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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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!
rb.gy/73wmdi
And here is the link to the review: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
22.07.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The 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!
22.07.2025 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0📚📚📚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-...
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.
18.06.2025 20:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1A short, public-facing intro to Martyrs and Migrants just published on @nyupress.bsky.social From the Square blog
nyupress.org/blog/2025/06...
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
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
10.06.2025 16:11 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0wrote some notes on @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.social's wonderful book for the AUFS book event itself.blog/2025/05/31/n...
01.06.2025 03:30 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Thank 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:
My interview with @christianitytoday.com on Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social
“Martyrdom…represents a way of life that entails everyday sacrifice…[and] migration is also a form of sacrifice.”
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/egyp...
This past weekend we hosted the 2025 Spring YSAR Sessions! Look into what a weekend at YSAR looks like, from the opening reception to closing dinners, and all the learning in between!
Apply for the 2025-2027 Cohort: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Thank you!
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I have upcoming book talks at Stonehill College and the American University in Cairo, but for those interested in bringing “Martyrs and Migrants” to your campus for Fall 2025-Spring 2026, please be in touch!
Today is publication day! 🎉
Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.
Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
nyupress.org/978147983322...
Candace's upcoming book, "Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Politics of US Empire," is out soon from @nyupress.bsky.social. Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
nyupress.org/978147983322...
Many thanks to @migrationpolicy.bsky.social for informing me that they included Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social in their Migration Information Source newsletter. 5 days until publication day! 🎉migrationpolicy.salsalabs.org/source-march17…
20.03.2025 11:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Coming Fall 2025 from @fordhampress.bsky.social Co-edited with the amazing @clukasik.bsky.social. It’s also lovely to see another one of my photos grace the cover of a FUP book. 🎉
19.03.2025 13:48 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1Coming Fall 2025 @fordhampress.bsky.social, Co-edited with @riccardiswartz.bsky.social 📚
19.03.2025 12:10 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0This Wednesday, I’ll be giving the annual Christianity and Culture lecture in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Join us!
17.03.2025 19:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Looking forward to being part of this conversation today at @budiversity.bsky.social! Here is the link to the event: www.bu.edu/diversity/ev...
24.02.2025 13:19 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0thank you!!
18.02.2025 01:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!!
17.02.2025 23:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you so much, Mike!!
17.02.2025 22:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I still cannot believe it! 🥺🙏🏼Thank you so much, Donovan!
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