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.
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.
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.
The Archdiocese of New York announced the death of the longtime Fordham professor and ACHA member.
The ACHA welcomes its incoming officers: Vice President Anthony Smith, Executive Council Members Tuan Hoang and Karen Park, and Grad Student Rep Sofia Maurette.
$75,000 grant will be used to foster conversation and collaboration between historians, religious archives, and Native communities.
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.
Upcoming issue will examine U.S. Catholic historiography.
Submission deadline: November 1, 2022
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.
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.”
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.”
“From the Dove to the Eagle: Jansenist Visual Culture Between Piety and Polemic”was published in the Fall 2021 issue of the Catholic Historical Review.
The Fordham Ph.D. student is honored for his in-progress dissertation, “The Catholic Counter-Revolution: A Global Intellectual History, 1780s-1840s”
Sean Jacobson (Loyola University Chicago) and Sofía Maurette (University of Maryland) were recognized for their outstanding papers that will be presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting. The grant will be used to fund travel to New Orleans.
Incoming vice president Michael Pasquier leads the slate of officers who will begin their terms in January.
ACHA officially teams with the interdisciplinary forum for scholars, and seeks members to contribute their expertise on Catholic studies to the 200,000-member-strong community.
The ACHA has issued a statement on the recent discovery of unmarked graves at Canadian residential schools located on First Nations lands in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
After a year like no other, we look forward to a season away from our Zoom screens as we tip-toe toward face-to-face teaching, collaboration, and meetings.
Haley Bowen, Madeline Gambino, Sofia Maurette, and Brian Mueller received funding for their promising works in progress.
Mickens is honored for her book project in progress, In the Shadow of Ebenezer: A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II, which examines how the Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Atlanta was influenced by the religious and social change ushered in by the Second Vatican Council and the civil rights movement.
The American Catholic Historical Association held its 2021 General Business Meeting on February 10, 2021 via Zoom. The meeting is traditionally held in person in January at the Association’s Annual Meeting. In this year of pandemic, it was held virtually.
Our CFP for the 2022 Annual Meeting is open… We’re accepting applications for Travel and Writing Grants through March 30…. And we’re excited to announce Mitchell E. Oxford and Elizabeth Foster as the winners of the Ellis Award and Shea Prize, respectively.
Elizabeth Foster of Tufts University receives the Shea Book Prize for her work on African Catholics and decolonization. Mitchell E. Oxford, of the College of William and Mary, is recognized for his promising dissertation on the French Revolution and American Catholicism.
The American Catholic Historical Association is pleased to announce the first slate of winners of our 2020 prizes and awards.
Prize celebrating the life and legacy of Father Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., will recognize works in progress that promise to make significant contributions to the study of the Black Catholic experience. The deadline for the 2020 award is December 31.
New prize will recognize monographs that provide new and/or challenging insights to the study of U.S. Catholic history.
The American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA), founded December 1919, is eager to support scholars, teachers, archivists, and students of Catholic history during these uncertain times. To that end, we have extended our deadlines for the Annual Meeting, research and travel grants, book prizes, and membership renewal until July 1, 2020. We are also exploring opportunities …
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A look ahead at the Annual Meeting in New York; the Association’s new fundraising campaign for young scholars; and a fast-approaching deadline for the Spring Meeting’s the call for papers.
The American Catholic Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of our 2019 prizes and awards.
Dr. Brenna Moore of Fordham University, who will serve as vice president next year, heads the class of incoming officers.
As summer turns to fall, there is much to report: Registration for the Annual Meeting is open; several award opportunities are open for young members; and our new website is now live.
The meeting will run April 17-18 at the Jesuit university. The call for papers will open later this fall.
The ACHA was honored to fund research and travel for Tim Dulle, Corinne Gressang, Mitchell Oxford, and Cole Voleman.
ACHA president Kathleen Holscher on preparations for the 2020 meeting, prize deadlines, and a UC ‘critical mission studies’ program.
This inaugural newsletter from Incoming ACHA president Kathleen Holscher’s looks ahead at what’s to come for the Association in 2019.
J. Philip Gleason, Fr. Wilson Miscamble, and Fordham University receive 2019 honors from the ACHA.
For almost half of the century of its existence, the ACHA was remarkably well served by its Secretary and Treasurer, Msgr. Robert F. Trisco.
Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Paul F. Grendler, Troy J. Tice, Tatyana V. Bakhmetyeva, and Elisabeth Davis are this year’s award-winners.
Four grants of $2,500 each are available to ACHA graduate student members with ABD status. Read on for information about the award and instructions for applying.
ACHA President Fr. Rick Gribble, CSC, announces election results, award recipients, and provides and update on the Annual Meeting in Chicago.
