Judith Weisenfeld
@judithweisenfeld.com
Scholar of African American religious history & religion and race in America.
Website: https://www.judithweisenfeld.com/
Most recent book: Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake (NYU 2025)
Website: https://www.judithweisenfeld.com/
Most recent book: Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake (NYU 2025)
SAT 11/22 at 12:30pm | Hynes Convention Center Ballroom A
I'm grateful the special session on my book at the upcoming #aarsbl2025 meeting and excited to be in conversation with Danielle N. Boaz, Jamil Drake, Terence D Keel, and Wangui Muigai.
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
I'm grateful the special session on my book at the upcoming #aarsbl2025 meeting and excited to be in conversation with Danielle N. Boaz, Jamil Drake, Terence D Keel, and Wangui Muigai.
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
SAT 11/22 at 12:30pm | Hynes Convention Center Ballroom A
I'm grateful the special session on my book at the upcoming #aarsbl2025 meeting and excited to be in conversation with Danielle N. Boaz, Jamil Drake, Terence D Keel, and Wangui Muigai.
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
I'm grateful the special session on my book at the upcoming #aarsbl2025 meeting and excited to be in conversation with Danielle N. Boaz, Jamil Drake, Terence D Keel, and Wangui Muigai.
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
If you're around Princeton on November 6, come hear Sally Promey talk about her new book, *Religion in Plain View: Public Aesthetics of American Display*
Registration required: religion.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
Registration required: religion.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you're around Princeton on November 6, come hear Sally Promey talk about her new book, *Religion in Plain View: Public Aesthetics of American Display*
Registration required: religion.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
Registration required: religion.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
Beautiful morning walk in the Catskills.
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Beautiful morning walk in the Catskills.
Very hazy in Hoboken from the Canadian wild fires.
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Very hazy in Hoboken from the Canadian wild fires.
Excited to receive my copy of @drkyliesmith.bsky.social and @cethompson.bsky.social’s collection. Of course I wish I had had it before I dipped my scholarly toes into health history! It really looks fantastic.
July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Excited to receive my copy of @drkyliesmith.bsky.social and @cethompson.bsky.social’s collection. Of course I wish I had had it before I dipped my scholarly toes into health history! It really looks fantastic.
I'll be doing an Ask Me Anything on r/AskHistorians on Wednesday, July 16 and am looking forward to questions about *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake* (NYU, 2025).
nyupress.org/978147982978...
nyupress.org/978147982978...
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'll be doing an Ask Me Anything on r/AskHistorians on Wednesday, July 16 and am looking forward to questions about *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake* (NYU, 2025).
nyupress.org/978147982978...
nyupress.org/978147982978...
Mercy taking it easy on Caturday.
June 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Mercy taking it easy on Caturday.
Me, in the archive today.
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Me, in the archive today.
Happy 93rd birthday to my father, Bernie. Here I am with him, somewhere in Canada, back in the day. He was usually the photographer, so this is a rare one.
May 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happy 93rd birthday to my father, Bernie. Here I am with him, somewhere in Canada, back in the day. He was usually the photographer, so this is a rare one.
Excellent mail day with the arrival of @katicurts.bsky.social’s new book!
May 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Excellent mail day with the arrival of @katicurts.bsky.social’s new book!
Today is the official publication day of *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*! Much gratitude to family, friends, students, and colleagues who engaged the project, and to librarians and foundations for support in the research process.
April 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Today is the official publication day of *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*! Much gratitude to family, friends, students, and colleagues who engaged the project, and to librarians and foundations for support in the research process.
Another excellent day of #AmRel mail, with the arrival of @apetro.bsky.social’s new book, *Provoking Religion”!
April 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Another excellent day of #AmRel mail, with the arrival of @apetro.bsky.social’s new book, *Provoking Religion”!
I join the happy recipients of @ahmadgreene.com’s #underworldwork!
April 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I join the happy recipients of @ahmadgreene.com’s #underworldwork!
I just ordered @apetro.bsky.social's forthcoming book, *Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars.* Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I just ordered @apetro.bsky.social's forthcoming book, *Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars.* Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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My copies finally arrived! Thanks to all who encouraged and supported the project.
nyupress.org/978147982978...
nyupress.org/978147982978...
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My copies finally arrived! Thanks to all who encouraged and supported the project.
nyupress.org/978147982978...
nyupress.org/978147982978...
Finally got an advance reader copy. It is almost a book!
March 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Finally got an advance reader copy. It is almost a book!
An opportunity to hear my colleague Laura Arnold Liebman talk about her book, *Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family* at CU Boulder and streaming on Zoom.
3/3/2025 at 7:00PM Mountain
calendar.colorado.edu/event/once-w...
3/3/2025 at 7:00PM Mountain
calendar.colorado.edu/event/once-w...
March 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
An opportunity to hear my colleague Laura Arnold Liebman talk about her book, *Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family* at CU Boulder and streaming on Zoom.
3/3/2025 at 7:00PM Mountain
calendar.colorado.edu/event/once-w...
3/3/2025 at 7:00PM Mountain
calendar.colorado.edu/event/once-w...
Just arrived. Tyler Davis’s remarkable collection of oral histories with members of Waco’s Black community that started as an @xroadproj.bsky.social research fellowship (check out the project on SPIRIT HOUSE). Available from Baylor University Press. www.baylorpress.com/978148132256...
February 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just arrived. Tyler Davis’s remarkable collection of oral histories with members of Waco’s Black community that started as an @xroadproj.bsky.social research fellowship (check out the project on SPIRIT HOUSE). Available from Baylor University Press. www.baylorpress.com/978148132256...
How I feel about what lies ahead in 2025.
Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer. Detail from Barna di Siena’s 1340 “The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.”
Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer. Detail from Barna di Siena’s 1340 “The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.”
January 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
How I feel about what lies ahead in 2025.
Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer. Detail from Barna di Siena’s 1340 “The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.”
Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer. Detail from Barna di Siena’s 1340 “The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.”
A second visit to “ Jimmy! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth” at the Schomburg, followed by delicious vegan jollof rice at Azara kitchen.
January 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A second visit to “ Jimmy! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth” at the Schomburg, followed by delicious vegan jollof rice at Azara kitchen.