Michael Baysa
@mbaysa.bsky.social
Religion, Media Technologies, and Early America, teaching at the University of Vermont, PHD in American Religions from Princeton University
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Michael Baysa
@mbaysa.bsky.social
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Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production | Religion and American Culture | Cambridge Core
Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production
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Excited to share that my article with Religion and American Culture, "Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production" is now available via Open Access! #amrel #religiousstudies
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Job Opportunity!
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
University of Cambridge - History and Philosophy of Science
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG062/a...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
University of Cambridge - History and Philosophy of Science
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG062/a...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 at University of Cambridge
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Job Opportunity!
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
University of Cambridge - History and Philosophy of Science
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG062/a...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
University of Cambridge - History and Philosophy of Science
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG062/a...
New job posting in #religiousstudies: Religion and Science at UNC-Chapel Hill #amrel
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Assistant Professor
The Department of Religious Studies is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Religion and Science. Candidates should have broad training in their field of expertise, a commitment to int...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
New job posting in #religiousstudies: Religion and Science at UNC-Chapel Hill #amrel
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Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.
Excited to share that my article with Religion and American Culture, "Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production" is now available via Open Access! #amrel #religiousstudies
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production | Religion and American Culture | Cambridge Core
Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production
www.cambridge.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Excited to share that my article with Religion and American Culture, "Protestant Hebrew: Performing Religious Authority through Eighteenth-Century Language Production" is now available via Open Access! #amrel #religiousstudies
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The @oah.org is accepting submissions for the John D'Emilio Award, which recognizes the best dissertation(s) written in LGBTQ+ history/studies (broadly conceived) over the past year (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025). Submissions are due November 1. Please share this call widely! 🗃️
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The @oah.org is accepting submissions for the John D'Emilio Award, which recognizes the best dissertation(s) written in LGBTQ+ history/studies (broadly conceived) over the past year (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025). Submissions are due November 1. Please share this call widely! 🗃️
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Do you have an idea for a short article (~2000-3000 words) on early American history/literature/art/material culture before 1900? We are accepting submissions at Commonplace or please reach out to me with a pitch or questions. More info below:🗃️
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Commonplace Call for Submissions - Commonplace
Article reviews are ongoing.
commonplace.online
September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Do you have an idea for a short article (~2000-3000 words) on early American history/literature/art/material culture before 1900? We are accepting submissions at Commonplace or please reach out to me with a pitch or questions. More info below:🗃️
commonplace.online/article/subm...
commonplace.online/article/subm...
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Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
September 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
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@dukepress.bsky.social is running a new book promotion, and Archival Irruptions is 30% off!
Save 30% on #NewBook "Archival Irruptions," by @ktgerbs.bsky.social, which traces how British colonial authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Jamaica came to criminalize Obeah, a religious practice held by enslaved Africans. #LatAmStudies #BlackStudies buff.ly/da0hJg3
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@dukepress.bsky.social is running a new book promotion, and Archival Irruptions is 30% off!
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My department is hiring in African history and the United States since 1865! Both positions are tenure-track, and both hires will be made at the assistant level. I'm not on either search committee (sabbatical, babyyyyy), but I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. 🗃️
September 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My department is hiring in African history and the United States since 1865! Both positions are tenure-track, and both hires will be made at the assistant level. I'm not on either search committee (sabbatical, babyyyyy), but I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. 🗃️
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Note to anyone traveling to Boston: one of their airport runways is down for construction and is causing absolute madness. My flight was delayed two hours coming in, and our Boston crew said this is standard now. Will probably be this way through Thanksgiving.
(Take note AAR folk.)
(Take note AAR folk.)
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Note to anyone traveling to Boston: one of their airport runways is down for construction and is causing absolute madness. My flight was delayed two hours coming in, and our Boston crew said this is standard now. Will probably be this way through Thanksgiving.
(Take note AAR folk.)
(Take note AAR folk.)
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Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!
Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!
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With a new book coming out, I finally got around to updating my website. I'm thrilled with the new design - plus, my bio now includes the accurate number of children! (Last edit to my previous website was 7 years ago...)
Check it out! www.katharinegerbner.com
Check it out! www.katharinegerbner.com
Katharine Gerbner, Historian of Religion
Katharine Gerbner is a historian who examines how religion shapes – and is shaped by – race, politics, and technology.
www.katharinegerbner.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
With a new book coming out, I finally got around to updating my website. I'm thrilled with the new design - plus, my bio now includes the accurate number of children! (Last edit to my previous website was 7 years ago...)
Check it out! www.katharinegerbner.com
Check it out! www.katharinegerbner.com
I have a huge backlog of books to get through in the middle of the semester, but I'm very much looking forward to adding to the list Will Schultz's new book on evangelical capitalism with UNC Press and eventually digging into it! #amrel
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uncpress.org/978146968937...
Jesus Springs
In the years after World War II, American evangelicals flocked to the once-sleepy mountain town of Colorado Springs. Drawn by cheap property, beautiful scene...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I have a huge backlog of books to get through in the middle of the semester, but I'm very much looking forward to adding to the list Will Schultz's new book on evangelical capitalism with UNC Press and eventually digging into it! #amrel
uncpress.org/978146968937...
uncpress.org/978146968937...
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***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.
A thread.
I will update the thread over the course of the month.
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Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.
A thread.
I will update the thread over the course of the month.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.
A thread.
I will update the thread over the course of the month.
1/
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025.
A thread.
I will update the thread over the course of the month.
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Visiting Research Scholar in African American Studies at Princeton whose work focuses on"race in the national or global contexts." "With the approval of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the VRS will teach one semester-long undergraduate elective course."
Deadline 12/15/2025
Deadline 12/15/2025
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August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Visiting Research Scholar in African American Studies at Princeton whose work focuses on"race in the national or global contexts." "With the approval of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the VRS will teach one semester-long undergraduate elective course."
Deadline 12/15/2025
Deadline 12/15/2025
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Save the date for this fantastic conference at Princeton: October 3-4, 2025.
*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power
intheflow.religion.princeton.edu
August 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Save the date for this fantastic conference at Princeton: October 3-4, 2025.
*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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Study of religion and spirituality among the listed interests for this position in Africana Studies.
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We! Are! Hiring!
The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black
Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 7/1/26
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/171572
#blackademia #academia #PhDSky
We! Are! Hiring!
The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black
Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 7/1/26
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/171572
#blackademia #academia #PhDSky
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August 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Study of religion and spirituality among the listed interests for this position in Africana Studies.
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
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Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
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***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
July 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
***Attention Historians***
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for July 2025.
A thread.
1/
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ATTENTION CURRENT AND FORMER JCB FELLOWS!
As planning for 2026 is well underway at the JCB, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across the Americas." 1/3
Complete the survey here shorturl.at/9FVYi!
As planning for 2026 is well underway at the JCB, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across the Americas." 1/3
Complete the survey here shorturl.at/9FVYi!
1776 Across the Americas
As planning for 2026 is well underway at the John Carter Brown Library, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across th...
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July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
ATTENTION CURRENT AND FORMER JCB FELLOWS!
As planning for 2026 is well underway at the JCB, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across the Americas." 1/3
Complete the survey here shorturl.at/9FVYi!
As planning for 2026 is well underway at the JCB, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across the Americas." 1/3
Complete the survey here shorturl.at/9FVYi!
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Thanks to Kyle Roberts and the Congregational Library & Archives for the chance to discuss my new book and its implications for thinking about the Congregational legacy and US religious history.
@congrelib.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
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Dr. Thomas Tweed on His Book, "Religion in the Lands That Became America"
YouTube video by CongregationalLibrary
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July 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks to Kyle Roberts and the Congregational Library & Archives for the chance to discuss my new book and its implications for thinking about the Congregational legacy and US religious history.
@congrelib.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
youtu.be/GfFltKmfdWo?...
@congrelib.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
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Wishing I could be as “productive” as these two 🤣
July 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wishing I could be as “productive” as these two 🤣
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ND American Studies is hiring! We have two searches this year:
July 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ND American Studies is hiring! We have two searches this year:
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Villanova University, where I am currently working, has a position in digital sociology and/or STS studies. I am not on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have.
www.higheredjobs.com/state/detail...
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www.higheredjobs.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Villanova University, where I am currently working, has a position in digital sociology and/or STS studies. I am not on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have.
www.higheredjobs.com/state/detail...
www.higheredjobs.com/state/detail...