Sonia Hazard

Thank you to all who helped usher Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media into the world. Free chapter in the graphic, and 30% off with code AUFLY30 on @OUPAcademic's page: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

First podcast up on New Books Network! Thanks to Jacob Barrett for expert hosting: newbooksnetwork.com/empire-of-prin…

The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 15 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.

It's real! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

@MichaelBaysa congrats!

Thrilled to share the news that I just signed a book contract! Unpublishing Religion: Race, Heterodoxy, and the Printing Press in Early America (tentative title) will be published with NYU Press as part of their North American Religions series.

Apparently newspapers are running ChatGPT book recommendation articles filled with fake AI hallucinated books. The future is very stupid. Via @tbretc/post/DJ2sLYHshPZ?xmt=AQF0CN3J9zzHLhHmhLwAZSAEaw4iHqCpbsqO5BTrD5ViOg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.com/@tbretc/post/D…

Florida State University students marched to the state capitol, advocating for stricter gun regulations and enhanced school safety measures. tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…

Links to historical data are broken on census.gov. census.gov/library/public…

@ElProfeBarba I miss you Looid!

Soooo…how does your name get misspelled? Some highlights from AAR.

The @FSUReligion department is honored to host @JLWeisenfeld this Friday, for her talk "Black Freedom and the Racialization of Religious Excitement." Join via Zoom if you're not in Tallahassee! Registration here: fla.st/H5J6KXMO

We're hiring in early American history (pre-1820)! We're only asking for a CV and a cover letter at this stage, and applications are due two weeks from today. I'm chairing the search, so please feel free to reach out with any questions. h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…

Just one week to go until the 2024 Wellborn Lecture! Join us on Friday, Oct. 25 to hear from @Princeton's Judith Weisenfeld. You can attend in-person or virtually, but registration is required for Zoom. To find event location and more info, visit: fla.st/AQFKS249.

What's the deal with how some 19th c. sources drop the "c" or "ac" in McGuire, MacPhee, etc., and instead write "M'guire"? A standard contraction (like Wm. for William), or something more, like to hide Irishness? Did people do this in manuscript? Example: catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdings…

Huge thanks to @csraac for the opportunity to be part of this cohort. With legends like @soniahazard @grazmike @AdrienneKrone @helenjinkim @ElProfeBarba. I learned so much from them. Also the program grants access to bowling lanes and good food. Follow Your Conscience.

Matthew Sutton's latest in JAAR: we should retire "evangelicalism" from our histories of the 18th and 19th c. and reserve the term for the post-World War II conservative political movement motivated by sexism, racism, and xenophobia: academic.oup.com/jaar/article-a…

@JEBrunton @RiceUniversity OMG CONGRATS JUDITH FABULOUS FABULOUS SUCCESS!

@ElProfeBarba @EricaBryand @kchitwood @emoprofessor @jaxhidalgo @JoaoB_Chaves congrats lloyd and authors! this looks outstanding. excited to use for teaching especially

🚨 It’s publication day! 🚨 18 excellent intro-level chapters by @EricaBryand @kchitwood @emoprofessor @jaxhidalgo @JoaoB_Chaves and many more! Perfect for courses! Please share widely.

Exciting news from the Smithsonian! The National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired the largest collection of Charleston Slave Badges. This is a monumental step in preserving our rich history and heritage. Read more: nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/nat…

@aldenejones I do this too and it has made a huge difference

For creative writing classes that require shorter readings, I stand at the Xerox machine and copy every. single. thing we will read & distribute a packet at the beginning of the semester. They appreciate this very much. They never have to chase down an assignment and it's free.

Yes, college students have lost their ability to read. I have taught lit for 24 years; the threshold started to decline in the late aughts and nosedived during Covid. A thread with observations + how I get my students to read ALL (or at least most) of the reading I assign: 🧵