew up in a Catholic enclave on the South Side of Chicago that essentially disappeared, part of a larger pattern that one historian calls "one of the great dramas of 20th century U.S. history." With Julie Bosman and the rest of the incredible Chicago bureau: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
My brilliant doctoral advisor, Kathy Cummings, on Francis and the saints he canonized:
www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
Pope Francis canonized 942 saints during his papacy. What do they tell us about him?
A person’s heroes often point to their values. In Pope Francis’ case, the people he singled out for their heroic virtues reveal a great deal about his papal priorities.
www.americamagazine.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My brilliant doctoral advisor, Kathy Cummings, on Francis and the saints he canonized:
www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
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Oak Park, Michigan, December 2024
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oak Park, Michigan, December 2024
Commonweal with my brilliant doctoral advisor's latest, on pilgrimage, tourism, and the 1950 Jubilee Year:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/pilgrims-pre...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/pilgrims-pre...
Pilgrims, Presence, and American Power
The 1950 Jubilee Year was a landmark moment for American Catholics, who were coming into their own power—and wealth—during an era of Cold War upheaval.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
April 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Commonweal with my brilliant doctoral advisor's latest, on pilgrimage, tourism, and the 1950 Jubilee Year:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/pilgrims-pre...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/pilgrims-pre...
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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in that dreamy mood losing all consciousness, at last my soul went out of my body
April 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
in that dreamy mood losing all consciousness, at last my soul went out of my body
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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 4:01 PM
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
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Happy 179th Birthday to the nations most underrated city - Milwaukee WI
January 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy 179th Birthday to the nations most underrated city - Milwaukee WI
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If these cuts go through it would be awful for St Norbert's students and for the field of theology. The faculty in this department are doing critical work for the future of the church. What can the board and religious founders of St Norbert's be thinking? www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/e...
St. Norbert recommends eliminating more faculty members. It's the third round of cuts since September 2023
The college is attempting to reduce a multimillion dollar deficit by cutting faculty. It's the third round of cuts since September 2023.
www.greenbaypressgazette.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If these cuts go through it would be awful for St Norbert's students and for the field of theology. The faculty in this department are doing critical work for the future of the church. What can the board and religious founders of St Norbert's be thinking? www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/e...
I'm so excited to TA for this course!
youtu.be/ztcyjyhACgE?...
youtu.be/ztcyjyhACgE?...
Global Catholicism Course Trailer, University of Notre Dame
YouTube video by ND Institute for Ethics and the Common Good
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January 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm so excited to TA for this course!
youtu.be/ztcyjyhACgE?...
youtu.be/ztcyjyhACgE?...
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Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee — 2025
January 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee — 2025
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ACHA President @anthonyb1939.bsky.social interviewed Film Director Martin Scorsese in an ACHA exclusive event at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Be on the look out for the transcript of this conversation. He received the ACHA’s Distinguished Service Award. #ACHA2025
January 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
ACHA President @anthonyb1939.bsky.social interviewed Film Director Martin Scorsese in an ACHA exclusive event at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Be on the look out for the transcript of this conversation. He received the ACHA’s Distinguished Service Award. #ACHA2025
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for the monochromatically inclined
December 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
for the monochromatically inclined
new month, new teaching persona:
December 1, 2024 at 3:30 PM
new month, new teaching persona:
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Last month's Dolan Seminar on Missionary Diplomacy at Notre Dame's Cushwa Center was truly a career highlight. What an honor to have scholars like Heather Curtis and Amy Greenberg engage so closely with my work.
youtu.be/8SebpUInonU?...
youtu.be/8SebpUInonU?...
MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY · Dolan Seminar in American Religion, 10.5.24
YouTube video by Cushwa Center
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Last month's Dolan Seminar on Missionary Diplomacy at Notre Dame's Cushwa Center was truly a career highlight. What an honor to have scholars like Heather Curtis and Amy Greenberg engage so closely with my work.
youtu.be/8SebpUInonU?...
youtu.be/8SebpUInonU?...
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"They are essentially claiming a First Amendment right for a Catholic university to not follow its own mission," ... "That is not so much a right to religious freedom as it is a right to hypocrisy."
Full-time faculty not on the tenure track want to unionize to address salary and other disparities. They say Marquette's decision not to recognize the union goes against the school's mission and Catholic identity.
Marquette University uses religious exemption to squash unionizing efforts
Full-time faculty not on the tenure track want to unionize to address salary and other disparities. They say Marquette's decision not to recognize the union goes against the school's mission and Catho...
bit.ly
November 25, 2024 at 7:11 PM
"They are essentially claiming a First Amendment right for a Catholic university to not follow its own mission," ... "That is not so much a right to religious freedom as it is a right to hypocrisy."
"is it not a privilege for the Church historian to bring to light as much as possible the popular faces of the 'least important' and to reconstruct the history of their defeats and the oppressions they suffered, together with their human and spiritual riches...
November 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
"is it not a privilege for the Church historian to bring to light as much as possible the popular faces of the 'least important' and to reconstruct the history of their defeats and the oppressions they suffered, together with their human and spiritual riches...