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New Scholar Essay Prize for Catholic Studies in the Americas- Due 2/15/2021
Fordham University’s Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies invites applications for its second annual competition for the New Scholar Essay Prize for Catholic Studies in the Americas. They invite the submission of essays penned by new scholars that offer cutting edge research about Catholics and Catholicism in North, Central, or South America and/or the Caribbean. Those…
Read MoreOnline Book Forum: “God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan” by Jon Butler (1/13/2021)
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:00 – 9:30 PM EST (7:00 – 8:30 PM CST) In the lead-up to the ASCH 2021 Virtual Winter Meeting, ASCH and the University of Minnesota History Book Club are pleased to co-host an online discussion of Jon Butler’s new book, God in Gotham. Butler’s work traces the flourishing of organized…
Read MoreCall for Contributors: “Christians in the City” Book Series
Dyron Daughrity of Pepperdine University has announced a new 25-book series with Bloomsbury Academic titled Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity. This series is intended to contribute to the growing body of scholarship on world Christianity, lived religion, material religion, urban studies, and globalization as it engages people on the ground in…
Read MoreLake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship – Due 1/15/21
The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports a PhD student’s last year of dissertation research that engages with issues of religion & philanthropy or faith & giving. Applicants representing all fields of study are encouraged to apply. This fellowship…
Read MoreDuke University Divinity School, Faculty Position in the History of Christianity
Duke University Divinity School Faculty position in the History of Christianity Position: Open rank Starting Date: July 1, 2021 Duke University Divinity School seeks to make a faculty appointment in the History of Christianity, focusing on the Late Medieval and Early Modern Eras (14th-17th c.), effective July 1, 2021. Applications are sought from persons with expertise in the…
Read MoreInaugural Virtual Issue, “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean
In this inaugural virtual issue, Christina Davidson’s article “Redeeming Santo Domingo: North Atlantic Missionaries and the Racial Conversion of a Nation,” winner of the American Society of Church History’s annual Sidney E. Mead Prize and published in our March 2020 issue, offers an opportunity to revisit the journal’s scholarship on the Caribbean and Latin America.…
Read MoreInterview With Mead Prize Winner Christina Davidson
2019’s Sidney E. Mead prize for best unpublished article from dissertation research of advanced graduate student or recent PhD went to Christina Davidson. Now a postdoc at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, her “Redeeming Santo Domingo: North Atlantic Missionaries and the Racial Conversion of a Nation” is included in our latest…
Read MoreEPISCOPAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY SEEKS GRANT REQUESTS
The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites applications for grants to be awarded in 2020. Grants of $500-$2,000 are awarded for the Society’s objectives, especially promotion of the preservation of the particular heritage of the Episcopal Church and its antecedents. To be considered, applications must be submitted no later than May 1st. Awards will…
Read MoreAmerican Society of Church History Research Fellowship
The American Society of Church History (ASCH) is now accepting applications from its graduate student, independent scholar, and contingent faculty members for a research and travel fellowship of $1000. This fellowship supports work in any area of the history of Christianity. To apply: Make sure your ASCH membership is current – applications will not be processed without a current…
Read MoreJohn F. Wilson Research Fellowship
The American Society of Church History (ASCH) is now accepting applications from its graduate student members for the John F. Wilson Research Fellowship, which carries a monetary amount of $1000. Endowed by Wilson’s former students, this fellowship gives priority to projects reflecting the interests and work of their professor: the religious and intellectual life in the American…
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