ASCH 2019 CFP Live!
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2019 ASCH Winter Conference in Chicago! Information about the conference and submission guidelines can be found here: https://churchhistory.org/conferences/call-for-papers/ To submit a proposal, please fill out the google form here: http://churchhistory.org/proposals/
Read MoreAcadia Divinity College – Professor of Church History
Professor of Church History – Full-Time Faculty Position Acadia Divinity College invites applications for a full-time Professor of Church History. The Faculty member will serve as a Professor of Church History in a team environment that places students at the centre of the educational experience, equipping them to lead with passion, purpose, skills, and knowledge…
Read MoreConference on Religious and Philosophical Conversion in Ancient Mediterranean Traditions
We are pleased to announce the Conference on Religious and Philosophical Conversion in Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (CoRPC), which will take place at the University of Bonn from 25 to 27 of September 2018 ( https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/de/ev-theol/institute/corpc/startseite ). Steering Committee Kelley Coblentz Bautch (St. Edward’s University in Austin) Athanasios Despotis (Universität Bonn) Edith M. Humphrey (Pittsburgh…
Read MoreA Short Interview with Professor Martin Jürgensen
Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen. His research considers material culture and architecture during the age of the Reformation. We were fortunate to be able to speak to Professor Jürgensen about his forthcoming article in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, which is…
Read MoreA Short Interview with Professor Andrew Pettegree
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the journal Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture will be releasing a volume specifically dedicated to the subject in December 2017. The interview below is the second of several that will feature authors of articles for this special issue. For this interview, we were fortunate…
Read MoreA Short Interview with Professor A.M. Walsham
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the journal Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture will be releasing a volume specifically dedicated to the subject in December 2017. The interview below is the first of several that will feature authors of articles for this special issue. For this first interview, we were…
Read MoreAssistant/Associate/Full Professor at Indiana University in in Race, Migration, and Indigeneity
The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington invites applications for a tenure-track position in Race, Migration, and Indigeneity (RMI), to begin Fall 2018. RMI is a pioneering multi-disciplinary unit that investigates the complex social dynamics of race, ethnicity, human movement, and power relationships. The primary geographical focus is the United States,…
Read MoreWhy Should Historians of Early Modernity, and Early Modern Religion Specifically, Blog? – Jacob M. Baum
I’d like to begin by responding to Joshua Smith’s fine introductory post, and tweak his question somewhat: why should historians of early modernity, and early modern religion specifically, blog? This is important to me because I’m an historian of late medieval and early modern Germany. I consider myself a cultural historian by training, and one…
Read MoreLake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Official Announcement: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/institutes/lake-institute/grants-scholarships/dissertation-application.html Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy will offer a one year doctoral dissertation fellowship of $25,000 for the academic year 2018-2019. This doctoral dissertation fellowship will be given to a graduate student whose research engages and intersects issues within religion and philanthropy or…
Read MoreWhy Historians Should Blog – Joshua Caleb Smith
Blogs. The very word causes a remarkable range of emotions from historians. Some are excited about the possibilities online outlets provide for them and their scholarship. Some furrow their brows at what must surely be a trend that will go the way of VHS and Pong. Others shiver in Luddite horror at the prospect of…
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