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Emily Conroy-Krutz
@econroykrutz.bsky.social
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Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)
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thejerpano.bsky.social
Help the @JERPano document the rewriting or removal of historical information at federal sites, parks, museums, and government platforms.

Preserve history for the public.

To submit or view previous changes on The Panorama's Early Republic Tracker visit:
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
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January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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hcaheidelberg.bsky.social
This Thursday, Emily Conroy-Krutz from Michigan State University will talk about "Around the World with Arthur Brown: Missionary Diplomacy at the Turn of the 20th Century"👀.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ Jan 22, 6:15 p.m.

About the talk: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
January 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
Students want to be informed but often don't know the difference between an expert & an influencer

@laurenfturek.bsky.social & I tried to create a space--away from algo rabbit holes--where teachers could find expertise on these issues for their classrooms

www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

6/6
The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775
Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...
www.routledge.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
And there are historiographic interventions!

-@jstuart.bsky.social makes a case for Mrs. Hamer to stand alongside Martin and Malcolm as civil rights religious leaders
-Katherine Moran layers Antisemitism, AntiCatholicism, and Nativism together as intertwined histories to be studied together

5/6
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
There are perennial questions answered in thematic chapters on:

-Religion & the State (not just "church & state")
-Pluralism & Secularism
-Capitalism, Religion & Politics
-Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism
-Gender, Religion & Politics
-Material Culture

4/6
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
The Humanities doesn't have to be "relevant" to matter, but the history of religion & politics is nonetheless like:

-Hugh Urban explaining Conspiracy & Disinformation
-Kathleen Tobin explaining Secularism, Nones & Interfaith Communities
- @econroykrutz.bsky.social on Missionaries & Diplomacy

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December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
If you want to give students an overview before diving deeply into complex topics, check out these *8 page* chapters:

-@brianclites.bsky.social explaining the history of Clergy Sexual Abuse
- Jane Hong on Immigration & Asian American religions
- @wmstell.bsky.social on LGBTQ+ Rights

2/6
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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burnidge.bsky.social
It's time for @laurenfturek.bsky.social & I to celebrate the book birthday for The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775!

44 chapters, 48 contributors representing both History & Religious Studies

www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 1/n
The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775
Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...
www.routledge.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
It is always a delight to talk with @ronajohnson.bsky.social, and never more than when he’s talking about his research. Check out our discussion about ENTANGLED ALLIANCES
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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kawulf.bsky.social
Friends, please share? Brown2026 is advertising for its 3rd year of fellowships. Would love to have you consider this opportunity to work with us as we face 2026. Link to position and application info in the thread: And more info about the initiative is here: brown2026democracy.brown.edu 1/
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December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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sarageorgini.bsky.social
🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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pennpress.bsky.social
THE RISING GENERATION by Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, which chronicles the history of emancipation through the experiences of black northerners, has received an honorable mention for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (@berksconference.bsky.social) Book Prize! Congrats, Sarah! bit.ly/4i7OFdL
Book Prize Winners - Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
Explore winners of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Annual Book Prizes that both focus and do not focus on the history of women.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Spent part of my morning listening to one of my favorites talk about her writing process. Loved every minute! Listen to @jlepler.bsky.social and then go out and buy Canal Dreamers!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 75: Jessica Lepler Knows That Criticism Is Praise – Drafting the Past
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November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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bethanywasik.bsky.social
FYI:
1. Books are great for timeline cleanses.
2. Book sales are even better for timeline cleanses.
3. @cornellupress.bsky.social is having a 44% off book sale.
4. I'm an #EndearinglyTenaciousEditor and #SorryNotSorry that I will shout about our awesome books for [looks at calendar] another 3 weeks.
cornellupress.bsky.social Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · Nov 10
❄️ Our Winter Sale is here!
Use the code 09WINTER and get 44% off from November 10 to December 5, 2025. 📚

🔗Access to US & Canada: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/books/
🔗Access to the rest of the world: mngbookshop.co.uk/publisher/co...

Order your next favorite title now!
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Pretty amazing to see my brilliant MSU History colleagues and students presenting at @susih.bsky.social about their work on the Radical Historians Newsletter. Stay tuned!!!
jessedraperhnet.bsky.social Jesse Draper @jessedraperhnet.bsky.social · Nov 13
Great presentation at USIH 2025 last week! Proud of our team of graduate and undergraduate students (London Hawes, Maxine Levanduski, Brandon Bell and Katherine Dyal) collaborating with @leadr.bsky.social to build the H-Net Spaces Radical Historians Newsletter digitization project (coming soon!)
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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bfworld.bsky.social
⏳ Ken Burns’ The American Revolution premieres this Sunday, Nov 16 at 8pm ET on PBS!

Warm up for the premiere with a behind-the-scenes look at how the film was made.

🎧 New episode: benfranklinsworld.com/425

#KenBurnsPBS #AmericanRevolution #Documentary #BFW
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
I am SO excited for this
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Oh, I just pop in occasionally to interview authors in the Cornell US in the World series. It’s called Authors in Conversation. Always a lot of fun!
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
You will be excited to hear that Ron spent part of our conversation talking about the importance of digital humanities to the research at the foundation of the book!
October 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Everyone go buy Ron’s book! And stay tuned to hear our conversation about it on an upcoming Cornell podcast.
ronajohnson.bsky.social Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Oct 15
Spent the morning of PUBLICATION DAY talking with @econroykrutz.bsky.social, the best book series editor EVER about *Entangled Alliances*. Proud to be a part of @cornellupress.bsky.social The United States in the World series. Our conversation about the book is coming soon! 📚🎙️
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Is there anything better than having scholars you admire engage closely with your work? Thanks Cara Burnidge, Karine Walther, Kate Moran, Mike Verney, and Jay Sexton! @burnidge.bsky.social @karinewalther.bsky.social
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H-Diplo Roundtable XXVII-4 on Conroy-Krutz, _Missionary Diplomacy_ | H-Net
H-Diplo Roundtable XXVII-4 Emily Conroy-Krutz. Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations. Cornell University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9781501773983.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
econroykrutz.bsky.social
Fascinating! Their fields are interesting, too, given those dates. Who's the pseudo-missionary? Would love to hear more about them.
October 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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lizcovart.bsky.social
My reading assistant enjoying @ronajohnson.bsky.social’s new book Entangled Alliances. He was struck by how intertwined events in Saint Domingue were with the American Revolution and vice versa.
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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annetteyreed.bsky.social
Elizabeth Castelli & Hilary Callahan
on behalf of Barnard A.A.U.P.:
Last spring, the faculty overwhelmingly voted to ratify freedom-of-expression principles that truly support real differences of opinion and perspective. The administration and the board of trustees have thus far blocked their adoption. All this comes at a time when higher education’s crucial role in cultivating critical thought and inquiry and producing knowledge is under political attack. Ours is a cautionary tale about what happens when rhetoric substitutes for material protections of free speech. Rather than unilateral decisions by administrators about what constitutes acceptable conversation, colleges and universities must have policies that involve the faculty, students and the staff in the robust protection of debate and inquiry. Elizabeth Castelli Hilary Callahan New York Dr. Castelli is the president of Barnard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors; Dr. Callahan is the vice president. This letter was submitted on behalf of Barnard A.A.U.P.
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM