2022 ACHA
Election
Voting has ended and the ACHA is excited to welcome its incoming officers: Anthony Smith, Tuan Hoang, Karen Park, Sofia Maurette.
Native American Boarding Schools & Religious Archives
A brief resource guide from Native American and Catholic archivists.
Catholic Historical Review
The CHR is the official organ of the ACHA. Members have unlimited access to the electronic version and its full archives.
Calendar Deadlines & Events
There are no upcoming events at this time
ACHA News & Announcements
Margaret Meserve Receives Marraro Prize for Papal Bull: Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome
Meserve’s work examines the publication of news, information, propaganda, and disinformation in Rome in the first decades after the arrival of print
Richard Yoder Receives 2022 John Tracy Ellis Dissertation Award
Ph.D. candidate in History at Penn State University honored for his queer analysis of the 18th-century convulsionnaires.
A Conversation with Davis Prize Recipient Julia Gaffield
The Cushwa Center talks with the William & Mary professor about her winning work, Abandoned Faithful: Race and International Law in the Aftermath of the Haitian Revolution.
Dr. Caroline Walker Bynum Receives 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award
Dr. Bynum is a groundbreaking scholar, whose work has profoundly transformed our understanding of the depth and complexity of religious ideas from antiquity to the sixteenth century.
Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren Receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award
At every level, from the undergraduate classroom and Ph.D. mentoring at the University of Iowa, Nabhan-Warren’s generous, joyful encouragement of scholars of Catholicism making their way in the field is a gift to scholars of Catholicism.
Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana Receives 2022 Distinguished Service Award
For over five decades, the IBCS has provided truly extraordinary historical, theological and pastoral training in Black Catholic Studies to the Black Catholic Community, the broader Church, the scholarly community and the wider public.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, Leading Chronicler of New York Catholic History, Dies at 85
The Archdiocese of New York announced the death of the longtime Fordham professor and ACHA member.
2022 Election Results
The ACHA welcomes its incoming officers: Vice President Anthony Smith, Executive Council Members Tuan Hoang and Karen Park, and Grad Student Rep Sofia Maurette.
Virginia Museum of History & Culture Opens Applications for Research Fellowships
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is accepting applications for research fellowships of up to three weeks a year to promote the interpretation of Virginia and access to its collections with a weekly stipend of $1,000 and $500 for local mileage.
Application deadline: January 27, 2023.
Calls for Submissions
Submission opportunities from around the field of Catholic Studies. Conferences, journals, awards, and more.
Virginia Museum of History & Culture Opens Applications for Research Fellowships
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is accepting applications for research fellowships of up to three weeks a year to promote the interpretation of Virginia and access to its collections with a weekly stipend of $1,000 and $500 for local mileage.
Application deadline: January 27, 2023.
Call for Papers: U.S. Catholic Historian’s ‘U.S. Catholic Historiography’ Issue
Upcoming issue will examine U.S. Catholic historiography.
Submission deadline: November 1, 2022
Announcements in Catholic History
The Archivist’s Nook: Christopher J. Kauffman – American Catholic Historian
From the CUA University Libraries blog: Tricia Pyne takes a look at the life and scholarship of Christopher J. Kauffman, a giant in the field of Catholic studies, whose career spanned generations. After his death in 2018, the ACHA established an award in his honor, which is currently in the process of being endowed.
Trailer: Revolution of The Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
A new film on Dorothy Day coming to Public Television in March 2020. This film will be featured on a panel at the November meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
‘Catholic School 1960’ Chronicles Pre-Vatican II Parochial School
A website compiled by a small team of researchers documenting a Brooklyn parochial school that the authors describe as “representative of lots of parochial schools in the years just before the Second Vatican Council.”