Candace Lukasik
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Candace Lukasik
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Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University | “Martyrs and Migrants” NYU Press | “Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity” Fordham UP | religion, migration, violence, empire

www.candacelukasik.com
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!

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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tomorrow!
October 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Looking forward to my first Fall book talk for Martyrs and Migrants at the Croft Institute @olemiss.bsky.social!

@nyupress.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The second review of Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social written by Helana Marie Boutros has just been published in @amanthro.bsky.social. I have so much gratitude for this engagement with the book that centers its theological aspects and methodological-conceptual work.
September 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The first review of Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) written by Nevine Abraham has just been published with the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement!
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My review of @galekenny.bsky.social’s “Christian Imperial Feminism” (NYU Press) is published and part of the Spring 2025 issue of @amrel.bsky.social.

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July 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
رحلة تحليلية و في كتابي : ——
بقلم الكاتب الصحفي حسام حداد، كل الشكر والتقدير لهذا المجهود المميز!

(The first review of Martyrs and Migrants is out—and in Arabic with al-Bawaba!) @nyupress.bsky.social

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July 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast interview on Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) is up. Many thanks to Diana Dukhanova for the invitation!

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June 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today is publication day! 🎉

Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.

Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
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March 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Many thanks to @migrationpolicy.bsky.social for informing me that they included Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social in their Migration Information Source newsletter. 5 days until publication day! 🎉migrationpolicy.salsalabs.org/source-march17…
March 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Coming Fall 2025 @fordhampress.bsky.social, Co-edited with @riccardiswartz.bsky.social 📚
March 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This Wednesday, I’ll be giving the annual Christianity and Culture lecture in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Join us!
March 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Looking forward to being part of this conversation today at @budiversity.bsky.social! Here is the link to the event: www.bu.edu/diversity/ev...
February 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
February 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Surreal to hold ✨Martyrs and Migrants✨ in my hands! Publication day is fast approaching—pre-order your copy now from @nyupress.bsky.social, use code NYUAU30 for 30% off!
February 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social is out in the world! ✨
February 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Christina Davidson’s incredible new book highlighted at #AHA2025 and the @dukepress.bsky.social booth. Order your copy of “Dominican Crossroads” today!
January 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Looking forward to our @achahistory.bsky.social/ @historians.org panel on Catholic universality and Eastern rites this Sunday in NYC! I’ll be thinking through some threads from my new book project on Christianity and indigeneity in the Middle East.
January 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire” is available for preorder @nyupress.bsky.social, now with endorsements from Paul Sedra, Zainab Saleh, and Valentina Napolitano. ✨ nyupress.org/9781479833221/…
December 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM