#HiddenCatholic
Collections
Our multi-year, ongoing series exploring rare, unique, and uncommon Catholic scholarly resources.
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.
Our 2022 webinar series kicks off Thursday, October 6 at 7:30 PM with a discussion of Michael Pasquier’s work in progress.
Calendar Deadlines & Events
ACHA Fall Seminar with Michael Pasquier
Panel discussion with Michael Pasquier on his upcoming work “Remembering and Forgetting the Past on the Mississippi River: Toward an Environmental History of Catholicism.”
Find out more »Presidential Travel Grant application deadline
Students presenting at the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia are encouraged to apply for the two available $1,000 grants.
Find out more »Cyprian Davis Prize application deadline
Established in 2020 in partnership with the Cushwa Center at the University of Notre Dame, the Davis Prize recognizes works in progress that promise to make significant contributions to the study of the Black Catholic experience.
Find out more »ACHA News & Announcements
ACHA Receives NEH SHARP Grant for “Native Boarding Schools, Historical Research, and Catholic Archives”
$75,000 grant will be used to foster conversation and collaboration between historians, religious archives, and Native communities.
Job Opportunity: Director, Catholic Religious Archives Program at Boston College
Boston College is seeking a director for its newly established Catholic Religious Archives Program.
Job Opportunity: Executive Director, COLLIS
COLLIS, an institute that aims to develop Catholic thought, culture, and community at Cornell University, is hiring for the position of executive director.
This Week: AHA22 Online
All this week, February 21, 24, and 26, a number of ACHA panels for the New Orleans ACHA meeting that weren’t able to present in person will be part of AHA22 Online.
ACHA Newsletter: Winter 2021
In our last newsletter of 2021, we remind you that last-minute registration for the Annual Meeting is still open; the Scranton call for papers deadline is Jan. 10; and invite you to listen to our newest podcast episodes.
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
ACHA Announces Recipients of 2021 Awards of Distinction
Rev. Kevin P. Spicer, CSC, (distinguished scholarship); Rev. Steven Avella (distinguished teaching), and the Cushwa Center are honored for their extraordinary contribution to the field of Catholic studies.
Theresa Keeley Awarded 2021 Shea Book Prize
Keeley’s Reagan’s Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America receives the the prize that honors the book that has “made the most original and distinguished contribution to the history of the Catholic Church.”
Hannah Marcus Receives 2021 Marraro Prize
Marcus receives the book prize in Italian history for “an unexpected discovery of how the censorship process, expurgating books and licensing readers, contributed to the professionalization of medical science and practice.”
Calls for Submissions
Submission opportunities from around the field of Catholic Studies. Conferences, journals, awards, and more.
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
Job Opportunity: Director, Catholic Religious Archives Program at Boston College
Boston College is seeking a director for its newly established Catholic Religious Archives Program.
Job Opportunity: Executive Director, COLLIS
COLLIS, an institute that aims to develop Catholic thought, culture, and community at Cornell University, is hiring for the position of executive director.
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.