Candace Lukasik

Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires.

Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1

@clukasik.bsky.social

Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics.

Don't miss out!

Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.

A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics!
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...

This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis.
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

events.cmu.edu/lcal/event/2...

I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social

Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social

Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology – AAR An AAR Fall Fridays WebinAAR Hosted by AAR’s Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this panel of scholars will discuss a groundbreaking…

On Friday, October 10 at 12 PM ET, AAR's Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit is hosting a webinAAR on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2025) as part of our Fall Fridays Scholarship Series. Register now! aarweb.org/event/theolo...

Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology – AAR An AAR Fall Fridays WebinAAR Hosted by AAR’s Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this panel of scholars will discuss a groundbreaking volu...

Friends and colleagues—I hope you can join us for an upcoming @aarweb.bsky.social WebinAAR conversation on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" this coming Friday October 10 at 12pm ET. Please see the details here:

aarweb.org/event/theolo...

Against Innocence A provocative critique of how the concept of innocence functions in contemporary politics and society. In this timely and bold book, Miriam Ticktin explores how a concept that consistently appears as ...

miriam ticktin's new book will be out in december press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... against innocence: undoing and remaking the world

Looking forward to my first Fall book talk for Martyrs and Migrants at the Croft Institute @olemiss.bsky.social!

@nyupress.bsky.social

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The second review of Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social written by Helana Marie Boutros has just been published in @amanthro.bsky.social. I have so much gratitude for this engagement with the book that centers its theological aspects and methodological-conceptual work.

Excited to have a chapter in this volume!

Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...

"شهداء ومهاجرون":أقباط في ظل الإمبراطورية

Another extensive review in Arabic of “Martyrs and Migrants” @nyupress.bsky.social from Coptic novelist Shady Lewis Botros—very grateful for this in depth engagement with the book!

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And here is the link to the review: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The first review of Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) written by Nevine Abraham has just been published with the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement!

📚📚📚New Book Review📚📚📚

Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024

Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My review of @galekenny.bsky.social’s “Christian Imperial Feminism” (NYU Press) is published and part of the Spring 2025 issue of @amrel.bsky.social.

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55127

رحلة تحليلية و في كتابي : ——
بقلم الكاتب الصحفي حسام حداد، كل الشكر والتقدير لهذا المجهود المميز!

(The first review of Martyrs and Migrants is out—and in Arabic with al-Bawaba!) @nyupress.bsky.social

www.islamist-movements.com/71629

My @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast interview on Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) is up. Many thanks to Diana Dukhanova for the invitation!

newbooksnetwork.com/martyrs-and-...

Middle Eastern Christians and the Politics of Persecution by Candace Lukasik - NYU Press Over the past two decades, Western politicians, think tanks, and NGOs have re-channeled their efforts into “saving” Middle Eastern Christians facing violence in the wake of the American invasion…

Over the past two decades, Western politicians, think tanks, and NGOs have re-channeled their efforts into “saving” Middle Eastern Christians facing violence. In a post for the blog, Candace Lukasik explains what these efforts reveal about US empire.

Middle Eastern Christians and the Politics of Persecution by Candace Lukasik - NYU Press Over the past two decades, Western politicians, think tanks, and NGOs have re-channeled their efforts into “saving” Middle Eastern Christians facing violence in the wake of the American invasion of......

A short, public-facing intro to Martyrs and Migrants just published on @nyupress.bsky.social From the Square blog

nyupress.org/blog/2025/06...

YouTube video by Crown Center for Middle East Studies The Future of Egypt and North Africa | Crown at 20: The Future of the Middle East

For recent our 20th anniversary, we gathered Crown scholars to explore the challenges facing the #MiddleEast. Watch our panel on #Egypt & #NorthAfrica featuring @clukasik.bsky.social, Andrew F. March, @jlsowers.bsky.social, & Ian VanderMeulen, moderated by Eva Bellin:

youtu.be/ylJWV_XiPKc

When Motherhood Turns Into a Never-Ending Funeral Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان

What does motherhood mean when hospitals are bombed and schoolbags become grave markers? Mohammed Abu Muheisen documents the unbearable weight carried by Gaza’s mothers in a war with no end.

🔗 www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

issue 15 of religion & society is out! and with it, our 20-year anniversary forum on talal asad's FORMATIONS OF THE SECULAR www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal... aaron eldridge, brent eng, ashwak hauter, sohaib khan, jean-michel landry, candace lukasik, muneeza rizvi, and myself read its chapters

Non-redemptive Narration (Prophetic Maharaja Book Event) 1. One of the things for which I have come to rely on Rajbir over the years is his unfailing attentiveness to the dynamics of loss: one that is unsentimental and non-indulgent. (Against the empire …

wrote some notes on @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.social's wonderful book for the AUFS book event itself.blog/2025/05/31/n...

How Coptic Martyrs—and Migrants—Inform Our Christian Faith - Christianity Today While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always what Copts expect.

Thank you @christianitytoday.com‬ for highlighting a wonderful interview with author Candace Lukasik on how Coptic martyrs—and migrants—inform our Christian faith.

You can read the article here: